Making Connections at #AASLH2022
By Li Edwards, American Chinese Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania This year was my first time attending an AASLH Annual Conference. It was [...]
Networking and New Conversations at #AASLH2022
By Traci Jones, Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium, Hoover, Alabama From the moment I arrived at the 2022 [...]
A New Staff Member’s Impressions of His First AASLH Annual Conference
By Eric Morse, Marketing and Sales Manager, AASLH Each year, the AASLH Annual Conference draws a large number of first-time participants. [...]
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 [...]
2021 AASLH Annual Report
AASLH is pleased to share our 2021 Annual Report with the field. Despite another year that was anything but [...]
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 [...]
Remembering Jeff Harris
Courtesy of Magoffin Home State Historic Site By Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, Small Museum’s Affinity Group Committee Chairperson The [...]
Update on #MeToo, AASLH, NCPH, and the Field
By Erin Carlson Mast, CEO and Executive Director, President Lincoln’s Cottage, Washington, D.C. A little over five months have passed since AASLH held its Annual [...]
Fifteen Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in December and January
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last two months! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study [...]
Understanding the Challenges of History in Our Parks
Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, Mississippi By Antone Pierucci, Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District, Jurupa Valley, CA It’s too easy to [...]
AASLH Receives NEH Grant to Prepare for 250th Anniversary
This week, AASLH received a $150,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop planning and educational resources to help small historical organizations [...]
Nomenclature Available as Open Data
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is now free for download in a number of formats! The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and AASLH are happy to [...]
Open Now: the 2020 National Visitation Survey
By John Marks, Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, AASLH AASLH is calling on all history organizations to complete the 2020 National Visitation Survey. The questionnaire should [...]