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We Are Sandy Spring: An Innovative Project in Community Engagement
By Avi Decter Nearly ten years ago, in the fall of 2013, I received a startling email. Allison Weiss, Executive Director [...]
Are You Prepared?
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Every year on May 1, the museum field celebrates MayDay by doing one thing [...]
Statement on Preparations for the United States’ 250th Anniversary in New York
In a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul earlier this month, two state lawmakers urged the governor to seat her [...]
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 [...]
AASLH Summer Interns: Sam Dinnie
Sam and their advisor accepting the Outstanding Senior Thesis award. By Sam Dinnie, 2022 AASLH Summer Intern [...]
It’s Strategic to Think of the Future: Strategic Planning in the Time of COVID-19
By Daniel Ronan, Resilient Heritage The effects of COVID-19 have brought significant impacts to many history museums and cultural institutions. With most organizations experiencing [...]
Sharing Authority After the Plague
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis Watching the President, Vice President, and assorted scientists and governors awkwardly "sharing authority" daily, questions arise as to [...]
Inclusivity During COVID-19: Creating a New Norm
By Richard Josey, Chair, AASLH Diversity and Inclusion Committee This morning, I watched two white Carrollton, Georgia, teenagers in a video describing the “ingredients” [...]
From Heirloom Harvests to Victory Gardens: Museums Feeding Communities During COVID-19
By Michelle Moon When spring rolls around, Eric Jackson, head gardener at Old Salem Museums & Gardens, is normally setting up the spring rotation [...]
Relief and Research for History Organizations
As history organizations around the country adapt to the rapidly evolving public health situation, we'll be sharing resources and ideas from across the field [...]
Our Hidden Superpower: The Sum Of Our Parts
By Caroline Klibanoff, Made By Us In the last few weeks, as the world has been turned upside down, history institutions - like so [...]