Three Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in May
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards [...]
Public History in a Social Service Agency: The House on Henry Street Exhibition Connects Staff and Neighbors with Their Past
By Katie Vogel, Public Historian, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY There is a resonance between the past and present that invigorates [...]
An Invitation to #AASLH2019
This August 28-31, the joint American Association for State and Local History and International Coalition of Sites of Conscience Annual Meeting will [...]
It’s Official: We’re Dating Our Building
Back in 2016, AASLH was searching for new office space. Our rented office on Church Street where we had been [...]
Federal Support for History Matters
Yesterday (February 12, 2018), President Trump sent his Fiscal Year 2019 budget request to Congress. Once again, he has proposed [...]
Your Organization’s Worst Nightmare
To many people, she appeared the model employee. As the longtime finance director, she had gained the unconditional trust of [...]
Join the Museum Education Roundtable Board of Directors
The Museum Education Roundtable (MER) is seeking nominations of qualified, committed and diverse professionals for election to the MER Board [...]
Nomenclature Conundrum: When is a Model Not Really a Model?
28 Within Nomenclature 4.0 there are a few variations on the term "Model," which falls under the classification of Documentary Artifacts, sub-class Other Documents. Most [...]
Training Future Leaders: Lessons Learned from the National Guard Memorial Museum’s Intern Program
Photo via www.ngef.org The National Guard Memorial Museum is a 6,000 square foot series of galleries located in Washington, D.C., dedicated to telling [...]
Natural History Specimens and Nomenclature 4.0
When Nomenclature was first written it was designed to represent objects that are man-made. So, how do natural history collections fall into this lexicon? Well, [...]
Blogging Public History: An Interview with Zac Cowsert, Civil War Blogger and Emerging History Professional
I find that many Emerging History Professionals (EHPs) these days have blogs of some sort. They traditionally consist of self-promoting posts with little to no [...]
Letter from the President: Moving on from Election Week
The 2016 election has made plain that history organizations have a lot to accomplish in the next few years. AASLH will strive for inclusivity and [...]
Join AASLH at Museums Advocacy Day 2017
Members of the AASLH Council, AASLH President John Dichtl, and Chief of Operations Bethany Hawkins invite you to join them at 2017 Museums Advocacy Day, [...]