Help Your Organization and the Field: Respond to the 2023 National Visitor Survey
The fifth annual American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) “National Visitation Survey for History Organizations” is now accepting responses! [...]
Program Planning and Proper Names
By Bethany L Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Recently, I was reading Christianity Today and one of its articles made me [...]
Association of African American Museums Becomes Advisory Board Partner of AASLH’s History Leadership Institute
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is excited to announce that the Association of African American Museums has [...]
Experience the Power of Place with Tours at the Annual Conference
“Right Here, Right Now: The Power of Place” is the theme of the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference. Our host [...]
Right Here, Right Now: A Message from the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference Co-Chairs
By Sarah Jencks, Partner, History Co:Lab and Jennifer Ortiz, Director, Utah Division of History We are thrilled to gather [...]
AASLH Summer Interns: Marissa Hamm
Fellows Anne Comer and Marissa Hamm in the sitting room of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site with [...]
What’s New at the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference
Starting with last year’s Annual Conference in Little Rock, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) began [...]
Understanding the New Valuing History Collections Position Paper
By AASLH Standards and Ethics Committee The AASLH Standards and Ethics Committee has compiled FAQs to help explain the new Valuing History Collections position [...]
Field Services Alliance Tips: Re-opening Museums During COVID-19
By Laura Casey, Museum Services Coordinator, Texas Historical Commission, Austin, TX The Problem: The arrival of COVID-19 in January 2020 and the eventual closure [...]
How Do You Document Nothing?
By Harry Klinkhamer The COVID-19 pandemic has gripped the nation and the world. It has shut down economies and closed everything from nail salons [...]
Episodes of Change: A Long View of Museum-Making in America
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis The long-term impact of the pandemic on American museums is hard, if not impossible, to predict. At the [...]
AASLH Announces 2020 Election Slate for Council and Leadership Nominating Committee
We are proud to announce the slate of candidates for four spots on the AASLH Council, three Council officers, and three spots on our Leadership [...]
The New 3 Rs: Resilience, Responsibility, and Risk
Image of 1963 March on Washington courtesy of the Library of Congress. By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis As if a virulent [...]