Schedule Changes for AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Please note the following changes in the upcoming AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting schedule. Sessions Cancelled The Wednesday workshops, Easy to Read: A Guide [...]
Grant-Sponsored Training in Scientific Imaging Technologies for History and Museum Professionals
Here's an opportunity for historians, archivists, and museum professionals to receive grant-sponsored training in scientific imaging technologies: Who is CHI? Cultural Heritage [...]
Resources for Heritage Institutions Affected by Flooding in Louisiana
AASLH is reaching out to our constituents in the recent flood affected areas in Louisiana. As a member of the Heritage Emergency [...]
A Diversity Fellowship Winner’s Perspective of AASLH 2015
2015 was my first time attending the annual AASLH conference and I am unbelievably appreciative to AASLH for awarding me [...]
Inspiration Found at the 2015 Annual Meeting
As a young professional and the brand new executive director of a small town history and art museum, I was [...]
Chime In: Museum Education in History Museums
The Educators and Interpreters Committee occasionally receives questions from the field at large that we feel should go out to a bigger pool of practitioners to [...]
Trial by Fire: The New Future of History Nonprofits
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Humanities Indicators (HI) project just released a detailed report on Not-for-Profit History Organizations [...]
History Is Not Comfortable
What's It Like To Be Transgendered in Morrison County, MN? Exhibit by Morrison County Historical Society, 2012. What started as a blog post [...]
Education Department Organizational Charts
Our colleague Sheri Levinsky Raskin (Board Member - President at New York City Museum Educators Roundtable) has sent the query below and I thought the [...]
Site Rentals: The Challenging Intersection of Mission and Money
Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center, President Lincoln's Cottage Contributed by Sahand Miraminy, Events and Programs Coordinator at President Lincoln's Cottage Museums and [...]
An Intern’s Experience
I wanted to share one of our intern's experience with the community. After writing his history of the Peloponnesian War, the ancient Greek historian Thucydides [...]
The Power of Partnerships
Partners from President Lincoln’s Cottage and Polaris Project celebrate the opening of Can You Walk Away? Lewis and Clark. Batman and Robin. John, [...]
Go Ahead, Teach Local
"Shop Local, Buy Local." These buzzwords (especially during this shopping season) show a growing desire to support local resources rather than to depend on national [...]