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Over There: Washington and the Great War
The Gunn Historical Museum commemorated the World War I centennial with the community curated exhibit Over There: Washington and the Great War [...]
Pacific Worlds
Pacific Worlds explored historical and contemporary connections between the Pacific Islands and California, inviting diverse Californian communities to get to know their [...]
Coloring Independently: 1940s African American Film Stills from the Collection of the California African American Museum
Coloring Independently: 1940s African American Film Stills from the Collection of the California African American Museum featured a selection of more than [...]
Historical Society of Washington, DC and HistoryIT Release New Digital Archive Portal for DC History
Earlier this month, the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. and history technology and consulting firm HistoryIT (AASLH members since 1995 and 2013, respectively) [...]
Meet a Member: Hope Shannon
Meet a Member is a biweekly blog series spotlighting our members. AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field [...]
Nomenclature 4.0: New Terms for Mobile Devices
Today’s world is increasingly inundated with new models of mobile devices. This increase of various technological devices prompted the Nomenclature [...]
A High-Water Mark for History, When the Community Is the Museum, and Other Highlights from History News’ Autumn 2015 Issue
It’s always exciting to get the first box of the new History News at the AASLH offices. Though we may [...]
Registration Open for the 2014 Building Museums Symposium
An annual symposium on the mysteries, pitfalls, and rewards of planning and managing museum building projects. The symposium is organized under three inter-related themes: Vision, [...]
AASLH Awards: A Winner’s Perspective
Southlake Historical Society, an all-volunteer local historical society in Texas designed our website, www.southlakehistory.org, in 2012 and 2013 with the goal of presenting our city’s [...]
Finding Inspiration in the Mundane
I’m no Grinch! I do not self-identify in the slightest way with Scrooge. I love the holiday season (even glitter!), I love my job, and [...]
Historic House Call: Creating Engaging and Memorable Tours
Historic House Call: Creating Engaging and Memorable Tours Webinar January 30 @ 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm EST Register for the webinar here. Contribute to [...]
Taking the first StEPs
Last year the staff of the Chandler Museum suggested to the board that we embark on a StEPs assessment. Staff was aware that there are [...]
A Little Romance
I first heard exhibit designer Craig Kerger use the term “galleries of thought” to describe the successive spaces that lead visitors through an interpretive experience. [...]