This Annual Meeting is the BEST for Historic House Museums
This Annual Meeting is the BEST for Historic House Museums! Admittedly, I may be a little biased because I am the Chair [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in August
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 [...]
28 AASLH Members Receive Over $9 Million in NEH Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $79 million in grants for 290 humanities projects and programs [...]
The SCARY Truth Facing Historic Houses
The ghost of Christmas Yet to Be brings Scrooge all of the bad news in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. Well, today [...]
I Remember When Part 10
Fun with “C:\>” In the olden days (before Bill Gates introduced the Windows operating system and became a multi-billionaire), it [...]
A Night at the Museum: Public-Private Collaboration Done Right
I was thrilled to attend the opening of American Enterprise, the new business exhibit that opened at the Smithsonian’s National [...]
National History Day: Leadership and Legacy in History
In June, I had the opportunity to work with National History Day staff at the National Contest in College Park, [...]
Lunch with colleagues (It’s more than eating)
Mary is a long time museum professional who works for a state agency. Lindsey has been an historical society director for the past five years. Please [...]
Spreading the Word
In 2011, a group of Maryland museums and heritage organizations received an IMLS grant to create an exciting series of workshops: Creating a Visitor-Centered Museum. [...]
Remaining Relevant in the Face of a Changing Curriculum
Contributed by John Buchinger, former middle school teacher, museum educator and chief instigator at bRabbit Consulting Museums have a direct relationship with schools. For almost [...]
re Your Docents Dull, Dwindling or Dying? We Can Help!
Erik Holland (Director, Education & Interpretative Services at the North Dakota Heritage Center) and Megan Gately (Education Programs Coordinator, Education and Outreach Division at the Arizona [...]
Keeping It “Small”
Lauren Silberman I used to think that history museums with a million dollar budget were small. Please keep in mind that I had [...]
Staying Plugged In…
It’s Electric! Connection…the very concept, elusive as it is, is the thread by which the museum field binds communities together. This is especially true for [...]