An Emerging History Professional’s Guide to #AASLH2019
By Casey Wooster, AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I love conferences. [...]
House Party: Exploring Philadelphia’s Historic House Museums
Photograph by Marlene Schonbrun and Ann Broder, courtesy of Elfreth's Alley Association. By Iliana Morton, AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity [...]
Join Us for Community Conversations at #AASLH2019
Community in action at #AASLH2018. By Aja Bain, AASLH Program and Publications Manager (and Community Enthusiast) For years as a [...]
Join the Blue Star Museums Program!
Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, [...]
Kansas City Host Committee Announces $20,000 in Annual Meeting Scholarships
The 2018 Kansas City Host Committee is pleased to offer fellowships to increase diverse participation at the AASLH Annual Meeting [...]
Beyond Due Diligence: The Importance of Credit Panels
One of the many pleasures of a recent visit to the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, was an [...]
Take Me Out to the (Old Timey) Ball Game
Full disclosure: I'm no sports fan. Not even close. But last year I discovered something that made sports not only [...]
Re-envisioning the Ropes Mansion
In 2009, a fire forced the evacuation of the contents of the Peabody Essex Museum’s Ropes Mansion— a carefully preserved legacy of a single Salem [...]
The Private Jefferson: From the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Thomas Jefferson has been described as an “American Sphinx”: as the drafter of the Declaration of Independence and president of the United States, he is [...]
Cohn High School: How We Love Thee
In the summer of 2014, the West Baton Rouge Parish School board announced that the Cohn High School (1949-1969) would be demolished. Dedicated to the [...]
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808–1865
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808–1865 was a special project presented by The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) presented March 17–July [...]
4th Graders' QR Codes for Historic Sites in Lecompton, Kansas
What happens when a fourth grade teacher in a small town brings together the local elementary school, community volunteers, and two museums so that her [...]
First in the Nation: Shaping Presidential Politics Since 1972
The exhibit First in the Nation: Shaping Presidential Politics since 1972 at the State Historical Museum of Iowa explains the history of the Iowa caucuses [...]