What Will We Call the January 6 Attack on Democracy?
Source: Wikimedia Commons. Photographer: Tyler Merbler. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Dear AASLH members, The attack [...]
2020 National Visitation Report: Little Change in 2019
By John Marks, AASLH Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives and W. Maclane Hull, University of South Carolina Visitation at history organizations was [...]
10 Unique Ways Museums Can Connect with Their Community
Campers in the Frazier History Museum’s NTI program examine artifacts in the museum’s Lewis and Clark exhibit. By Laura [...]
AASLH 2020 Call for Proposals
By Omar Eaton-Martínez, 2020 AASLH Program Chair The American Association for State and Local History will present its 2020 Annual [...]
Becoming a More Inclusive AASLH
By Richard M. Josey Jr., AASLH Diversity and Inclusion Committee Vice-Chair and Member of Council In September 2018, John Dichtl, [...]
The Way We Do the Things We Do: Making History-Making Visible
Photos of Sami people and others dressed as Sami at the Nordic Museum. By Benjamin Filene, North Carolina [...]
Immigration and Counterculture History Sites of South Philadelphia
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church By McKenna Britton, Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia South Street There’s a lot going on [...]
What’s Your New Year’s Resolution?
January 1. The start of a new year. In my work life, most of my planning revolves around July 1 as the start of the [...]
Join AASLH at Museums Advocacy Day 2018
Members of the AASLH Council, AASLH President John Dichtl, and External Relations Coordinator John Marks invite you to join them at 2018 Museums Advocacy Day, [...]
Twitter, Taylor Swift, and a Crash Course in Women’s History
Montage of famous women: Hatshepsut, first female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt; Ieshia Evans, peaceful protester in Baton Rouge, LA; Harriet Tubman; Taylor Swift. Source: [...]
2018 Goal: Become a Small Museum Pro!
Are you a volunteer working in a small local museum? Are you a recent graduate whose degree did not fully prepare you for day-to-day work [...]
Call for Papers: Interpreting Labor History at Museums and Historic Sites
Interest in and support for labor unions is on the rise in the United States, especially among millennials. Younger Americans tend to view unions as one [...]
Managing Interpreters: Presentations as Road Maps
Meandering. Wandering aimlessly. Lost. Confused. Does this describe your worst road trip? Maybe it describes the conversations between the public and your front-line interpreters? As [...]