33 AASLH Members Receive Over $6 Million in NEH Grants
This month, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $43.1 million in grants for 218 humanities projects. “From nationally [...]
FSA Tips: Visitor Services Beyond the Front Desk
By Jeannette Rooney, Assistant Director, Local History Services, Indiana Historical Society When we think of visitor services, we often imagine that it's all [...]
Still Time to Add Events for #AASLH18
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site Are you waiting until you get to Kansas City to purchase tickets for workshops, [...]
Three Ways History Organizations Can Collect and Interpret Memorials
Dear Boston: Messages from the Marathon Memorial When faced with tragedies, communities may find healing in creating memorials. [...]
Three Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in June
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 [...]
Uniting Town and Gown: Municipal Museum Partners with Local Colleges
A portion of the Made for the Tourist Trade exhibition at the Greeley History Museum, open from January 18 [...]
AASLH Emerging History Professionals Group Welcomes New Committee Members
The AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community is please to announce five new committee members joining the EHP Committee for [...]
Increasing Accessibility for Visitors Who Are Visually Impaired: Simple Solutions for Small Museums
The 25thanniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has provided museums and museum associations the opportunity to review and reflect on the ways in [...]
Greetings from Detroit: A Message from the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting Host Committee
In the waning days of the year 1900, Detroit mayor William C. Maybury had an idea. He wanted to create a time capsule that contained [...]
Re-Imagining the Historic House Museum: A Workplace for Women
In recent years, discussions about the future of the historic house museum have ebbed and flowed. A watershed moment may have occurred with the May [...]
March StEPs Certificates
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 [...]
Meet the Emerging History Professionals Committee
The AASLH Emerging History Professionals (EHP) Affinity Community supports, connects, and unites the newest generation of state and local history practitioners. To get in touch with [...]
Want to Improve Society? Take a Look Around the Office
Our work in the not-for-profit sector focuses on making society better. We strive to improve the lives of those in our communities. But how often [...]