How Exhibitions Develop Collections
It all began with a small ski slope on Long Island. Yes, there was some skiing on Long Island, New York and [...]
Experience Beyond the Classroom: Preparing for the Job Market as a Student
It was my first interview. I had eagerly prepared, going over all the projects I had produced from internships. I had a [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in November
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically [...]
Classifying and Naming Digital Objects with Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature 4.0 can be used to catalog digital objects. It allows museums to record information about the format (e.g., “Document, Digital”) [...]
Middle Tennessee Museums See Success with StEPs
AASLH received a grant from the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee in the fall of 2011 to create a StEPs [...]
AASLH Invites Nominations for 2016 Leadership in History Awards Program
NASHVILLE, TN—December 2015 The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) invites nominations for the 2016 Leadership in History [...]
Meet a Member: Jackie Peterson
We are excited to launch a new biweekly blog series called “Meet a Member.” AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working [...]
Marketing Historical Thinking Skills to our Colleagues
Recently I attended the American Alliance of Museums conference in charming Baltimore, Maryland. At one of the un-conference sessions and over the twitter feed (#aam2013) [...]
Adaptive Reuse of Religious Buildings
As congregations around the country shrink, disband, or move into more modern facilities, hundreds of church buildings are left vacant. These structures, many of which [...]
A Plague of Beetles on Your Historic House!
Well, the carpet-bagging, snowbirds arrived to the South more than a month early this year. No, I’m not talking about the golf-loving Midwesterners Ohioans coming [...]
Conservation Assessment Program 2014 Application
By Heritage Preservation AASLH Member since 1990 Are you looking for ways to prioritize and improve collections care at your small to mid-sized museum? If [...]
AASLH Helps Small Museums Think Big
Sloss Furnaces National Landmark I enjoyed attending the AASLH Annual Meeting in Birmingham this fall, and I'm grateful to the Small Museum Committee [...]
Museums and Improv Comedy?
Over at the Tufts Museum Studies blog, Madeline Karp has posted the latest entry in the Dispatches from the Mid-Atlantic series, "Whose Program is this Anyway?" Her entry [...]