Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in October
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 [...]
A Golden Age for Historic Properties
In the Summer 2007 History News, John and Anita Durel predicted that "Historic properties are on the verge of a golden age. [...]
Grant Opportunity: Civic Engagement Through Literature with the NEA Big Read
Have you heard of the NEA Big Read? The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the application guidelines for 2017-2018 NEA [...]
Montana Women’s History Matters
On November 3, 1914, Montana joined nine other western states in extending voting rights to non-Native women. One hundred years [...]
Doing Our Part: Clay County in WWII
Using the Minnesota Historical Society traveling exhibit Homefront as a starting point, HCSCC staff researched, designed, and installed an innovative [...]
Chicken Hill: A Community Lost to Time
The suburban development of the Three Village area in the 1960s converted the residential area known as Chicken Hill into [...]
Caring for Body, Mind, and Spirit: The Story of St. Joseph’s Nurses
Caring for Body, Mind, and Spirit: The Story of St. Joseph’s Nurses opened November 12, 2014, at the Piper Memorial [...]
AASLH – More than a Conference
Mark Sundlov and Jason Crabill sharing a toast from AASLH Annual Meeting 2013. "You came up in conversation tonight and 'the crew' is [...]
More Texas Tales – A Tale from Canyon, Texas: The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
One of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum’s most popular artifacts isn't inside at all. The T Anchor Ranch Headquarters, the oldest surviving Anglo structure in the [...]
By and For Small Museums
In November 2008, a Request for Proposal, was sent out to members of the museum community, asking for help in a ground-breaking new project: The [...]
Using Jazz Improvisation As A Model For Developing Exhibits
Jazz improvisation begins with a melodic phrase, then it invites a response and builds on a theme. Sometimes pleasing, sometimes cacophonous, the result is rooted in the magic of call and response. Think of it as history in action.
Another Texas Tale – So What is a Cowgirl Anyway?
The idea of a cowgirl is something we constantly address at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Like many of you, we work [...]
Uncomfortable for Some: Addressing Issues of Importance at AASLH
At AASLH’s 2013 Annual Meeting, three of us will conduct a panel discussion on two uncomfortable (for some) topics: the histories of African-Africans and of [...]