Docents as Museum Professionals: Lessons from the Amory Regional Museum
By Bryan Mathison, Senior Library Associate at Mississippi State University and Docent/Research Associate at the Amory Museum The city of Amory, [...]
Get to Know Boise’s Rich History with These Books and Documentaries
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations The 2023 AASLH Annual Conference will be held in Boise, Idaho, on September 6-9. [...]
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 accepting responses! [...]
Small Museums Session Thread at the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) values small history organizations and their vital contributions to their [...]
2022 AASLH Annual Conference Early Bird Deadline is July 29
Register for the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference by Friday, July 29 to receive the early bird discount. AASLH members [...]
So You Enrolled in STEPS… Now What?
By Marissa Hamm, 2022 AASLH Summer Intern Totaling nearly 300 pages, the STEPS (Standards and Excellence Program for History [...]
Experience the Power of Place at 2022 AASLH Annual Conference Evening Events
The American Association for State and Local History’s Annual Conference is known for unmatched evening events and this year [...]
What Will We Call the January 6 Attack on Democracy?
Source: Wikimedia Commons. Photographer: Tyler Merbler. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Dear AASLH members, The attack on the U.S. [...]
2020 National Visitation Report: Little Change in 2019
By John Marks, AASLH Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives and W. Maclane Hull, University of South Carolina Visitation at history organizations was flat from 2018 [...]
10 Unique Ways Museums Can Connect with Their Community
Campers in the Frazier History Museum’s NTI program examine artifacts in the museum’s Lewis and Clark exhibit. By Laura Casey, Texas Historical [...]
Is This 1904? In Praise of the History Enterprise
By David Grabitske, Castroville, TX Thursday, December 29, 1904, was a fair-weather day in Chicago, cold and clear. Henry E. Bourne addressed the American [...]
Book Review: Te Papa to Berlin
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. By Bill Tramposch, Mendocino, CA I have just had the pleasure of reading a [...]
Curating During a Pandemic: A Lesson in Democracy and Fresh Air
The reimagined exhibition was installed outside, offering visitors a safe, open air experience free of charge. By Beth Maloney & Claire Mullins [...]