To be Bold, Brave, Unstoppable and Write Unapologetically Black Histories
"Celebrating Black History at the University of Idaho," a traveling exhibition. By Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr., Full Professor at the University [...]
Idaho Pride from 1989 to 2023
Boise Pride Parade, June 1997, taken by Deborah Graham, MSS 192 Collection on Gay Life, courtesy of Boise State University By [...]
Reflections on 50 Years of the Seminar for Historical Administration
This article is from Volume 78 #1 of History News, AASLH’s quarterly magazine. Members can access the full issue in the [...]
Help Your Organization and the Field: Respond to the 2023 National Visitor Survey
The fifth annual American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) “National Visitation Survey for History Organizations” is now [...]
Program Planning and Proper Names
By Bethany L Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Recently, I was reading Christianity Today and one of its articles [...]
Association of African American Museums Becomes Advisory Board Partner of AASLH’s History Leadership Institute
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is excited to announce that the Association of African American [...]
Now Accepting Nominations for the 2023 Leadership in History Awards
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Leadership in History Awards recognize excellence and innovative achievements in [...]
2022 Museums Advocacy Day
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations, AASLH On Tuesday, March 1, hundreds of museum employees and volunteers from all corners of the field [...]
Reframing History
We need a more productive public conversation about history. Today, AASLH is proud to introduce Reframing History, a new set of evidence-backed communications strategies [...]
AASLH Committees at Work (Part 2)
Once or twice a year we ask the chairs of AASLH committees to summarize what their group has been working on and plans to [...]
5 Ways to Make Your Historic House Museum Visitors Feel at Home (Even with Uncomfortable Topics)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations, AASLH One common criticism of historic house museums is they are static and impersonal. Even when curators [...]
AASLH Committees at Work (Part 1)
Once or twice a year we ask the chairs of AASLH committees to summarize what their group has been working on and plans to [...]
History Museums and Trust
By John Garrison Marks, Director, AASLH Public History Research Lab Americans trust history museums—or so we like to tell ourselves. Back in November on [...]