Recognizing the Rainbow: The National Park Service’s Quest to Include LGBTQ Americans in Telling All Americans’ Stories
Tim Gill, founder of the Gill Foundation, holds up a copy of the 1200 page theme study at the launch party [...]
Finding Eleanor Pack: Challenges and Methods in Researching Domestic Staff at Nemours
Kitchen at Nemours, undated. Nemours Estate Archive. Historic estates are living in a post-“Downton Abbey” world and visitors frequently ask [...]
A Few Simple Tips for Public Historians Working with Confrontational Visitors
An interpreter at Mackinac State Historic Parks, Michigan. This article was originally posted on Exploring the Past and is re-posted here [...]
Built By the River
In 2009, the Detroit Historical Society began a five-year fundraising campaign to renovate and reinterpret the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. [...]
Stitching History Program
For the War of 1812 bicentennial, Maryland Historical Society wanted to do something bigger than an exhibit or book: something [...]
Industrial Eden: The Legacy of Haywardville
Industrial Eden was a yearlong multi-community program designed to heighten awareness of area residents to a local vanished mill village [...]
Worcester Revolution of 1774
On September 6, 1774, 4,622 militiamen from throughout Worcester County, Massachusetts, marched into the town and closed the Royal Courts, [...]
In a Pence-ive Mood about Coins
Penny (2 pence), George III, Great Britain, 1797 Wisconsin Historical Society 1998.232.892 I recently saw the film, “Saving Mr. Banks,” and began [...]
Gearing Up for Steamy Collaborations
Collaborations have long been touted as an excellent avenue for small historic sites and museums to better leverage limited staff and resources to reach a [...]
Trained Not to Touch?
The Ohio History Center opened a new exhibit 1950s: Building the American Dream. In this exhibit, we installed a re-assembled Lustron home that was furnished with for use collections. Visitors [...]
An Award? Why Me? Why Not?
These three questions are rather simple, aren't they? Most of us, when recognized and complimented for a job well done, will simply say, “I thought [...]
Developing Ethical Representations of Difficult Histories Part 3: Questions for Readers
Note: Julie Rose, director of the West Baton Rouge Museum and AASLH Vice Chair, has shared some thoughts on her latest Technical Leaflet, "Three Building [...]
Museum At Fort Sam Houston Updates Design for New Location
AASLH Member Since 1997 FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – Renovations and construction continue in the east wing of the historic Quadrangle in preparation for the relocation [...]