Tips for Submitting a Successful #AASLH2022 Session Proposal (Part I)
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Do you have an idea for a session for AASLH’s 2022 Annual Meeting or [...]
Call for Survey Participants: Making in Museums and Historic Sites
By Tim Betz, Morgan Log House (Towamencin, PA )and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (Kutztown, PA) Museums and historic sites have [...]
Share Your Expertise: 2022 AASLH Call for Proposals Now Open
By Jennifer Ortiz, 2022 AASLH Annual Meeting Program Chair What have you done that you can share with others to help [...]
Moving Forward
By Randi Korn and Paul Pearson At a particularly bleak moment in December 1776, George Washington declared, “Desperate diseases [...]
Finding Our Way Together
By John Dichtl, President and CEO, AASLH Eight weeks into the pandemic (or more, depending on what part of [...]
Conversations and Surveys for History Organizations
As history organizations around the country adapt to the rapidly evolving public health situation, we'll be sharing resources and [...]
It’s Strategic to Think of the Future: Strategic Planning in the Time of COVID-19
By Daniel Ronan, Resilient Heritage The effects of COVID-19 have brought significant impacts to many history museums and cultural [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in August
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 for small to [...]
33 AASLH Members Receive Over $6 Million in NEH Grants
This month, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $43.1 million in grants for 218 humanities projects. “From nationally broadcast documentaries to [...]
FSA Tips: Visitor Services Beyond the Front Desk
By Jeannette Rooney, Assistant Director, Local History Services, Indiana Historical Society When we think of visitor services, we often imagine that it's all about greeting people [...]
Still Time to Add Events for #AASLH18
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site Are you waiting until you get to Kansas City to purchase tickets for workshops, meals, tours, and [...]
American National Biography Seeks Contributors for Local and Regional Stories
By Jo Payne, Head of Biographical and General Reference, Oxford University Press Our masthead proudly proclaims “The life of a nation is told by the lives [...]
The Economy of the Annual Meeting
By Bethany Hawkins, COO, AASLH If you just registered for the upcoming AASLH Annual Meeting in Kansas City to secure the early bird rate, or [...]