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Cultural Competency: A Powerful Tool for Change
At the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting, the Educators and Interpreters Committee hosted a session on cultural competency featuring staff from the Arab [...]
Welcome to Our House: How Visitor Experience Planning at Pittock Mansion Lead to Record Attendance
Visitors exploring Pittock Mansion’s 16,000 square feet. As many historic house museums across the country experience declining visitation, Portland’s Pittock [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in October
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 [...]
New Exhibition Explores Puerto Rican and Latino Art and Heritage in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia History Museum has been a member of AASLH since 2003. PHILADELPHIA, PA, November 10, 2015 — The Philadelphia [...]
Naugatuck Historical Society Recognized in Local News for StEPs Achievements
The Naugatuck Historical Society (AASLH Member since 1996) was recognized by Citizen's News for earning certificates for two StEPs sections (Bronze [...]
New-York Historical Society to Receive Time Inc.’s Enormous Archive
New York, NY—November 6, 2015—The New-York Historical Society is pleased to announce that Time Inc. is donating its colossal archive [...]
On Being Historic and Green
Visitor #1 (exiting a recreated 1700’s log house at an open air site): “I wouldn’t have wanted to live [...]
“Honk for History” OR “Want Truth? Get History.”
Do we need a brand for history? I just attended an UnConference Session at the American Alliance of Museums Conference in Baltimore, where a group [...]
Pinterested Yet?
If you haven’t yet fallen under the spell of Pinterest yourself, it might be easy to overlook the possibilities of this simple social bookmarker. But [...]
Paying it Forward…
Any worker in a small museum can find an excuse not to participate in professional development opportunities. “I don’t have enough time,” or “They can’t [...]
Why Am I an AASLH Individual Member?
As you may know, this blog is an initiative of AASLH's Educators and Interpreters Committee. Our mission is to address the needs of educators and [...]
Growing Your Social Media Presence
Looking for ways to increase interactions with your organization's Facebook friends? Read on!
What I’m Looking For… (thoughts from an 11-year-old museum visitor)
Slave pen at the Freedom Center The Ed/Interpreters Affinity Committee asked for some input from the committee on what we like when we visit [...]