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Experience Beyond the Classroom: Preparing for the Job Market as a Student
It was my first interview. I had eagerly prepared, going over all the projects I had produced from internships. I had a [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in November
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 [...]
Nomenclature Conundrum: When is a Model Not Really a Model?
28 Within Nomenclature 4.0 there are a few variations on the term "Model," which falls under the classification of Documentary Artifacts, sub-class [...]
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 [...]
Our new blog is taking off!
As part of AASLH’s website redesign, we are proud to launch a new blog from the Corporate History Affinity Group. The Corporate History group is [...]
Welcome to the Historic House Museum Blog
If you have found this blog, then odds are good that you direct, staff, or volunteer at a historic house museum. Welcome – please sit, [...]
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 [...]