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A Guide to Women’s History at the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Mark your schedules! In one month, the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting will begin. Here is a guide to Women’s History sessions and events: [...]
House or Home? Rethinking the House Museum Paradigm
Wheelwright House, Strawbery Banke Museum At their best, historic sites and house museums provide meaningful and personal touchstones to the [...]
Cemetery Preservation & Interpretation: A Resource Collection
Here is a collection of all AASLH resources on preserving and interpreting historic cemeteries. For more resources on a wide range of subjects, [...]
Review: Zen and the Art of Local History
Note: In 2014, AASLH and the British Association for Local History (BALH) began steps to make common cause in the [...]
Trevor’s Ridiculously Subjective Louisville Restaurant Guide
Louisville is a fantastic food city. There’s a lot more out there than fried chicken, hot browns and derby pies [...]
Don’t Miss #AASLH2015 Online!
Don’t Miss the 2015 AASLH Online Conference! It’s an opportunity for you, your colleagues, and volunteers to attend the annual [...]
Granite Falls Historical Society’s City Hall
2015 marks AASLH's 75th Anniversary Year. For the occasion, AASLH has created a blog series for members to share their [...]
Where do I find…
As small museum professionals, we’re all used to wearing many hats. In fact, some of us joke that you can determine the size of your [...]
Accidents Will Happen…
A young girl on a field trip runs into a pole at full speed! She is so hysterical that you can’t even get a good [...]
Staying on a Teacher’s Radar
A recent blog post by Max van Balgooy about a study that examined why teachers visit or don’t visit historic sites confirmed something we know [...]
Does Flying by the Seat of Your Pants Really Work?
Critical elements in the planning process that help make a program successful often fall by the wayside in a seat-of-the-pants approach. A month or so ago, I put out a call to various museum list-serves for program planning and evaluation checklists and was so gratified by the response.
Politicians Are People, Too!
Have you ever invited your representative to your museum? Maybe it’s time to participate in a new American Association of Museums initiative: “Invite Congress to Visit Your Museum.”
Smell: A Catalyst for Conversation
Good, bad, and ugly, all of us have strong memories tied to smell (sadly, the first thought that comes to my mind is my dog [...]