Stopping Stones and the Slave Dwelling Project Are Coming to Kansas City
There are a couple of unique opportunities for attendees at the upcoming AASLH conference in Kansas City. These events are not officially [...]
Collections Management: Dispatches from the Trenches
By Nik Honeysett, CEO, Balboa Park Online Collaborative Beginning in November 2017, the Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC) contracted with LYRASIS to [...]
Leading by Inclusion
By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEO Inclusivity and relevance are core values at the heart of AASLH and central to conversations [...]
Statement on Texas “Bathroom Bill” and AASLH Annual Meeting
Texas State Capitol. Photo by Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0. Dear AASLH Community, We look forward to [...]
AASLH Call for Book Reviewers
Four times a year, History News magazine brings you the latest discussions, developments, and innovations in the field of state [...]
Artful Encounters with Women’s History at the National Gallery of Art
Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait, c. 1630. National Gallery of Art. Women Artists at the National Gallery The National Gallery [...]
Beyond Passion Projects: Rethinking the Economic Models of Public History
Mural designed by Daisy Salto and painted by the sixth grade class at Mark Twain Elementary School, Chicago IL, [...]
NEH helps fund major public programming and publishing initiative to mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I
New York, NY. — Library of America has been awarded a $550,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partial support of World [...]
Using Front Line Staff to Build the Best Visitor Experience
Do a quick Google search for the definition of Visitor Experience. Go ahead. You won’t find one. Primarily because we, as institutions, define what the [...]
Two AASLH Members Receive 2016 National Medal
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the ten recipients of the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest [...]
Earth Day and History Organizations: Making Green Connections
Every year it surprises you - Earth Day, again!? Should you join in? Can you find the time? Can you connect history to environmental sustainability? [...]
New AASLH Book: Art of the Amistad and the Portrait of Cinqué
The Amistad incident, one of the few successful ship revolts in the history of enslavement, has been discussed by historians for decades, even becoming the [...]
AASLH Annual Meeting: Call for Posters 2016
This year the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is holding our annual meeting in partnership with the Michigan Museums Association in Detroit, [...]