Introducing AASLH Affinity Community Forums
A new way to connect with your colleagues. As we all adapt to new ways of working and communicating, AASLH is [...]
Collecting in Quarantine: News from the Maryland Historical Society
[Editorial Note: This blog post was adapted from a message last week from President Mark B. Letzer to all members of [...]
URGENT: COVID-19 Advocacy Alert
Urge Your U.S. Legislators to Include Museums in COVID-19 Relief AASLH is working with AAM and other museum associations to make [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in January
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
2019 Workshop Scholarships Now Available
We are pleased to offer four scholarships for individuals to attend one of our 2019 onsite workshops. Our onsite workshops [...]
Why the November 11 Armistice Was Not the End of WWI
By Jennifer Zoebelein, Ph.D., Special Projects Historian, National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City, MO One hundred years ago this past [...]
Getting in the Door is the Battle
By Alima Bucciantini, Assistant Professor of Public History at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA I have cerebral palsy. It’s a neuromuscular [...]
Why We Give: Members Share Why They Donate to AASLH
To sustain the fabric of culture, inclusion, memory, and conversation in the United States, it is more important than ever to support our history organizations. [...]
Including Marginalized Voices and Addressing Controversial Topics: Seven Award-Winning Ideas
Slavery and Freedom in Savannah Interpreting the history of marginalized peoples and addressing controversial topics can be intimidating. To help you prepare for [...]
State Histories: Big Questions in Small Places
For many of us, the love of history began with the desire to better understand where we as individuals, or members of a group came [...]
What the Federal Budget Means for History Organizations
On May 4, Congress approved a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that will fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year (FY) 2017. President Trump [...]
Get Ready for AASLH 2017 with these Six Books on Texas History
Tejano Monument in Austin During the 2016 Annual Meeting Program Committee Meeting in Detroit, Bob Beatty said “All of you need to read [...]
Religion in Museums: The New Book
Photo via religioninmuseums.wordpress.com Just ten or so years ago museums almost entirely ignored religion. Sure, archaeology and anthropology museums paid attention, but most [...]