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 [...]
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 [...]
Meet the New AASLH Book Series Editor
Dr. Rebekah Beaulieu is the new AASLH book series editor. The book series editor works with the AASLH Editorial [...]
Educating Your Board About History Work
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations I have worked full-time in the history field for over twenty-seven [...]
Frederick Law Olmsted in Buffalo
Cazenovia Park By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations April 26 is the 200th birthday of [...]
Sharing Authority After the Plague
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis Watching the President, Vice President, and assorted scientists and governors awkwardly "sharing authority" daily, questions arise as to [...]
Inclusivity During COVID-19: Creating a New Norm
By Richard Josey, Chair, AASLH Diversity and Inclusion Committee This morning, I watched two white Carrollton, Georgia, teenagers in a video describing the “ingredients” [...]
From Heirloom Harvests to Victory Gardens: Museums Feeding Communities During COVID-19
By Michelle Moon When spring rolls around, Eric Jackson, head gardener at Old Salem Museums & Gardens, is normally setting up the spring rotation [...]
Relief and Research for History Organizations
As history organizations around the country adapt to the rapidly evolving public health situation, we'll be sharing resources and ideas from across the field [...]
Our Hidden Superpower: The Sum Of Our Parts
By Caroline Klibanoff, Made By Us In the last few weeks, as the world has been turned upside down, history institutions - like so [...]
The View From Here: Coronavirus and the Small Museum
By Elizabeth P. Stewart and the members of the AASLH Small Museums Committee: Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, Alison Bruesehoff, Aimee Newell, Ann Bennett, Brian Failing, Bruce [...]