The Power of Change Starts from Inside
By Anne Jordan, Little White School Museum, Oswego, IL This was my second year attending the AASLH conference, but the first [...]
Change is Required: Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Museum
Change is Required: Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Museum, the newest book in the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) [...]
Finding my Place at #AASLH2022
By Julie Zasada, Cedar Lake Historical Association, Cedar Lake, IN The #AASLH2022 Annual Conference theme of Right Here, Right Now: The [...]
Women on Your Money: Female Representation on U.S. Currency
By Kimberly Robinson, WHAC Co-chair Another year, another Women’s History Month on the books! The Women’s History Affinity Community [...]
How States Are Preparing for the U.S. 250th Anniversary
Across the United States, planning for the U.S. 250th anniversary is gaining momentum. Federal agencies, state museums, local nonprofits, [...]
Reframing History Podcast Now Available
The new Reframing History initiative provides the field with a set of evidence-backed recommendations to communicate about history more [...]
AASLH Statement on Montpelier Board and Montpelier Descendants Committee
AASLH urges The Montpelier Foundation (TMF) to honor its June 2021 commitment to treat the Montpelier Descendants Committee (MDC) [...]
How History Organizations are Meeting Community Needs in a Crisis
(We like the spirit of this image, but cannot vouch for it being good glove protocol or social distancing practice.) As history [...]
Here We Go Again
By W. Todd Groce, President and CEO, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, GA “Here we go again.” That was my first thought when I watched [...]
New Tool Available from the History Relevance Initiative
By Tim Grove, Grove History Consulting Relevance is a concept that can be hard to grasp. Most organizations assume they are relevant, but often [...]
Three Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in March
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed [...]
After the Pandemic: Thinking Ahead
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis In the midst of the pandemic, our museums, sites, and organizations are preoccupied with loss of income, layoffs, [...]
Field Services Alliance Tips: Collections Care During COVID-19
By Samantha Forsko, Preservation Specialist, Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA The Problem: COVID-19 is changing the way we do everything. [...]