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Cleveland in World War II
Cleveland in World War II is a collaborative work based on archival sources and contemporary interviews by journalist Brian Albrecht of the [...]
Mistakes Were Made
Note from blog editors: Sean Kelley and a panel presented a session at the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting about the lies we [...]
Meet the Staff–Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens/Akron Public Schools Place-Based Education Curricula
From October 2014 to November 2015, 736 fifth grade students participated in “Meet the Staff,” an experiential learning curriculum created in partnership [...]
February StEPs certificates
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards [...]
22 Ways History Organizations Are Using StEPs to Self-Assess & Improve
I think we can all agree that assessment programs are important, but it’s not always as clear how self-assessment and [...]
NCH Advocacy Update: Federal Funding for History Holds Steady
This article was written by Lee White, Executive Director of the National Coalition for History. We are sharing it in [...]
The AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community
Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community The Emerging History Professionals (EHPs) Affinity Community supports, connects, and unites the newest generation of state [...]
Music in a Faith Community
Music has a positive social and psychological effect. It can bring a group of people together around a common cause. Anyone who has ever performed [...]
Three Scholarships Available for 2014 Annual Meeting
AASLH Small Museum Scholarship Now in its eighth year, AASLH’s Small Museums Committee is offering scholarships to any AASLH members who are full-time, part-time, paid, [...]
Houses in the Mail…Within These Walls at the Smithsonian
Working at a historic house museum presents its own set of challenges, developing an exhibition with a historic house as the key artifact presents a [...]
Military Artifact Identification – Foreign & Domestic
Knowing what the artifact is essential to everything your institution does with that artifact. Without a correct identification how can one accession, catalog and interpret [...]
Bring the Boy to the Farm…
Firestone Farm is the largest living history site in Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. It is the boyhood home of Harvey Firestone, the eventual tire tycoon. [...]
Children Who Visit Museums Have Higher Achievement in Reading, Math, and Science
The headline seems so logical to those of us in the history field. "Well, duh!" I thought when the blog came across the transom. But [...]