Tips for Submitting a Successful #AASLH2022 Session Proposal (Part 3)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Do you have an idea for a session for [...]
Tips for Submitting a Successful #AASLH2022 Session Proposal (Part 2)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Do you have an idea for a session for AASLH’s 2022 Annual Meeting or [...]
Tips for Submitting a Successful #AASLH2022 Session Proposal (Part I)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Do you have an idea for a session for AASLH’s 2022 Annual Meeting or [...]
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 [...]
Reconnecting with Key Constituencies
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis At the moment, no one can predict with any accuracy what the long-term [...]
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 [...]
Phone Calls and Lip Balm: Small Museums Taking Care of Volunteers During COVID-19
A volunteer-led tour at the Center for Colorado Women’s History at the Byers-Evans House in Denver, Colorado. [...]
AASLH 2019 Call for Proposals
By Jackie Barton, 2019 Annual Meeting Program Chair The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will present its 2019 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, [...]
From California to Italy, Visitor Engagement and Meaning-Making Matter
By Alexandra Rasic, Director of Public Programs, Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum As summer comes to a close, many of us are thinking back to [...]
Six Truman Destinations to Explore in Kansas City
By Margaret Keough, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, MO Famous for the phrase “The buck stops here,” Harry S. Truman, Kansas City, and nearby Independence, [...]
AASLH Announces Collections Management Software Task Force
By Julie Kemper, Kentucky Historical Society We all depend on our collections management software (CMS), but some days it just won’t do what we want [...]
Seven African American Museums Selected for First NMAAHC StEPs Cohort
Over the next twelve months, seven African American history organizations will form a cohort while receiving guidance in the areas of management and governance, learning [...]
Crowdsourcing Slavery Interpretation Challenges
By Kristin Gallas, Interpreting Slavery Ever feel like there is a lot of potential that goes untapped at conferences? Let’s change that. Join us on [...]