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 [...]
Reframing History Podcast Now Available
The new Reframing History initiative provides the field with a set of evidence-backed recommendations to communicate about history more convincingly and [...]
Timing is Everything for #AASLH2020
By Alex Rasic, Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum and AASLH Council The pandemic has changed so much for [...]
The Emerging History Professional’s Guide to #AASLH2020
By Iliana Morton, AASLH Emerging History Professionals Committee There’s something magical about conferences, especially as an Emerging History Professional. [...]
Why the Low Registration Rate for the Conference?
By John Dichtl, AASLH President & CEO When COVID came, the idea of an onsite 2020 conference had to [...]
Small Museums Strong at 2020 AASLH Annual Meeting
The Lula Dorsey Museum at the YMCA of the Rockies in Colorado will share their volunteer program ideas [...]
Why the November 11 Armistice Was Not the End of WWI
By Jennifer Zoebelein, Ph.D., Special Projects Historian, National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City, MO One hundred years ago this past November 11, after four years [...]
Getting in the Door is the Battle
By Alima Bucciantini, Assistant Professor of Public History at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA I have cerebral palsy. It’s a neuromuscular disability that can have a [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Navy Lakehurst Historical Society, Inc.
Exciting changes are happening at the nearly 1,000 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our “StEPs Spotlight” blog [...]
Mark Your Calendars for 2019 Conferences
Is your New Year's resolution to jump-start your professional development? Want to meet new colleagues and stay up-to-date with emerging trends and practices in the [...]
Eight Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in December
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 [...]
Leadership in History Awards Nominations Open
For over seventy years, AASLH has presented the Leadership in History Awards to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation [...]