Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in November
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards [...]
Reflections on the 2018 AASLH Annual Meeting
By Lori Osborne, Director, Frances Willard House Museum, Evanston, IL It is always a pleasure to attend the AASLH Annual Meeting. I’ve [...]
New Webinar Series: History Relevance Coffee Breaks
AASLH, in partnership with the History Relevance initiative, is proud to present a new webinar series: History Relevance Coffee Breaks. This short-form [...]
Notable Books for a Global Society: A Selected Bibliography of Books Featuring the Histories of Strong Women and Girls
Civil rights pioneer Sylvia Mendez, plaintiff in Californian desegregation court case Mendez v. Westminster (1947) alongside the cover of [...]
Submit a Session for AASLH 2018
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will present its 2018 annual meeting in Kansas City, MO, from [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in August
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 [...]
#AASLH17: Interpreting Historic Landscapes
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an experiment. We’re giving presenters [...]
Navy Unveils National Museum of the American Sailor
NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. – The Great Lakes Naval Museum was officially renamed the National Museum of the American Sailor during a ceremony and sign [...]
Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities Plans to Launch New Historic Preservation Continuing Education Program
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities at Rutgers University–Camden is launching a new continuing education program in September 2016. This new program is a [...]
National Association for Interpretation Conference Open for Registration (Nov 8-12, Corpus Christi, TX)
The National Association for Interpretation announced that registration is open for its 2016 national conference, to be held at the Omni Hotel and AmericanBank Conference [...]
#AASLHMMA2016 Call for Current Issues Forum Topics
Have a hot topic that deserves further discussion by you and your history colleagues? Current Issues Forums, AASLH’s newest Annual Meeting event, are two-hour spaces [...]
Right-ing American History: Thoughts on AASLH and Reinterpreting History
Ever since I was young, I recall only visiting museums when I went on school field trips. I remember enjoying those experiences and being lucky [...]
How Should Museums Contribute to Community Recovery After Disasters?
Greetings from the AASLH’s archives! Today I want to pose a few questions inspired by one intriguing archival finding. These questions surround the fact that [...]