ASK FSA: Fur and Feathers in Costume Collection
19th Century Hawaiian Feather Cape, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Anthropology Collection (Via) Fur and feathers in museum collections [...]
History Clubhouse
How do you make history interesting and fun for children under 10? What do families want to see in exhibits geared towards [...]
Over There: Missouri & the Great War
Over There: Missouri & the Great War is a statewide, collaborative digitization initiative to document Missouri’s World War I history. The Springfield-Greene [...]
Meet a Member: Sarah Sutton
Meet a Member is a biweekly blog series spotlighting our members. AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field [...]
3 AASLH Members Honored as Finalists for IMLS National Medal
The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced 30 finalists for the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library [...]
Why Focusing on Visitors Should Be Part of the Exhibit Planning Process
Many of us have played a role in creating a program or exhibit that we thought was going to be [...]
AASLH’s “Interpreting LGBT History” Wins 2016 NCPH Book Award
Interpreting LGBT History at Museums and Historic Sites (part of the AASLH Interpreting History Series) has been selected as the winner [...]
AASLH Announces 2014 Annual Meeting Speakers
AASLH is pleased to announce our featured speakers for the 2014 Annual Meeting in St. Paul, MN, on September 17-20. We have three great speakers [...]
Simple Collaboration
Recently I was reminded of how scary and inspiring collaboration can be; and of how smart, clever, and creative museum educators are! I was co-teaching [...]
Deadwood History Receives Grant for Project Greenhouse
Institutional Members Since 1988 Media Contact: Chelsie Bauer Deadwood History, Inc. 605-578-1657 DEADWOOD – Deadwood History, Inc. was selected to receive a $1,000 Montana-Dakota Utilities [...]
Managing Military Collections in Your Museum
So you work in a small county museum or perhaps even a large institution. A donor walks in and hands you a uniform and says, [...]
Food in Museums Survey
The Conservation Committee of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections has asked us to distribute this survey on Food in Museums at http://on.aaslh.org/SPNHCsurvey. Details [...]
Call for Posters
The National Council for Public History will host a poster session on Friday, September 19 at the AASLH Annual Meeting in St. Paul, MN. All [...]