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Cohn High School: How We Love Thee
In the summer of 2014, the West Baton Rouge Parish School board announced that the Cohn High School (1949-1969) would be demolished. [...]
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808–1865
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808–1865 was a special project presented by The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) [...]
4th Graders' QR Codes for Historic Sites in Lecompton, Kansas
What happens when a fourth grade teacher in a small town brings together the local elementary school, community volunteers, and two museums [...]
AASLH Announces New Books for 2016
AASLH is pleased to announce our newest publications from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Our books cover a wide range of topics, [...]
Meet a Member: Historic Madison, Inc.
Meet a Member is a biweekly blog series spotlighting our members. AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field [...]
WWI Centennial Commission to Announce Memorial Design Competition Winner
WASHINGTON, DC: The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission has scheduled a press event to formally announce the winning design [...]
Commission on National Women’s History Museum Seeks Public Input
From the NWHM Congressional Commission Website. The Congressional Commission to Study the Potential for a National Women’s History [...]
Lessons from a Museum Merger
I could write multiple posts about why it became necessary for Portland Harbor Museum to merge with another museum. In this post, however, I want [...]
Scrapbooks, Albums, and other Mixed Content Memorabilia
From the Smoky Hill Museum Collections, Salina, Kansas I recently spotted a book at my local library, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by [...]
What a Volunteer Needs
I never really thought about becoming a volunteer, it just did not seem like something that I would ever have time for. The few times [...]
Turn a Snowball Fight into Museum Members
I came across this posting on AASLH Award Winner Gore Place’s Facebook wall the other day and thought, what a perfect way to engage people [...]
Small Museums Come Together
Working and volunteering for a small museum can be tough. You wear many hats. There are always five different projects (or disasters) demanding your attention. [...]
Making the most out of work in progress
Making The Most Out Of Work In Progress When you work at a historic house museum, there is almost always a [...]