AASLH Committees at Work (Part 1)
Once or twice a year we ask the chairs of AASLH committees to summarize what their group has been working on [...]
History Museums and Trust
By John Garrison Marks, Director, AASLH Public History Research Lab Americans trust history museums—or so we like to tell ourselves. Back [...]
Black History Month Resources
In celebration of Black History Month, AASLH has compiled a list of resources from our Resource Center that we are sharing [...]
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. [...]
Monuments, History, and History Organizations
By John Dichtl, President and CEO, AASLH While the widespread fervor to rethink and take down some of the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
From Student to Small Museum Manager at #AASLH18
By Cora Arney, Historical Consultant/House Manager, Delhi Historical Society, Cincinnati, OH This year, it was my pleasure to attend the AASLH Annual Meeting in Kansas City thanks [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in November
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically [...]
Reflections on the 2018 AASLH Annual Meeting
By Lori Osborne, Director, Frances Willard House Museum, Evanston, IL It is always a pleasure to attend the AASLH Annual Meeting. I’ve been fortunate to [...]
New Webinar Series: History Relevance Coffee Breaks
AASLH, in partnership with the History Relevance initiative, is proud to present a new webinar series: History Relevance Coffee Breaks. This short-form webinar series showcases [...]
New Ideas and New Colleagues at #AASLH18
By Alyssa Jones, Blythewood Historical Society & Museum and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources My name is Alyssa Jones and the 2018 AASLH Annual Meeting [...]
Crowdsourcing Slavery Interpretation: Challenges and Responses
Courtesy of Montpelier Foundation. By Christian Cotz, Kristin Gallas, Linnea Grim, Richard Josey, and Joseph McGill During the 2018 AASLH Annual Meeting in [...]