StEPs Spotlight: Grassmere Historic Farm Finding its Way Within a Larger Organization
Exciting changes are happening at the 800+ organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our [...]
Women Who Mentor: Amy Thibodeau, Writer, Editor, and Content Strategist
Women engineers at Bletchley Park working on Colossus, the codebreaking computer. Collection of the National Archives (United Kingdom). One of [...]
AASLH Flash Sale: 50% Off All Recorded Webinars and PDFs of Technical Leaflets, Technical Leaflet Bundles
Today through next Tuesday (April 18) get 50% off the 77 recorded webinars, 30 Technical Leaflet PDFs, and 23 Technical Leaflet Bundle [...]
StEPs in the Classroom: A Collaboration Between the Watts Museum and the WVU Public History Program
This spring, a class of public history graduate students at West Virginia University had the opportunity to participate in AASLH’s [...]
Three Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in June
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program [...]
Kennedy Center’s Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability Conference, July 31 – August 6, Pittsburgh, PA.
Every year the Kennedy Center's Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®) conference brings together professionals, both experienced and new, who are working [...]
Community Members as Co-Creators at the Detroit Institute of Arts
It’s really exciting to have this opportunity to share how the Detroit Institute of Arts is re-thinking its interpretive practice, [...]
Together We Can Listen – Incorporating Evaluation Pt. 1
There is no better way to ensure a historic house museum’s longevity and vitality than to elicit input from your audiences and respond constructively. Without [...]
What my obsession with Serial taught me about Interpretation
Like hundreds of thousands of others across the globe, I became obsessed with Serial, a smart, whodunit, episodic podcast. Like, sit in my parked car [...]
For the Record: Nomenclature…Moving 4-ward
"Record, 45 RPM" -- a new term in Nomenclature 4.0Wisconsin Historical Society 2001.50.13 The new year provides those of us on the [...]
When Things Aren’t in the Plan
Long before I got into museum work, I was a big fan of plans. Life plans, weekend plans, whatever—I was always the person who got [...]
Teens in Museums: Part 1
Editors notes: One of the craziest parts of my "curatorial" jobs is working with a unique group of high school students to teach them about [...]
Losing Control…on Purpose
In “The Power of Social Media,” Tiffany Meng wrote about Delta’s foray into social media, and asked about similar viral experiences. To complement Facebook, Twitter, [...]