2022 Virtual Conference Educator and Environment Sessions
The 2022 AASLH Virtual Conference is November 1-3. The pre-registration deadline is October 26. Registration is only $60 for AASLH members [...]
A National Conference with a Small Town Feel
By Sarah Adams, Edwards Place Historic House, Springfield, IL I was fortunate to attend the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference in Buffalo, [...]
The Power of Change Starts from Inside
By Anne Jordan, Little White School Museum, Oswego, IL This was my second year attending the AASLH conference, but the first [...]
Statement on Mass Shooting in Buffalo
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) acknowledges the physical, emotional, and psychological impact that the mass [...]
Survey Results from the History in Our Parks Task Force
By Tony Pierucci, Chair, History in Our Parks Task Force Thousands of history practitioners work for public parks agencies. [...]
Releasing Potential Capital at Museums
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis For more than two years, the disruptions of the pandemic have challenged America's [...]
While Speaking About Preserving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage, Air Raid Warnings Sounded
Ihor Poshyvailo, director of the Maidan Museum in Ukraine, speaks about damage to cultural institutions in the country [...]
AASLH Announces 2020 Election Slate for Council and Leadership Nominating Committee
We are proud to announce the slate of candidates for four spots on the AASLH Council, three Council officers, and three spots on our Leadership [...]
The New 3 Rs: Resilience, Responsibility, and Risk
Image of 1963 March on Washington courtesy of the Library of Congress. By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis As if a virulent [...]
The Dilemma of Tactiles and Interactives in this New Age
By Tim Grove, Grove History Consulting I became alarmed recently when a former colleague told me that the director of a large history and [...]
2020 Leadership in History Award Winners
Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie G. Bunch, our 2017 Award of Distinction recipient, with former Council Chair Katherine Kane and AASLH President and [...]
A Statement from AASLH
The past few days have provided crushing reminders of how the nation still struggles with violence and racism born in the past and harbored [...]
Think Creatively to Find Hidden History
By Emily Libecap, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY How do we find historical information on people who were excluded from mainstream historical [...]