Bridging the Divide: Connecting Stagville’s Past to Its Modern Community
Row of original slave dwellings, including one renovated by sharecroppers. Courtesy of Historic Stagville Photograph Archive. By Jayd Buteaux, Assistant [...]
4 Ways Historic House Museums Can Create More Meaningful Visitor Experiences
The Ropes Mansion Every year, AASLH receives over 100 nominations for our Leadership in History Awards, which recognize organizations doing "Good History." [...]
Baby Boom II: Motherhood and Museums One Year Later
To my astonishment, Baby Boom: Motherhood and Museums has consistently been one of the most popular AASLH blog posts since it was [...]
A Tale of Two Strategic Plans: Setting Realistic Goals at the Chemung County Historical Society
Once again, the Chemung County Historical Society (CCHS) has begun a strategic planning process. Having been through this several times [...]
3 Reasons to Survey Visitors this Summer Using Visitors Count
What makes a museum successful at attracting and serving visitors? After ten years of analyzing results from the many different [...]
11 AASLH Members Earned StEPs Certificates in April
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program [...]
Meet a Member: Kristin Gallas
Meet a Member is a regular blog series spotlighting our members. AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field [...]
Pictures Say It All
Recently I saw a Facebook post from a museum boasting about how exciting a day they were having due to a large group of school [...]
Just What Does General Mills and Wells Fargo Keep Anyway?
You can find out on the Corporate History Tour at the 2014 AASLH Annual Meeting. Corporate History Tour Wednesday, September 17 1–5 pm Cost: $45 [...]
Battledecks: A Challenge is Issued!
Do you find Power Points boring? Did the presenter put green text on an orange background? Too many photo dissolves? Are you looking for something wildly [...]
Time Is Running Out
The clock is ticking. Do you have new terms or changes that you’d like to see in the next edition of Nomenclature, but you just [...]
Did You Have a Great Intern This Summer?
I’ll cut right to the chase. AASLH is reaching out to the members of the AASLH Small Museums Affinity Community because we know how much small museums rely [...]
Out With the Old Historic House, In With the New
We've all been reading about fresh and innovative ways historic house museum have met sustainability challenges, and stay relevant and valuable to their community. In [...]