Continuing Education Grant Is a Work in Progress
In December 2017, AASLH was awarded a National Leadership grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This $132,400 federal [...]
You Start By Meeting Your Audience
NPS photo. By Mike Hudson, Director, Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, KY When I started working [...]
New StEPs Group Forms in Missouri
By Elizabeth Pickard, Director, Education and Interpretation, Missouri Historical Society Last month, the Missouri Historical Society launched its new StEPs working group as [...]
Six Hot Spot Board Issues and Three Cooling Tactics
Expectations are a two-way street (or maybe something more akin to a clover-leaf interstate exchange?). During our session “Who’s Shoulding [...]
Call for Papers: Craft as Political Activism in a Nation Divided
Crochet faces adhered outside the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House in Rochester, New York, during Women's History [...]
Small Archives and Partnerships at #AASLH17
In September, thanks to the Small Museums Scholarship, I was able to attend my first AASLH Annual Meeting in Austin, [...]
Remembering the Journey, Not Just the Destination: A Call for Continued Preservation of the Roadside Aesthetic
This blog was originally published by the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University on October 25, 2017. [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in August
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically for small to [...]
28 AASLH Members Receive Over $9 Million in NEH Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $79 million in grants for 290 humanities projects and programs this summer. “NEH grants [...]
Ten Fundraising To-do’s for Small Museums & Nonprofits
By Jamie Simek Does fundraising leave you at a loss? Have you read fundraising guides and wondered how to translate them into something usable for [...]
History in Motion: What We Can Learn from U-Haul’s Love for Local History
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word summer? Vacation? BBQs? The beach? How about moving? Every summer U-Haul estimates that [...]
Free Events at the AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Are you coming to Detroit and looking for some cheap networking opportunities? AASLH/MMA has several events planned that you want to be sure to add [...]
Schedule Changes for AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Please note the following changes in the upcoming AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting schedule. Sessions Cancelled The Wednesday workshops, Easy to Read: A Guide to Transcribing Historical [...]