A Message to Members About AASLH2021
This Friday, August 27, is the final day to register for the 2021 AASLH/AMA Annual Meeting in Little Rock, September 22-25. Planning for this gathering right now, as [...]
Doing History/Doing Justice in the Small Museum
Historic home in Little Rock's Quapaw Quarter. (LRCVB) By Elizabeth Stewart, Renton History Museum & AASLH Small Museums Committee [...]
Need Help Deciding Which Sessions to Attend at the AASLH/AMA 2021 Annual Meeting?
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations If this is your first AASLH Annual Meeting or you just want some help [...]
How the History Community is Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis
As history organizations around the country adapt to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak and prepare to confront an uncertain [...]
Public History, Generation by Generation
This column originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of History News, AASLH's member magazine. Access a digital copy [...]
Introducing AASLH Affinity Community Forums
A new way to connect with your colleagues. As we all adapt to new ways of working and communicating, [...]
Collecting in Quarantine: News from the Maryland Historical Society
[Editorial Note: This blog post was adapted from a message last week from President Mark B. Letzer to all [...]
Applications Being Accepted for NMAAHC StEPS Program
Photo courtesy of National Museum of African American History and Culture The National Museum of African American History & Culture is pleased to [...]
AASLH Announces New Institutional Membership Dues Structure
Starting July 1, AASLH will change the dues structure for institutional memberships. For institutional members renewing after July 1, 2018, the cost of a basic [...]
The Museum of the Bible: Thoughts on Museum Location and Historical Timing
By John E. Baucom, Graduate Student, University of Oklahoma This past March, I attended a research methods workshop at the National Museum of the American [...]
AASLH Announces 2018 Leadership in History Award Winners
AASLH is proud to announce the winners of the 73rd annual Leadership in History Awards, the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and [...]
African-American Female Athletes Before Integration: Ways To Chronicle Their History Before It’s Too Late
By Evin Demirel When Alma Byrd won an Arkansas state basketball title in 1939, she had never played on a wood court before. Byrd grew [...]
The Personal is Professional: Reckoning with Slavers in the Family
By Sarah Jencks, Director of Education and Interpretation, Ford's Theatre My parents are in their seventies, and they still live in the same house they [...]