The Pre-Registration Deadline for the 2022 Virtual Conference is Wednesday
The pre-registration deadline for the 2022 Virtual Conference is this Wednesday! Registration is only $60 for AASLH members and $80 for [...]
Join Us at the Table in Boise for the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference
“I, Too, Am America” is the theme of the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference, which will be held in Boise, Idaho, September [...]
Visitation to History Organizations Increased in 2021 — But There’s a Long Way to Go
By John Garrison Marks, Director, Public History Research Lab This week, the American Association for State and Local History Public History [...]
AASLH Releases 2022 National Census of History Organizations
How many history organizations are in the United States? What are the fundamental characteristics of our field? Today, AASLH [...]
AASLH Announces 2022 Election Slate
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announces the slate of candidates for the 2022 AASLH Council [...]
History Leadership Institute Seminar Returns in New Format, New Season
By Max van Balgooy, Director of the History Leadership Institute The History Leadership Institute, the American Association for State [...]
Marilyn’s Dress and Museum Ethics
By Katie Stringer Clary, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC First things first: I am not a textiles conservator. I [...]
Seizing the Moment: An Opportunity to Explore and Experiment
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis The perfect storm we have been living through has given the word pivot new currency and relevance. Everyone, or so it seems, [...]
Monuments, History, and History Organizations
By John Dichtl, President and CEO, AASLH While the widespread fervor to rethink and take down some of the nation’s thousands of historical monuments [...]
Understanding the New Valuing History Collections Position Paper
By AASLH Standards and Ethics Committee The AASLH Standards and Ethics Committee has compiled FAQs to help explain the new Valuing History Collections position [...]
Field Services Alliance Tips: Re-opening Museums During COVID-19
By Laura Casey, Museum Services Coordinator, Texas Historical Commission, Austin, TX The Problem: The arrival of COVID-19 in January 2020 and the eventual closure [...]
How Do You Document Nothing?
By Harry Klinkhamer The COVID-19 pandemic has gripped the nation and the world. It has shut down economies and closed everything from nail salons [...]
Episodes of Change: A Long View of Museum-Making in America
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis The long-term impact of the pandemic on American museums is hard, if not impossible, to predict. At the [...]