14 Ways Organizations Are Using Visitors Count Data to Better Understand Visitors
Photograph used with permission from Conner Prairie Are you looking for accurate and actionable data to better understand what your [...]
Education Crash Course at Locust Grove Workshop
Last month, I attended my first AASLH workshop, "Focusing on Visitors: Public Programming and Exhibits at History Institutions." My attendance was made possible [...]
Personal Encounters with the Tough Stuff of History
In the last few years, our field has begun to engage more intentionally with the stories and lives of enslaved people -- [...]
Real World History: Formal Learning in Museums and Historic Sites
A Real World History student at the Phillips Collection The idea for Real World History came to me on a [...]
Public History and the Changing Nature of Faith
Central Synagogue in the Lexington Avenue, New York City As a Divinity school student with a focus on [...]
Women Who Mentor: Gemma Birnbaum, Assistant Director of Curriculum, The National WWII Museum
The National WWII Museum’s U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. One of the founding objectives of the Women’s [...]
Reimagining Historical Societies: A Community Collaboration
Moore-Youse Home Museum in Muncie, Indiana Last Fall, the Delaware County Historical Society approached Ball State University for [...]
Meet a Member: Historic Madison, Inc.
Meet a Member is a biweekly blog series spotlighting our members. AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field of history, and we want [...]
WWI Centennial Commission to Announce Memorial Design Competition Winner
WASHINGTON, DC: The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission has scheduled a press event to formally announce the winning design team for the national World [...]
Commission on National Women’s History Museum Seeks Public Input
From the NWHM Congressional Commission Website. The Congressional Commission to Study the Potential for a National Women’s History Museum has been tasked to develop [...]
Food History Television Program “A Taste of History” Films at the Polk Home
AASLH Member Since 1979 On November 16, award-winning chef and culinary historian Walter Staib and his crew arrived at the James K. Polk Home in [...]
What They Don’t Teach You in Grad School: A Historic House Director Fills in the Blanks
A few weeks ago I received a survey request from the National Council for Public History wanting to know what I think is lacking in [...]
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