The Haymarket Project
The Haymarket Project features the film and exhibition, Haymarket: the Soul of the City, a Haymarket publication, and tours of Haymarket. The [...]
Re-envisioning the Ropes Mansion
In 2009, a fire forced the evacuation of the contents of the Peabody Essex Museum’s Ropes Mansion— a carefully preserved legacy of [...]
The Private Jefferson: From the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Thomas Jefferson has been described as an “American Sphinx”: as the drafter of the Declaration of Independence and president of the United [...]
Nomenclature 4.0 – Why the change from “Classification” to “Class”?
New Nomenclature 4.0 users that are familiar with Revised Nomenclature or Nomenclature 3.0 will notice a change in the naming of [...]
Six Tips for A Successful AASLH Award Nomination
AASLH likes to give awards. The awards committee members who review and vote on nominations love to vote yes and [...]
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill Receives $5.1 Million Lilly Endowment Grant
HARRODSBURG, Ky. (January 12, 2016)—Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill (member of AASLH since 2002) announces that Lilly Endowment Inc. has [...]
Conner Prairie Names AASLH Council Member Norman Burns as New President and CEO
The board of directors of Conner Prairie announced today that after a national search for candidates, a new president and [...]
10 Reasons to Visit St. Paul
History Matters to Minnesota, and the Twin Cities is excited to host the AASLH Annual Meeting this September. To help whet your appetite, we've put [...]
What’s Underneath Your Dress?
Me showing off my new outfit to wear as Carillon Brewing Co. manager. If you have ever worn a historical costume, chances are [...]
Defining Sacred Place
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself what distinguishes a place that is sacred from a place merely associated with religion or religious history? Let’s [...]
How Did You Get Hooked?
Tim Grove, a long-time AASLH member and author of the “History Bytes” column in History News recently published a book called A Grizzly in the [...]
New Management Team Takes the Helm at Flannery O’Connor’s Farm
AASLH Member Since 2009 April Moon and Elizabeth WyliePhoto by Michael Gillett A Boston museum consultant and a West Georgia historian are heading [...]
Bi-Lingual Interpretation and Labels
I just read a great post from Nina Simon's Museum 2.0 blog that links to an evaluation about the use of bi-lingual labels. As an [...]