Boise and “I, Too, am America”: Now Accepting Session Proposals for the 2023 Annual Conference
Boise, Idaho will host the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference, which has the theme of “I, Too, Am America.” The conference will [...]
Explore Diversity in History at the 2022 AASLH Virtual Conference
The 2022 AASLH Virtual Conference is now only three weeks away and will be held November 1-3. A number of sessions [...]
The White House History Teacher Institute’s 2022 Makeover
By Samantha Hunter-Gibbs, Director of K-12 Education at the White House Historical Association The White House History Teacher Institute (WHHTI), hosted [...]
2022 Museums Advocacy Day
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations, AASLH On Tuesday, March 1, hundreds of museum employees and volunteers from [...]
Reframing History
We need a more productive public conversation about history. Today, AASLH is proud to introduce Reframing History, a new [...]
AASLH Committees at Work (Part 2)
Once or twice a year we ask the chairs of AASLH committees to summarize what their group has been [...]
5 Ways to Make Your Historic House Museum Visitors Feel at Home (Even with Uncomfortable Topics)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, Chief of Operations, AASLH One common criticism of historic house museums is they are static [...]
Collecting in Quarantine: News from the Maryland Historical Society
[Editorial Note: This blog post was adapted from a message last week from President Mark B. Letzer to all members of the historical society.] [...]
URGENT: COVID-19 Advocacy Alert
Urge Your U.S. Legislators to Include Museums in COVID-19 Relief AASLH is working with AAM and other museum associations to make the case for [...]
Share Your Thoughts on the Women’s History Affinity Group Forum!
Three medical students at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), 1885. From left to right: Dr. Anandibai Joshi (India), Dr. Keiko Okami [...]
Planning for the Evolving COVID-19 Situation
By Jennifer Kilmer, Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA As Director of the Washington State Historical Society, I have been working non-stop on COVID-19 [...]
Feeling Overwhelmed by COVID-19 Preparations? Here Are 4 Steps You Can Take Today
By Erin Carlson Mast, CEO and Executive Director, President Lincoln’s Cottage, Washington, D.C. For the past two weeks, the Executive Directors of sites affiliated [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in February
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last two months! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program [...]