Report on Recent Initiatives of the History Relevance Campaign
The National Archives hosted the second History Relevance Campaign (HRC) meeting with Washington D.C. area history organizations on Monday, October 17. David [...]
Cultural Competency: A Powerful Tool for Change
At the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting, the Educators and Interpreters Committee hosted a session on cultural competency featuring staff from the Arab [...]
Welcome to Our House: How Visitor Experience Planning at Pittock Mansion Lead to Record Attendance
Visitors exploring Pittock Mansion’s 16,000 square feet. As many historic house museums across the country experience declining visitation, Portland’s Pittock [...]
Coins, Coins Everywhere!
For some reason, and I still can't figure out why I did this, I made the assumption that working with [...]
Community Museum Leads Community Recovery
Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum, an IMLS National Medal of Honor 2015 Finalist for community service, holds as one of [...]
Arthur and Edith Lee House Project
The Arthur and Edith Lee House Project documents and interprets the history behind a series of menacing protests that enveloped [...]
Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations
The Why Treaties Matter project represents a real and important “absent narrative” about the genesis of current culture. The goal [...]
The History of the AASLH Religious History Community
In 2007 I attended my first AASLH annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Being new to the AASLH scene I primarily kept to myself as I [...]
From a Small Museum Scholarship Winner
John Ward House, c.1710. One of three historic buildings at the Buttonwoods Museum in Haverhill, MA. Can your museum afford institutional memberships with [...]
AASLH Announces New Council Members
NASHVILLE, TN— The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announced the election of four history professionals to its governing council on September 20 [...]
A Reader Born Every Flight
A few months ago, I read an article about a new marketing campaign from Qantas Airlines. The campaign, titled "Stories for Every Journey," commissioned a [...]
Free Collections Management Webinar Tomorrow
The Small Museums Committee of AASLH is pleased to be partnering with the Connecting to Collections Online Community to present a collections management webinar! Essential [...]
West Baton Rouge Museum Director Honored by Girl Scouts of America
BATON ROUGE — Girl Scouts Louisiana East is holding its 2013 Women of Distinction awards dinner and champagne reception, honoring nine community leaders, on Friday, [...]