Share Your Thoughts on the Women’s History Affinity Group Forum!
Three medical students at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), 1885. From left to right: Dr. Anandibai Joshi (India), [...]
Planning for the Evolving COVID-19 Situation
By Jennifer Kilmer, Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA As Director of the Washington State Historical Society, I have been working [...]
Feeling Overwhelmed by COVID-19 Preparations? Here Are 4 Steps You Can Take Today
By Erin Carlson Mast, CEO and Executive Director, President Lincoln’s Cottage, Washington, D.C. For the past two weeks, the Executive Directors [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Navy Lakehurst Historical Society, Inc.
Exciting changes are happening at the nearly 1,000 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for [...]
Mark Your Calendars for 2019 Conferences
Is your New Year's resolution to jump-start your professional development? Want to meet new colleagues and stay up-to-date with emerging [...]
Eight Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in December
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
Leadership in History Awards Nominations Open
For over seventy years, AASLH has presented the Leadership in History Awards to establish and encourage standards of excellence in [...]
Will the High Tide of a National Designation Raise All Women’s History Boats?
Will the high tide of a national designation raise all women’s history boats? Just over one year ago, the former Sewall-Belmont House & Museum (SBHM) [...]
Three Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in April
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in April! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs) is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically for [...]
What Public Historians Can Learn from Fourth Graders
Ranger Nick Sacco with a group of Fourth Graders at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. All photo credits go to the National Park [...]
Grant Funding for Sacred Places from the National Fund for Sacred Places
Mokuaikaua Church in Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii, USA. Photo by Stelios Michael. From prairie churches to urban cathedrals and synagogues, historic sacred places are [...]
Chief Storytellers and the Search for Relevance: What History Organizations Can Learn from This For-Profit Trend
Over the weekend, I was having a conversation with my husband, who works for a regional financial institution. He told me that his company recently [...]
When Behind the Scenes IS the Exhibit: Lessons from History Lab at the Indiana Historical Society
This article was originally posted on Museums + Social Media. It is reposted here with the author's permission. As I write this, I’m enjoying an [...]