Tour the James Castle House at the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference
By Makenzi Dunstan, City of Boise Arts & History Department The 2023 AASLH Annual Conference, “I, Too, Am America,” places diverse [...]
AASLH Award of Distinction to be Presented to Catlin-Legutko and Gallimore
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Janet Gallimore will receive the Award [...]
Sessions for Small Museums at the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference
By Sean Blinn, Chair, AASLH Small Museums Committee The AASLH Annual Conference is one the highlights of the year for many [...]
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, [...]
Exploring History Through the Power of Place
By Courtney Cochley, Hyrum City Museum, Hyrum, UT I am so thankful I got to attend my first AASLH [...]
15 AASLH Members Receive Over $2.5 Million in NEH Grants
This month, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $24.7 million in grants for 208 humanities projects. “These NEH [...]
2021 AASLH Annual Report
AASLH is pleased to share our 2021 Annual Report with the field. Despite another year that was anything but predictable, our community came together [...]
Top 5 Reasons Why Museums Close: Highlights from a conversation between Susana Bautista and Adam Rozan
By Adam Rozan Last year I caught up with Susana Bautista over Zoom to chat with her about her new book How to Close [...]
Remembering Jeff Harris
Courtesy of Magoffin Home State Historic Site By Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, Small Museum’s Affinity Group Committee Chairperson The AASLH Small Museum’s Affinity Group [...]
A Special Message for Those Dealing with Storm Damage
By Bethany Hawkins, Chief of Operations Our hearts go out to so many people in the wake of the devastating tornadoes in Kentucky, Tennessee, [...]
Help Us Shape the Future of Public History Publications
By Aja Bain, AASLH Program and Publications Manager In the course of your public history work or teaching career, I bet you've often thought, [...]