Making Connections with Women’s History at #AASLH2019
"Making the Private Public" tour group photo with Justina Barrett (front row, left) from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. By [...]
Exhibit Hall Inspiration at #AASLH2019
By Michelle Podkowa, DuPage County Historical Museum, Wheaton, IL This spring, I was asked by AASLH to be on the History in [...]
Sponge on a Mission: an Emerging Professional’s #AASLH2019 Experience
By Schillica Howard, Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis, MD When I learned about the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Minority Professionals, I knew that I [...]
AASLH Members Encouraged to Submit Comments on Proposed Change Concerning Deaccessioning Proceeds
For more than twenty years, accounting standards from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have been out of alignment with [...]
Five Lessons From One Quirky Museum
While on vacation with my family in New England this summer, I had the joy of visiting the Umbrella Cover [...]
AASLH Announces Election Results
We are proud to announce the election results for four open spots on the AASLH Council, three Council officers, and two [...]
Something seems different…
Alright. You caught us. You might be noticing that aaslh.org looks a little (or a lot) different. That’s because for [...]
Cayuga Heights History Project
The History Project (THP) is a volunteer group that collects and interprets the history of the Village of Cayuga Heights, New York, under the guidance [...]
Seeing the History in Current Events
Protesters in Nashville, TN on January 21. Throughout recent history, individuals and institutions have collected and presented objects that represent major current events. [...]
Over the Santa Fe Trail to Mexico: The Travel Diaries and Autobiography of Dr. Rowland Willard
One of the first Anglo-Americans to record their travels to New Mexico, Dr. Rowland Willard (1794–1884) journeyed west on the Santa Fe Trail in 1825 [...]
Mapas historicas de Nuevo Mexico = Historic New Mexico Maps
Learning about the history of New Mexico through maps can be a tall order for students and perhaps a challenge for teachers. Maps have a [...]
Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Couple of an Age
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the most famous man in the world when he completed his solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. One of the [...]
ASK FSA: Fur and Feathers in Costume Collection
19th Century Hawaiian Feather Cape, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Anthropology Collection (Via) Fur and feathers in museum collections present a special [...]