AASLH Introduces New and Expanded Online Courses
If you’re like many people who work in a history organization, you’re responsible for more than one task or discipline. AASLH [...]
Announcing the Scholarship Winners for the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is proud to announce the winners of three scholarship programs for the [...]
Experience Boise’s Art in the Park During the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference
Editor's Note: One of the reasons to attend the AASLH Annual Conference is that it provides an opportunity to visit and [...]
Holiday Gift Ideas from AASLH
Looking for a gift idea for yourself or someone who loves or works in public history? Consider these ideas [...]
Giving Thanks at AASLH
Last week, the American Association for State and Local History staff gathered for a staff retreat. In addition to [...]
Need a Session Idea for #AASLH2023?
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Are you thinking about proposing a session for the 2023 AASLH Annual [...]
The Power of Place for Small Museums
By Melissa Swindell, Georgia Writers Museum, Eatonton, GA This year’s theme, Right Here, Right Now: The Power of Place, [...]
AASLH Acquires the ARCUS Leadership Program
One of the most important things we do at AASLH is connect our members and others in the history community to professional development that [...]
Announcing the 2022 History Leadership Institute Seminar Cohort
The AASLH History Leadership Institute is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious leadership program for professionals in the history museum field. Each year, the [...]
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 [...]