Advocacy at the Local and County Level: Why It Matters
By Sean Blinn, Programming Director, Heritage Trail Association, Bridgewater, NJ “When I was growing up, there was a beautiful historic building at the [...]
AASLH Announces 1000th StEPs Program Enrollment
We are thrilled to announce the enrollment of our 1000th StEPs member, President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington, D.C.! StEPs (Standards and Excellence [...]
Small Museums Scholarships Available for #AASLH2019
AASLH will hold its 2019 Annual Meeting and Online Conference in Philadelphia August 28-31. This year’s theme, What Are We Waiting For?, [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Cleveland Grays Armory Museum
By Aja Bain, AASLH, and Mary Beth Rauzi and Mary Manning, Cleveland Grays Armory Museum Exciting changes are happening at [...]
Taking History into Our Own Hand(icraft)s: Interpreting a Lost Douglass Site in Rochester
By Hinda Mandell, Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology Sometimes a bit of thread and yarn can offer a [...]
Past, Present, and Future on Display at #AASLH17
Briscoe Center for American History By Zachary Stocks Like many attendees of the AASLH Annual Meeting in Austin [...]
Calling All Writers: AASLH Wants Your Ideas #AASLHWRITES
The Editorial Board for AASLH’s book series with Rowman & Littlefield Press is actively seeking new book proposals. If you’re a good writer [...]
A Guide to Women’s History at the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Mark your schedules! In one month, the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting will begin. Here is a guide to Women’s History sessions and events: Thursday, September 15 [...]
House or Home? Rethinking the House Museum Paradigm
Wheelwright House, Strawbery Banke Museum At their best, historic sites and house museums provide meaningful and personal touchstones to the past. They provide [...]
Cemetery Preservation & Interpretation: A Resource Collection
Here is a collection of all AASLH resources on preserving and interpreting historic cemeteries. For more resources on a wide range of subjects, visit our Resource [...]
Gotta Catch ‘Em All: The Battle over Pokémon Go in Museums
Given the positive and negative stigma surrounding Pokémon Go I decided to write a follow-up to my original blog, “Engaging New Museum Audiences with Pokémon [...]
Free Digital Preservation Workshop in Atlanta- Oct 10
On Monday, October 10, 2016, the Digital POWRR Team will be conducting a FREE workshop at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta, GA entitled From Theory [...]
How Heritage Museums & Gardens Use Visitors Count to Make Unforgettable Visitor Experiences
Working on the Visitors Count project for the last couple of years has been a satisfying experience of learning where we are performing well and [...]