A Student Advocate’s Perspective on Museums Advocacy Day 2018
Museums Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. in February was an extremely eye-opening experience in the field I plan to dedicate my life [...]
NEH Offers Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Preservation and Access has offered Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions since 2000. These [...]
Relevancy, Fun, Engagement: Focusing on Visitors at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Locust Grove in Louisville, Kentucky What do Locust Grove in Louisville, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, and the Harriet Beecher [...]
The Origins of National Women’s History Month
The iconic Rosie the Riveter is frequently used as a symbol throughout National Women’s History Month. Image: J. Howard [...]
Five AASLH Member Museums Awarded Accreditation by AAM
The American Alliance of Museums announced this week the accreditation of fifteen museums across the nation, six being newly accredited and [...]
AASLH Announces a New Logo Based on the Values of Community, Inclusion, and Creativity
AASLH is excited to introduce a new logo that symbolizes a forward focus while remaining rooted in both the past [...]
14 New Museum and Public History Books from AASLH
The AASLH Series at Rowman and Littlefield Publishers is off to a great start. It's only March, and already in [...]
46 AASLH Members Receive NEH Humanities Project Grants
We would like to congratulate the each of the 46 AASLH members who were awarded an NEH grant earlier this week. The National Endowment for [...]
CT Tobacco Museum Gets Media Recognition for a Great Year and Starting StEPs
The Luddy/Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, operated by the Connecticut Valley Tobacco Historical Society, was the subject of a glowing report in the local news yesterday. Since 1987, [...]
Using the Holocaust Museum’s Citizen History Project to Engage Your Visitors
Our colleagues at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum have asked AASLH’s help in spreading the word about their remarkable history crowd-sourcing project History Unfolded: U.S. [...]
History Unfolded: US Holocaust Memorial Museum Launches Citizen History Project
How much did Americans know about the Holocaust when it was happening? How did they respond? The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum needs your help. It [...]
Meet a Member: Sewall-Belmont House & Museum
We are excited to launch a new biweekly blog series called “Meet a Member.” AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field of [...]
Jan 15 is Deadline for Enrollment in Next Wave of Visitors Count! Research
Visitors Count! is now accepting enrollments for the next wave of research. The deadline is January 15, 2016. Visitors Count! is AASLH’s visitor research program [...]