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Recap of Women’s History at the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Van Hoosen Farm, September 2016 visit. Photo by Susan Ferentinos. Our women’s history offerings at the joint meeting of the [...]
Top Takeaways from the #AASLHMMA2016 Mentoring Roundtable
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Detroit for our Emerging History Professionals Mentoring Roundtable (and for our Happy Hour aftewards, [...]
What AASLH Attendees Want to Learn at the 2017 Annual Meeting
We sent all attendees of the 2016 Annual Meeting a survey to find out what we did right and what we could [...]
SubUrbanisms: Casino Company Town/ China Town
SubUrbanisms documents the development of a suburban Chinatown surrounding the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut and how workers, many recent [...]
Castle on the Cove: the Connecticut State Prison and Wethersfield
Castle on the Cove explores the Connecticut State Prison while it operated in Wethersfield between 1827 and 1963 and its [...]
RACE Project at History Colorado
On September 20, 2014, the History Colorado Center brought the traveling exhibit RACE: Are We So Different? to Denver for [...]
Voices of Wartime: Telluride During World War II
Voices of Wartime explored how a global conflict affected the everyday lives of those living in the small, isolated mining [...]
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 [...]