Announcing the 2023 AASLH Election Slate
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announces the slate of candidates for the 2023 AASLH election. This year, [...]
Encourage Members of Congress to Join the America250 Caucus
Members of Congress are forming a Congressional America250 Caucus to work together to commemorate and support the upcoming 250th anniversary of [...]
Call for Posters for AASLH 2023 Annual Conference
AASLH has partnered with the National Council on Public History (NCPH) to invite proposals for an NCPH‐sponsored Poster Session at the 2023 AASLH [...]
Build Your Organization’s Financial Strength with AASLH’s Newest Book
A stable and well-managed endowment can be the key to a museum’s financial strength. But how do you establish [...]
New Experiences at the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference
You can register onsite for “Right Here, Right Now: The Power of Place,” AASLH’s Annual Conference, which will be [...]
Everyone Their Own Historian
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis It is now more than ninety years since Carl Becker delivered his presidential [...]
Small Museum Luncheon Program: Representing Indigenous History Through the Power of Place
The interior furnishings of the Sachem’s House in Nowashe Village. By Julia Gray, Wilson Museum, Castine, ME [...]
When You Swim with Dolphins…
By Harry Klinkhamer, Historical Resources Manager, City of Venice, FL In what feels like an eternity ago, AASLH held the 2019 Annual Meeting in [...]
More States Join 250th Anniversary Commemoration Effort
By John Marks, Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, AASLH A little over a year ago, the Congressionally-appointed U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission published Inspiring the American Spirit, [...]
Two AASLH Conferences in 2021
Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock. Building on the reach and success of last year’s online annual meeting, we are happy to [...]
What Are the Legislative Issues Facing the Field in 2021? A Report from Museums Advocacy Day
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations On February 22-23, AASLH staff joined hundreds of museum advocates from around the country to take [...]
Where Are Our Think Tanks?
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis This is what you shall do…re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any [...]
Measuring Social Impact to Make Social Changes: Learn How To Get Involved
By Michelle A. Mileham, Ph.D., Project Manager, Measurement of Museum Social Impact (MOMSI), Utah Division of Arts and Museums In what ways do museums [...]