Announcing the AASLH 2023 Leadership in History Award Winners
For over seventy-five years, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has presented Leadership in History Awards to establish [...]
Harrison Township Historical Society Recognized with AASLH 2023 Albert B. Corey Award
For over seventy-five years, AASLH has given Leadership in History Awards to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, [...]
Voting in the 2023 AASLH Council Election is Open
Your Vote Matters Members, The colleagues you choose to help lead AASLH will set our direction for years to come. AASLH’s [...]
Join Us at the Table in Boise for the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference
“I, Too, Am America” is the theme of the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference, which will be held in Boise, [...]
Visitation to History Organizations Increased in 2021 — But There’s a Long Way to Go
By John Garrison Marks, Director, Public History Research Lab This week, the American Association for State and Local History [...]
2022 Virtual Conference Educator and Environment Sessions
The 2022 AASLH Virtual Conference is November 1-3. The pre-registration deadline is October 26. Registration is only $60 for [...]
A National Conference with a Small Town Feel
By Sarah Adams, Edwards Place Historic House, Springfield, IL I was fortunate to attend the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference [...]
2022 Museums Advocacy Day
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations, AASLH On Tuesday, March 1, hundreds of museum employees and volunteers from all corners of the field [...]
Reframing History
We need a more productive public conversation about history. Today, AASLH is proud to introduce Reframing History, a new set of evidence-backed communications strategies [...]
AASLH Committees at Work (Part 2)
Once or twice a year we ask the chairs of AASLH committees to summarize what their group has been working on and plans to [...]
5 Ways to Make Your Historic House Museum Visitors Feel at Home (Even with Uncomfortable Topics)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations, AASLH One common criticism of historic house museums is they are static and impersonal. Even when curators [...]
AASLH Committees at Work (Part 1)
Once or twice a year we ask the chairs of AASLH committees to summarize what their group has been working on and plans to [...]
History Museums and Trust
By John Garrison Marks, Director, AASLH Public History Research Lab Americans trust history museums—or so we like to tell ourselves. Back in November on [...]