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Gotta Catch ‘Em All: The Battle over Pokémon Go in Museums
Given the positive and negative stigma surrounding Pokémon Go I decided to write a follow-up to my original blog, “Engaging New Museum [...]
Free Digital Preservation Workshop in Atlanta- Oct 10
On Monday, October 10, 2016, the Digital POWRR Team will be conducting a FREE workshop at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta, [...]
How Heritage Museums & Gardens Use Visitors Count to Make Unforgettable Visitor Experiences
Working on the Visitors Count project for the last couple of years has been a satisfying experience of learning where we are [...]
Pop-Up Sessions: Here to Serve Your Pressing Needs
It happens every year. Urgent issues—or burgeoning topics—surface at our annual meeting or during the lag time after proposals are [...]
Message from the Council Chair: On AASLH 2015
The 2015 annual meeting theme, “The Power of Possibility,” was crafted by program chair Kyle McKoy of the Indiana Historical [...]
The Pleasant Hill Shakers and the Power of Possibility
The legacy of the Pleasant Hill Shaker community has often been assessed exclusively through their material culture. However, each physical [...]
AASLH Members Receive More Than $1 Million in Grants from NEH and IMLS
This summer, more than thirty AASLH member institutions were awarded prestigious grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) [...]
School’s Almost Out!
We can’t say thank you enough to volunteers who so diligently staff school programs throughout the year. Without their help, many institutions would have to [...]
Fighting Homophobia in Stealth Mode
The Morrison County Historical Society has been a member of AASLH and the American Association of Museums (AAM) for years. When one of these national [...]
“… Or a building full of old stuff” – Part II
By the way, we still have the “vintage” olive oil can, but it’s now in a back office holding pens and pencils. The inventory continued [...]
The Art of Management: Or an Ode to Manager-Tools.com
“Occupation?” It seems like a simple question. After all, it’s on so many forms we complete on a regular basis. And yet, I struggle every [...]
Exactly What You Bargained For: Contracting Presenters
So, you’ve planned the perfect program, found an enthusiastic audience and now you’re looking for just the right presenter. The big day arrives and when [...]
Thoughts on Developing Stellar Volunteer Programs
I’ve had the great privilege of working with some fantastic paid and unpaid staff members in my career. Before coming to Monticello, I worked with [...]