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Finding Eleanor Pack: Challenges and Methods in Researching Domestic Staff at Nemours
Kitchen at Nemours, undated. Nemours Estate Archive. Historic estates are living in a post-“Downton Abbey” world and visitors frequently ask [...]
A Few Simple Tips for Public Historians Working with Confrontational Visitors
An interpreter at Mackinac State Historic Parks, Michigan. This article was originally posted on Exploring the Past and is re-posted here [...]
My 5 Favorite Props to Use in Programs
One thing that every interpreter has to do to be effective is to get and keep their audiences' attention. If no one [...]
Advocacy Alert: Success with ESSA! Now Tell Your Senator to Vote “Yes” on Dec 7
Members of the Historical Community, Late yesterday the House of Representatives, by a vote of 359-64, approved the conference report [...]
Welcome New AASLH Members (Nov. 2015)
AASLH is pleased to welcome all the individuals and institutions who became members in November. We are so glad you [...]
How Aid to Norway During WWII Transformed Into a History Museum
2015 marks AASLH's 75th Anniversary Year. For the occasion, AASLH has created a blog series for members to share their [...]
AASLH’s Gift Guide For History Lovers & Museum Professionals
Trying to find the perfect gift for friends or family in the public history field? We all know history lovers [...]
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 [...]
Fakelore, Story Creep, and Other Crimes Against History
By George L. Vogt AASLH Member since 1994 Executive Director, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR On a tour of Kyoto, we noticed an odd phenomenon. [...]
Judah Ring at Union Pacific
A treasured artifact from the Union Pacific Historical Collection has recently come to light after being in the Washington D.C. office for more than a [...]
The New-York Historical Society’s “Talk to Us” Phone Booth
In the fall of 2005, the New-York Historical Society opened the exhibition Slavery in New York. The exhibition was extremely popular, partly because many visitors [...]
The Benefits of Collaboration
The National Steinbeck Center, like many small museums in non-urban communities, often acts as a museum, a cultural center, a conference room, and a community [...]