The 250th Anniversary Is Just Seven Years Away
“Revolution 250 event in Boston Harbor.” Credit: Jim Collins Photography/Revolution 250 By John Marks, Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives, AASLH [...]
First Group of Entries in “The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook” Coming in August
By Modupe Labode, Will Walker, and Robert Weible, Editors of "The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook" We are excited to announce that the first [...]
“Opportunity Disguised as Chaos” – A Q&A with Brooke Salvanto of Tuckerton Seaport, Small Museums Luncheon Speaker
By Brooke Salvanto, Executive Director, Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum and Aimee E. Newell, Executive Director, Luzerne County Historical Society The AASLH [...]
Protecting the Legacy: Documenting Political Activity of African American Women in Tennessee Prior to 1930
Studio portrait of Annie Sybil Thomas Jarret taken by James P. Newton around 1900 in Memphis, Tennessee. Two [...]
Two Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in February
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study [...]
2018 Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference
Call for Proposals The Program Committee of the Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Conference is seeking session proposals [...]
Most Trust Museums as Sources of Historical Information
By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEO Twenty years ago, we learned from Rosenzweig and Thelen’s The Presence of the Past: [...]
Brand History and Authenticity: The Archive at Carhartt
Still from Carhartt's historically themed advertisement. “Making good is merely a matter of exerting sufficient energy.” I often return to this 1924 quote [...]
Sharing Nashville’s Civil Rights Past with the Police
Supervisors to first-responders attend training offered by staff of the Civil Rights Room of the Nashville Public Library. This article was originally published [...]
Historical Societies and the March of Time
By studying demographics, we can see that life for historical societies is about to change. But will it change on our terms, or not? If [...]
The Power of (Re-)imagination: Promoting Self-Care in the Workplace
Caitlin Williams was awarded a Small Museums Scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You can learn more about the AASLH Small Museums Scholarships here. [...]
Grappling with Unfolding Events
This article was originally published in the Summer 2016 issue of History News magazine, the official publication of AASLH. You can read the full article in PDF format [...]
Her Hat Was In The Ring: How Digital Collections Can Transform Our Understanding of the Past
Amid all the discussions about the unprecedented campaign for U.S. president by a woman candidate, it is important to have historical perspective. Until recently, scholarship [...]