Authenticity and Authority: The Role of Historic Sites
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis Historic house museums, historic sites, and history museums constitute the largest class of museums in [...]
Digital Resources and Accessibility for Museums and Historical Sites
By Nathan Wuertenberg July 26 marked the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark [...]
We Must Save Museums to Make History
By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEO TIME Magazine’s Olivia Waxman recently published an article discussing the impact the COVID-19 pandemic [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in June
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
What Are We Waiting For?
This article is from the Spring 2019 issue of History News, AASLH's quarterly magazine. Members can access the full issue [...]
Overcoming Barriers to Interpreting Religion
Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. By Barbara Franco, Religious History Affinity Community Chair Adapted from her presentation [...]
The 250th Anniversary Is Just Seven Years Away
“Revolution 250 event in Boston Harbor.” Credit: Jim Collins Photography/Revolution 250 By John Marks, Senior Manager of Strategic [...]
A First-Time Attendee’s Experience at #AASLH17
As a winner of one of the Douglas Evelyn Scholarships for Diversity, I felt extremely honored and excited to attend my first AASLH Annual Meeting. [...]
2017 Annual Meeting Wrap Up & Resources
First of all, thank you. Thank you to our program committee, the host committee and local institutions, our onsite volunteers, speakers, tour guides, [...]
Adding Star Power to the Fight for the NEH
The outlook for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is far more positive now than it was nine months ago when news leaked that [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in September
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically for [...]
Top Takeaways from the #AASLH2017 Navigating Career Pathways Session
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Annual Meeting in Austin for our session "Next Steps: Navigating Career Pathways with People Who’ve Been [...]
Apply for an AASLH Hurricane Cultural Relief Fund Mini-Grant
Program The Hurricane Cultural Relief Fund was developed to offer cultural organizations impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma a gap fund to allow them to [...]