It’s Strategic to Think of the Future: Strategic Planning in the Time of COVID-19
By Daniel Ronan, Resilient Heritage The effects of COVID-19 have brought significant impacts to many history museums and cultural institutions. With [...]
Sharing Authority After the Plague
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis Watching the President, Vice President, and assorted scientists and governors awkwardly "sharing authority" daily, questions [...]
Inclusivity During COVID-19: Creating a New Norm
By Richard Josey, Chair, AASLH Diversity and Inclusion Committee This morning, I watched two white Carrollton, Georgia, teenagers in a video [...]
Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity Now Accepting Applications
The Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Diversity is named in honor of Douglas Evelyn, AASLH president from 1992-1994, and recognizes Evelyn’s [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in March
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
Five Things to Know about Light in Your Museum Space
This post is brought to you by our Field Services Alliance Affinity Community. By Todd S. Mahon, State History Services [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Our Latest Gold Graduate, the Greeneville Greene County History Museum
Exciting changes are happening at the more than 1,000 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program [...]
Lonnie G. Bunch, III to Receive 2017 AASLH Award of Distinction
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that historian, author, curator, and educator Lonnie G. Bunch, III will be presented with [...]
AASLH Annual Meeting 5K Registration Now Open
5K Runners at the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. Are you a runner? Do you like to run with friends? Do you like to [...]
Watch Your Language! Denominational and Congregational Lingos
AASLH has been giving a lot of attention recently to how we as interpreters use language. "We live by stories," wrote Nobel winner Elie Wiesel. [...]
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington Welcomes New Executive Director
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington has announced the appointment of Kara Blond as the Society's new Executive Director, effective September 2017. Blond is [...]
Statement on Texas “Bathroom Bill” and AASLH Annual Meeting
Texas State Capitol. Photo by Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0. Dear AASLH Community, We look forward to seeing you at the Annual [...]
AASLH Call for Book Reviewers
Four times a year, History News magazine brings you the latest discussions, developments, and innovations in the field of state and local history. That mission [...]