StEPs Spotlight: The Lillian E. Jones Museum
Exciting changes are happening at the nearly 1,000 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). [...]
Book Review: The Past and Future City
This review originally appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of History News. The Past and Future City: How Historic Preservation is Reviving [...]
History Relevance in Canada
Tim Grove is Chief of Museum Learning at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, a founding member of the History Relevance [...]
Over the Santa Fe Trail to Mexico: The Travel Diaries and Autobiography of Dr. Rowland Willard
One of the first Anglo-Americans to record their travels to New Mexico, Dr. Rowland Willard (1794–1884) journeyed west on the [...]
Mapas historicas de Nuevo Mexico = Historic New Mexico Maps
Learning about the history of New Mexico through maps can be a tall order for students and perhaps a challenge [...]
Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Couple of an Age
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the most famous man in the world when he completed his solo flight across the [...]
ASK FSA: Fur and Feathers in Costume Collection
19th Century Hawaiian Feather Cape, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Anthropology Collection (Via) Fur and feathers in [...]
The Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA Announces Upcoming Events
The Columbus Museum has been an AASLH member since 1979. The Columbus Museum (Columbus, GA) Calendar of Events November- December 2016 NOTE: Additional events may [...]
Visitor Studies Association: Call for Session Proposals Now Open
The Visitor Studies Association's annual conference will be held in Boston July 19-23, 2016! The Data Revolution theme will challenge the museum community to think [...]
Historic Madison Raises Matching Funds and Qualifies for Jeffris Foundation Challenge Grant
November 10, 2015, MADISON, IN - Historic Madison, Inc. announces a significant milestone in its $2.5 million Capital Campaign to restore the Shrewsbury-Windle House National [...]
Embracing Audience Engagement: A Small Museums Scholarship Recipient’s Experience
By Claire Blaylock, Clackamas County Historical Society, Oregon City, OR This past September, thanks to the Small Museums Scholarship, I was honored to attend the [...]
New-York Historical Society’s Center for the Study of Women’s History is First of Its Kind for a U.S. Museum
Collection of Tiffany Lamps to be Displayed in a Dazzling Glass Gallery Center for the Study of Women’s History is First of Its Kind for [...]
IMLS Notices of Funding Opportunity Now Online (Deadline Dec. 1)
The FY2016 Notices of Funding Opportunity for all five Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant programs for museums are now posted on their [...]