Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in March
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards [...]
Five Things to Know about Light in Your Museum Space
This post is brought to you by our Field Services Alliance Affinity Community. By Todd S. Mahon, State History Services Manager, Minnesota [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Our Latest Gold Graduate, the Greeneville Greene County History Museum
Exciting changes are happening at the more than 1,000 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History [...]
Join AASLH at Museums Advocacy Day 2018
Members of the AASLH Council, AASLH President John Dichtl, and External Relations Coordinator John Marks invite you to join them [...]
Twitter, Taylor Swift, and a Crash Course in Women’s History
Montage of famous women: Hatshepsut, first female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt; Ieshia Evans, peaceful protester in Baton Rouge, LA; [...]
2018 Goal: Become a Small Museum Pro!
Are you a volunteer working in a small local museum? Are you a recent graduate whose degree did not fully [...]
Call for Papers: Interpreting Labor History at Museums and Historic Sites
Interest in and support for labor unions is on the rise in the United States, especially among millennials. Younger Americans tend [...]
We’re Moving! AASLH Office Closed October 11-14
Our new office building! We’re Moving! From the afternoon of October 11 through the morning of the 14th, the AASLH office will be [...]
Magical Awards Banquet: A Small Museums Scholarship Experience
Elizabeth Marston, Director of the Elgin History Museum (Elgin, IL), was awarded a scholarship to attend the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting. You can learn more about the [...]
Recap: Corporate History at the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting
Thank you to all those that attended our Corporate History tour, session, and luncheon. It turned out to be a great crowd! With the Annual [...]
Guests are People Too: Avoiding Toxic Behind-the-Scenes Venting
Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Anyone have school tours running around lately? Anyone tired from a busy summer season? Anyone [...]
Putting Visitor Research Data to Work at the Colony of Avalon
The Colony of Avalon is widely recognized as the best preserved early English colonial site in North America. Located in the rural community of Ferryland, [...]
54 AASLH Members Receive Over $5 Million in IMLS Grants
54 AASLH member institutions were awarded prestigious Museums for America grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). These grants, representing funds of [...]