Book Review: A Practical Guide to Museum Ethics
This review originally appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of History News. A Practical Guide to Museum Ethics By Sally Yerkovich (Lanham, [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in January
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 standards program [...]
I Said Bang! A History of the Dirt Bowl, the Crown Jewel of the Most Basketball-Obsessed City in America
This project is the recipient of a 2017 History in Progress Award. Inaugural Dirt Bowl, 1969 In 1969, after the [...]
Starring North Carolina!
Starring North Carolina!, an 8,400-square-foot exhibit featuring more than 600 artifacts, ran at the North Carolina Museum of History from November [...]
The Spirit of New York: Defining Events in the Empire State's History
The Spirit of New York: Defining Events in the Empire State's History, by Dr. Bruce W. Dearstyne, published in 2015 [...]
Cayuga Heights History Project
The History Project (THP) is a volunteer group that collects and interprets the history of the Village of Cayuga Heights, [...]
Seeing the History in Current Events
Protesters in Nashville, TN on January 21. Throughout recent history, individuals and institutions have collected and presented objects [...]
Naugatuck Historical Society Recognized in Local News for StEPs Achievements
The Naugatuck Historical Society (AASLH Member since 1996) was recognized by Citizen's News for earning certificates for two StEPs sections (Bronze in "Mission, Vision, and Governance" [...]
New-York Historical Society to Receive Time Inc.’s Enormous Archive
New York, NY—November 6, 2015—The New-York Historical Society is pleased to announce that Time Inc. is donating its colossal archive to New-York Historical Society’s Patricia [...]
On Being Historic and Green
Visitor #1 (exiting a recreated 1700’s log house at an open air site): “I wouldn’t have wanted to live back then: no air conditioning.” [...]
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Nov 18- Free Webinar with National WWII Museum’s Keith Huxen and Owen Glendening
On November 18, National WWII Museum’s Keith Huxen and Owen Glendening will give a 30-minute sneak peek of the institution’s newest permanent exhibit, Road to [...]
NY Governor Announces Launch of New “Path Through History” Website
Albany, NY (November 4, 2015) – On Monday, November 2, 2015, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo introduced the new Path Through History website in celebration of [...]