Ten Fundraising To-do’s for Small Museums & Nonprofits
By Jamie Simek Does fundraising leave you at a loss? Have you read fundraising guides and wondered how to translate them into [...]
History in Motion: What We Can Learn from U-Haul’s Love for Local History
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word summer? Vacation? BBQs? The beach? How about moving? Every summer [...]
Free Events at the AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Are you coming to Detroit and looking for some cheap networking opportunities? AASLH/MMA has several events planned that you want to be [...]
AASLH 2015 Attendees Suggest Session Topics for 2016
We sent all attendees of the 2015 Annual Meeting a survey to find out what we did right and what [...]
Power of Possibility: A Small Museums Scholarship Experience
By Shelly Drummond, Plant City Photo Archives and History Center, Plant City, FL As a grateful recipient of a Small [...]
The Words (and numbers) Still Matter
The Words (and numbers) Still Matter In the context of a conference on computerization of museum catalog records, more than [...]
2016 Call for Proposals
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will present its 2016 annual meeting in Detroit, MI, from September [...]
Interactives for Everyone!
Contributed by Rebecca Martin who has worked at the Litchfield Historical Society and the National Archives I know that hands-on, multi-sensory experiences really do make a [...]
To Do or Not to Do: Professional Development
Note: I completely support professional development for museum staff. The sole intent of this commentary is to start a conversation. Throughout my career, I fortunately [...]
Making Point of View Central to Interpretation
Photo courtesy of Ford’s Theatre. Ford’s Theatre is a National Historic Site that also operates as a working theatre, producing four main stage [...]
Network of Museums – What is our role?
Whether we exchange art, artifacts or expertise, I’ve always believed neighboring cultural institutions should help each other. Collegiality is a given in our field. With [...]
The Emotional Foundation of a Membership
At the top of your spinal column, there is a walnut-sized region of the brain called the amygdala, which is commonly called the “old brain” [...]
Context for History Is Not Comfortable
Prior to agreeing to reprint my "History Is Not Comfortable" article here on SMOC, I asked if I could also write a post that gave [...]