The Power of (Re-)imagination: Promoting Self-Care in the Workplace
Caitlin Williams was awarded a Small Museums Scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You can learn more about the AASLH Small [...]
Grappling with Unfolding Events
This article was originally published in the Summer 2016 issue of History News magazine, the official publication of AASLH. You can read the full article [...]
Her Hat Was In The Ring: How Digital Collections Can Transform Our Understanding of the Past
Amid all the discussions about the unprecedented campaign for U.S. president by a woman candidate, it is important to have historical perspective. [...]
Tobacco Barns Preservation Project
Recognizing the lack of programs to protect the state’s historic rural and agricultural heritage, Preservation Virginia launched the Tobacco Barns [...]
La Belle: The Ship That Changed History
La Belle: The Ship That Changed History is a 6,000 square foot special exhibition that examines the more than three [...]
Tennessee War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission
While the War of 1812 has national significance, the event was exceptionally important to Tennessee. The conflict made Andrew Jackson [...]
Slaves and Slaveholders of Wessyngton Plantation
Slaves and Slaveholders of Wessyngton Plantation interpreted an often neglected aspect of Tennessee’s past: antebellum plantation slavery. Located in Robertson [...]
Visiting Corporate History Museums
One of the fun things I get to do as Program Manager at AASLH is to visit our member museums. Last summer, I was in [...]
Creating the Collector’s Corner
Most of my challenges from working in a small museum are from two things: money and time. When the City of Bowie Museums needed someone [...]
Sealing Historic House Windows
One of the members of the historic house list serv posted the following question recently. She wrote “I work at an historic home from the [...]
Tennessee Museums Earn StEPs Certificates
On November 19, I was pleased to present several of our local StEPs participants with Bronze and Silver certificates at a special celebration in Nashville. [...]
6 Website Resources on Succession Planning
Planning for the future is essential for history organizations. Have an executive succession plan in place that is researched and update will aide in transition [...]
War Stories
Most Americans these days have little experience with the military, but the military–past and present–is still a significant part of our history. From those of [...]