“It’s About Transparency and Respect”: An Interview with NAGPRA Liaison Sheila Goff
Mesa Verde National Park in southwest Colorado. Following a career that involved working with forty-eight tribes, 212 individual human repatriations, [...]
Research is Respect: the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund for Cemetery Preservation
By T. DeWayne Moore, Executive Director, Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, Oxford, Mississippi The Mt. Zion Memorial Fund is a research and historic preservation group [...]
AASLH’s National Visitation Survey
Two weeks ago, AASLH announced the opening of a national survey of visitation at history organizations. It marked the beginning of a [...]
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. [...]
Call for Proposals: Monument Culture
Christopher Columbus statue in Providence, Rhode Island Call for Proposals for a new edited volume Monument Culture: International Perspectives [...]
Does Size Matter? What to Consider About Working at Small vs. Large Museums
When it comes to choosing a museum to work or intern at, many questions may come to mind. Where is [...]
What Taking History to Underserved Communities Taught Me About Museum Education
This summer, I am completing a fellowship program through The Columbus Foundation at the Ohio History Connection. I have been facilitating History to Go, an [...]
Catalina Island Museum Announces Executive Director Transition
The Catalina Island Museum in Avalon, California (members since 2001) announces the upcoming departure of its Executive Director, Dr. Michael De Marsche. Planned from the [...]
Why Religious History is Essential to a Thriving Democracy
Old abandoned white wooden chapel on prairie at sunset with cloudy sky. In 1822, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to his friend, the [...]
Corporate History at the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Conference
Ford Motor Company Archives storage in the bowling alley at Fair Lane, 1953. Via The Henry Ford Mark your calendars! This year’s Annual [...]
The Detroit Museums Pop-Up Shop #AASLHMMA2016
With all the exciting speakers and sessions at the Annual Meeting, it’s often impossible to get out of the convention center to explore the city. [...]
Proposed Changes to the AASLH Bylaws
At its June meeting, the AASLH Council approved several proposed changes to the AASLH Bylaws which will be presented for a vote at the Meeting [...]