We Are Sandy Spring: An Innovative Project in Community Engagement
By Avi Decter Nearly ten years ago, in the fall of 2013, I received a startling email. Allison Weiss, Executive Director [...]
Are You Prepared?
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Every year on May 1, the museum field celebrates MayDay by doing one thing [...]
Statement on Preparations for the United States’ 250th Anniversary in New York
In a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul earlier this month, two state lawmakers urged the governor to seat her [...]
2022 AASLH Council Election Results
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Council sets policy and provides leadership for the association, is [...]
Explore Civics at the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference
There’s a strong connection between history and civics. The state of New York, home to this year’s AASLH Annual [...]
We Are Not in the Least Defeated
The theme of this year’s AASLH Annual Conference is Right Here, Right Now: The Power of Place. Gathering in [...]
2022 AASLH Annual Conference Pre-Registration Deadline is August 19
Are you planning to attend the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference next month? Now is the time to register! This [...]
Introducing the AASLH Public History Research Lab
By John Marks, Director, Public History Research Lab and Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives Conducting and sharing research about the state of the field is [...]
Research Brief: What a New Report Reveals about History in American Life
By John Marks, Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives Late last year, the Humanities Indicators Project of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences published The [...]
Reaching Excellence One Step at a Time
By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEO After ten years of helping more than 1,100 institutions move forward through self-assessment, this month AASLH relaunches [...]
Museum Education and the Great Outdoors
By Catherine Shortliffe and Sally Meyer Museum educators are planners. We strategize years in advance and in general take the long view when making decisions. [...]
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 [...]