AASLH Announces 2021 Annual Meeting Keynote Speakers
AASLH is pleased to announce our keynote speakers for the 2021 AASLH/AMA Annual Meeting in Little Rock September 22-25. We are [...]
What’s New at the AASLH/AMA 2021 Annual Meeting? – UPDATED
By Bethany L. Hawkins Registration is now open for the AASLH/AMA Annual Meeting. We cannot wait to see you Little Rock [...]
From “Places of Worship” to “Gathering Places”
New York's Eldridge Street Synagogue, now a museum. By Christopher D. Cantwell More than thirty years ago, historian James [...]
Nominations Open for AASLH Leadership in History Awards
2017 Award of Distinction winner Lonnie Bunch with Council Chair Katherine Kane and AASLH President and CEO John [...]
Call for Survey Participants at House Museums in CA, FL, MO, OK, SC, and TX
By Rachel Wilson, Clemson University, Clemson, SC As a Historic Preservation graduate student at Clemson University, I am conducting a [...]
More Visits to Paid-Entry Institutions
By John Garrison Marks and W. Maclane Hull This is post number four in our series exploring the National Visitation Report. [...]
Visitation at Historic House Museums
By John Garrison Marks and W. Maclane Hull This is post number three in our series exploring the National [...]
AASLH Visited 38 National Park Sites in 2017
Glacier National Park in Montana Recently, the National Park Service announced that in 2017, they had a total of 330,882,751 recreation visits. This [...]
4 AASLH Members Among Finalists for IMLS National Medal
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced twenty-nine finalists for the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is [...]
What do you call…/Commen s’appelle-t’il…?
The Nomenclature Task Force of the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and Parks Canada have collaborated [...]
A Call for Volunteers to Research and Write Biographical Sketches of Woman Suffrage Activists: Round Two
Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way to present a petition to Congress, 1915. Calling all researchers and [...]
Living in the Past: the Heritage House Program at Strawbery Banke Museum
The front entrance of the Penhallow House on Washington St., Portsmouth, NH. In a transitional world, museums must stay relevant to society. Change [...]
Sharing History with a Smartphone App
Visitors exploring the West Virginia Women’s Heritage Trail on Clio at Arts Monongahela in Morgantown, West Virginia. As history professionals, getting publicity for [...]