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On Carol Kammen
Carol Kammen (center) receiving the Award of Distinction in 2007 from AASLH President Terry Davis (right) and AASLH Chair of Council [...]
Two First-Time Attendees Reflect on Museums Advocacy Day 2023
Nolan Dahm and Lauren Wallace in Washington, DC at Museums Advocacy Day 2023. Each year, the American Association for State and [...]
2022 Annual Report Documents Active Year for AASLH
2022 was an active year for the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)! Uniting much of the work of [...]
Read the Annual Update on the Semiquincentennial
The Semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the founding of the United States is now just four years away! This [...]
Are Historians Ready For The Semiquincentennial?
By Lia Warner, NYU Graduate Summer Fellow This July 4th will mark the four-year countdown to the 250th anniversary [...]
Making Individual Membership More Valuable
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is making changes and adding benefits to our basic Individual [...]
Small Museums Recover from the Pandemic
By Elizabeth P. Stewart and members of the AASLH Small Museums Committee: Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, Sean Blinn, Ann Bennett, Laura [...]
2020 Leadership in History Award Winners
Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie G. Bunch, our 2017 Award of Distinction recipient, with former Council Chair Katherine Kane and AASLH President and [...]
A Statement from AASLH
The past few days have provided crushing reminders of how the nation still struggles with violence and racism born in the past and harbored [...]
Think Creatively to Find Hidden History
By Emily Libecap, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY How do we find historical information on people who were excluded from mainstream historical [...]
Lessons from Reopening in Texas City
By Amanda Vance, Texas City Museum Beginning May 1, Texas museums were allowed to open back up to the public. Here in Texas City, [...]
Reconnecting with Key Constituencies
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis At the moment, no one can predict with any accuracy what the long-term effects of the global pandemic [...]
Navigating Discussions About Collections as Financial Assets
By Cherie Cook, Senior Program Manager, AASLH Last week, the AASLH Council adopted a revised and re-titled position paper to replace the outdated Capitalization [...]