To Do Rightly: Congregations as Incubators of American Activism
Photo by Victor Manuel Ramos. Courtesy of Arch Street Meeting House. Last year, the Arch Street Friends Meeting House in [...]
Three Ways History Organizations Can Talk About Environmental History
Image from Ursus Among Us exhibit. Want to explore the intersection between the natural sciences and history at your organization? [...]
Volunteers Needed to Research and Write Biographical Sketches of Women Suffrage Activists
Women Suffragists picketing the White House, February 1917. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Since March 2015 the online [...]
Cemetery Preservation & Interpretation: A Resource Collection
Here is a collection of all AASLH resources on preserving and interpreting historic cemeteries. For more resources on a wide range [...]
Gotta Catch ‘Em All: The Battle over Pokémon Go in Museums
Given the positive and negative stigma surrounding Pokémon Go I decided to write a follow-up to my original blog, “Engaging [...]
Free Digital Preservation Workshop in Atlanta- Oct 10
On Monday, October 10, 2016, the Digital POWRR Team will be conducting a FREE workshop at the Atlanta History Center [...]
How Heritage Museums & Gardens Use Visitors Count to Make Unforgettable Visitor Experiences
Working on the Visitors Count project for the last couple of years has been a satisfying experience of learning where [...]
Border Crossings: The Detroit River Region in the War of 1812
Border Crossings: The Detroit River Region in the War of 1812 is the result of a year-long collaboration between the Detroit Historical Society and Wayne [...]
Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State
Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State presents a history of early bicycling in Wisconsin beginning with the "velocipede mania" of 1869 to the [...]
The Dakota Prisoner of War Letters: Dakota Kaŝkapi Okicize Wowapi
The U.S. – Dakota War of 1862 was a traumatic event in Minnesota’s history, and its lasting effects are still felt among the Dakota people. [...]
Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection
On July 30, 1733, Henry Price, appointed by the Grand Lodge of England, gathered his Masonic brothers at a Boston tavern and formed what would [...]
Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail
Newburyport, a small historic seaport on the north shore of Massachusetts, has roots dating back to 1635. The Clipper Heritage Trail website celebrates this 300 [...]
The Entrepreneurs and Workers of the Soot: A History of the Foundry in Springfield, Vermont
Workers of the soot - the men and women who toiled in the heat and soot of the local foundries to provide a better life [...]