Making Connections at #AASLH2022
By Li Edwards, American Chinese Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania This year was my first time attending an AASLH Annual Conference. It was [...]
Networking and New Conversations at #AASLH2022
By Traci Jones, Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium, Hoover, Alabama From the moment I arrived at the 2022 [...]
A New Staff Member’s Impressions of His First AASLH Annual Conference
By Eric Morse, Marketing and Sales Manager, AASLH Each year, the AASLH Annual Conference draws a large number of first-time participants. [...]
2021 AASLH Annual Report
AASLH is pleased to share our 2021 Annual Report with the field. Despite another year that was anything but [...]
Top 5 Reasons Why Museums Close: Highlights from a conversation between Susana Bautista and Adam Rozan
By Adam Rozan Last year I caught up with Susana Bautista over Zoom to chat with her about her [...]
Remembering Jeff Harris
Courtesy of Magoffin Home State Historic Site By Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, Small Museum’s Affinity Group Committee Chairperson The [...]
A Special Message for Those Dealing with Storm Damage
By Bethany Hawkins, Chief of Operations Our hearts go out to so many people in the wake of the [...]
AASLH Receives NEH Grant to Prepare for 250th Anniversary
This week, AASLH received a $150,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop planning and educational resources to help small historical organizations [...]
Nomenclature Available as Open Data
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is now free for download in a number of formats! The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and AASLH are happy to [...]
Open Now: the 2020 National Visitation Survey
By John Marks, Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, AASLH AASLH is calling on all history organizations to complete the 2020 National Visitation Survey. The questionnaire should [...]
Women’s Suffrage Centennial in Ohio
“Woman Suffrage Headquarters,” Cleveland, Ohio, 1912. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. By Megan Wood, Director of Cultural Resources, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, [...]
The AASLH National Visitation Report: The View from Small Museums
By Sean Blinn, Bedminster Township (NJ) Historic Preservation Commission and AASLH Small Museums Committee Recently, AASLH featured a series of blog posts summarizing the new [...]
Taking a Breath at Mid-Career
Bethany and her son visiting Historic Granville in Tennessee. Some people buy fancy cars or get a new haircut when they go through [...]