Small Museums Strong at 2020 AASLH Annual Meeting
The Lula Dorsey Museum at the YMCA of the Rockies in Colorado will share their volunteer program ideas in a [...]
What Kind of Ancestor Will You Be?
By Omar Eaton-Martínez, AASLH 2020 Annual Meeting Program Chair Like many of you, I was disappointed in not being able to [...]
“Making Friends with Belly Dancers”: Q&A with a Small Museum in El Paso
By Laura Casey, Texas Historical Commission and AASLH Small Museums Affinity Community Q&A with Jeff Harris of the Magoffin Home State [...]
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 [...]
First Group of Entries in “The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook” Coming in August
By Modupe Labode, Will Walker, and Robert Weible, Editors of "The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook" We are excited to announce that [...]
“Opportunity Disguised as Chaos” – A Q&A with Brooke Salvanto of Tuckerton Seaport, Small Museums Luncheon Speaker
By Brooke Salvanto, Executive Director, Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum and Aimee E. Newell, Executive Director, Luzerne County Historical Society [...]
Field Services Alliance Asks You!
The Field Services Alliance (FSA) is an organized group of individuals, offices, and agencies that provide training opportunities, guidance, technical services, and other forms of assistance [...]
2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Schedule Change: Saturday Keynote
Due to circumstances beyond our control, Congressman Joaquin Castro is unable to join us on Saturday, September 9th for the closing keynote of the 2017 [...]
Notable Books for a Global Society: A Selected Bibliography of Books Featuring the Histories of Strong Women and Girls
Civil rights pioneer Sylvia Mendez, plaintiff in Californian desegregation court case Mendez v. Westminster (1947) alongside the cover of the children’s book about her [...]
Submit a Session for AASLH 2018
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will present its 2018 annual meeting in Kansas City, MO, from September 26-29. Deadline for submissions [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in August
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 [...]
#AASLH17: Interpreting Historic Landscapes
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an experiment. We’re giving presenters who are chairing sessions with [...]