New Ideas and New Colleagues at #AASLH18
By Alyssa Jones, Blythewood Historical Society & Museum and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources My name is Alyssa Jones and the 2018 [...]
Crowdsourcing Slavery Interpretation: Challenges and Responses
Courtesy of Montpelier Foundation. By Christian Cotz, Kristin Gallas, Linnea Grim, Richard Josey, and Joseph McGill During the 2018 AASLH [...]
Nomenclature: Now Available Online!
By Heather Dunn, Canadian Heritage Information Network Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is a standard for classifying and naming objects in cultural collections. [...]
#AASLH17 Session: Lessons Learned from Broadway’s Hamilton
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an [...]
#AASLH17 Conversation Areas
New this year at the Annual Meeting are the AASLH Conversations Areas (located in the Exhibit Hall), where all attendees are [...]
AASLH Response to Hurricane Harvey
As Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath continue to unfold on the Gulf Coast of Texas, AASLH staff, Council, and members [...]
Resources for Disaster Relief
Updated December 19, 2022 National Guard photo by Lt. Zachary West Tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and snow [...]
StEPs in the Classroom: A Collaboration Between the Watts Museum and the WVU Public History Program
This spring, a class of public history graduate students at West Virginia University had the opportunity to participate in AASLH’s Standards and Excellence Program for [...]
Three Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in June
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 [...]
Kennedy Center’s Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability Conference, July 31 – August 6, Pittsburgh, PA.
Every year the Kennedy Center's Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®) conference brings together professionals, both experienced and new, who are working to make cultural arts programs [...]
Community Members as Co-Creators at the Detroit Institute of Arts
It’s really exciting to have this opportunity to share how the Detroit Institute of Arts is re-thinking its interpretive practice, specifically in terms of community [...]
How the New London Public Museum Used the StEPs Program to Achieve National Standards
Charles Carr, a local newspaperman and citizen scientist, founded the New London Public Museum in New London, Wisconsin in 1917. His goal at first was [...]
AASLH Welcomes Two Summer Interns
Makiki Reuvers is the summer Archives Assistant here at AASLH. Her primary project during this internship is to process and streamline AASLH’s on-site institutional files. [...]