AASLH Statement on Armed Individuals Shutting Down Event at the Memphis Museum of Science and History
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) condemns the armed individuals who showed up at the Memphis Museum of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Taking a Breath at Mid-Career
Bethany and her son visiting Historic Granville in Tennessee. Some people buy fancy cars or get a new haircut when they go through [...]
FSA Tips: Fundraising
By the AASLH Field Services Alliance At the 2019 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, the Field Services Alliance led a tips session on fundraising for [...]
StEPs Spotlight: McHenry County Historical Society & Museum
Exciting changes are happening at the more than 1,000 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our “StEPs [...]
Three Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in November
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically [...]
Nominations Open for AASLH Leadership in History Awards
2017 Award of Distinction winner Lonnie Bunch with Council Chair Katherine Kane and AASLH President and CEO John Dichtl. AASLH invites nominations [...]
Call for Survey Participants at House Museums in CA, FL, MO, OK, SC, and TX
By Rachel Wilson, Clemson University, Clemson, SC As a Historic Preservation graduate student at Clemson University, I am conducting a survey for my graduate thesis [...]