Guests are People Too: Avoiding Toxic Behind-the-Scenes Venting
Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Anyone have school tours running around lately? Anyone tired from a busy [...]
Putting Visitor Research Data to Work at the Colony of Avalon
The Colony of Avalon is widely recognized as the best preserved early English colonial site in North America. Located in the rural [...]
54 AASLH Members Receive Over $5 Million in IMLS Grants
54 AASLH member institutions were awarded prestigious Museums for America grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). These grants, [...]
Visitor Studies Association: Call for Session Proposals Now Open
The Visitor Studies Association's annual conference will be held in Boston July 19-23, 2016! The Data Revolution theme will challenge [...]
Historic Madison Raises Matching Funds and Qualifies for Jeffris Foundation Challenge Grant
November 10, 2015, MADISON, IN - Historic Madison, Inc. announces a significant milestone in its $2.5 million Capital Campaign to [...]
Embracing Audience Engagement: A Small Museums Scholarship Recipient’s Experience
By Claire Blaylock, Clackamas County Historical Society, Oregon City, OR This past September, thanks to the Small Museums Scholarship, I [...]
New-York Historical Society’s Center for the Study of Women’s History is First of Its Kind for a U.S. Museum
Collection of Tiffany Lamps to be Displayed in a Dazzling Glass Gallery Center for the Study of Women’s History is [...]
Stop! Collaborate and Listen!
Collaboration is the key to survival in today's economic environment. It's no longer enough to do what you've always done, no matter how well you [...]
It’s Worth It! Hosting a Summer Camp
This post is by Kate Baldwin, Curator of Education at the Litchfield Historical Society in Litchfield, Conn. The Civil War Experience is the most [...]
A Touchy Subject
Leading tours in a historic house filled with objects and furnishings has its benefits and drawbacks. While it gives us an opportunity to immerse visitors [...]
Taking Your Museum to the Streets – Chandler Edition
Every so often it becomes necessary to close a museum building. Maybe it's because of a facility issue, or a lack of funding, or an [...]
Field Trips and the Admission-Free Museum
In November 2012, the Detroit Historical Museum reopened after a 6 month, $12 million renovation. As a gift back to the community who helped fund [...]
AASLH Encourages History Organizations to Help Document Hurricane Sandy
Historypin, in partnership with AASLH, Google, the Metropolitan New York Library Council, and the Society of American Archivists launches the new initiative Hurricane Sandy: Record, Remember, Rebuild. [...]