NCPH and AASLH Publish First-of-its-Kind Report on Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in History Organizations
Today, the National Council on Public History (NCPH) and AASLH are releasing a first-of-its-kind report on the prevalence of gender discrimination [...]
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 hopes that [...]
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, and history [...]
Restorative Justice at #AASLH2020
By Janaye Evans, 2020 Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity recipient Two things I know to be true. I believe [...]
Seven Lessons for Reopening Post-COVID From a Visitor’s Perspective
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH COO After months of being at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, my fourteen-year-old son [...]
Framing History with the American Public
At AASLH's 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, museum evaluation expert and History Relevance initiative contributor Conny Graft organized [...]
AASLH Statement on a Critical and Open Examination of History
Free societies demand honest, open, and critical engagement with the past. When government restricts what history professionals should study [...]
Announcing the Featured Speakers for the AASLH 2019 Annual Meeting
AASLH is pleased to announce our featured speakers for the 2019 Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting, presented in partnership with the International Coalition of Sites [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in February
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 [...]
Book Review: Participatory Heritage
This review originally appeared in the Autumn 2018 issue of History News. Participatory Heritage By Henriette Roued-Cunliffe and Andrea Copeland (eds.) (London: Facet Publishing, 2017) [...]
Continuing Education Grant Is a Work in Progress
In December 2017, AASLH was awarded a National Leadership grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This $132,400 federal grant is for [...]
You Start By Meeting Your Audience
NPS photo. By Mike Hudson, Director, Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, KY When I started working at the Museum [...]
New StEPs Group Forms in Missouri
By Elizabeth Pickard, Director, Education and Interpretation, Missouri Historical Society Last month, the Missouri Historical Society launched its new StEPs working group as part of its [...]