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We’re Moving! AASLH Office Closed October 11-14
Our new office building! We’re Moving! From the afternoon of October 11 through the morning of the 14th, the AASLH [...]
Magical Awards Banquet: A Small Museums Scholarship Experience
Elizabeth Marston, Director of the Elgin History Museum (Elgin, IL), was awarded a scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You can learn [...]
Recap: Corporate History at the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting
Thank you to all those that attended our Corporate History tour, session, and luncheon. It turned out to be a great crowd! [...]
Scandal! Vice, Crime, and Morality in Montréal
Based on extensive documentary research and a wide‐ranging collection of personal accounts from Montrealers from the era along with comments [...]
Vashon Island's Native People: Navigating Seas of Change
The exhibit Vashon Island’s Native People: Navigating Seas of Change, created by the all-volunteer Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum, provided insights [...]
The A-mazing Mendes Cohen
The exhibit concept for The A-mazing Mendes Cohen was to illuminate nineteenth-century history and the formation of Jewish-American identity through [...]
Welcome New AASLH Members (Oct. 2015)
AASLH is pleased to welcome all the individuals and institutions who became members in October. We are so glad you [...]
Help! How Do You Manage Affinity Groups?
This blog post isn’t so much a sharing of a best practice, but a request for a discussion on best practices. At the Detroit Historical [...]
I’m Staring at 100 Completed Comment Cards. Now What????
You know they’re there. That stack of completed comments -- the 3x5 cards, short surveys, and exhibition comment books -- sitting in your file cabinet. What do you do now?
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 [...]