2021 Leadership in History Award Winners
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces the winners of the 76th annual Leadership in History Awards, [...]
Why We Need a Civic Season
Courtesy Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center, photographer Boyd Lewis. By Claire Haley and Kristian Weatherspoon, Atlanta History [...]
AASLH Announces 2021 Annual Meeting Keynote Speakers
AASLH is pleased to announce our keynote speakers for the 2021 AASLH/AMA Annual Meeting in Little Rock September 22-25. We are [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
Women’s Suffrage Centennial in Ohio
“Woman Suffrage Headquarters,” Cleveland, Ohio, 1912. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. By Megan Wood, Director of Cultural [...]
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 [...]
Fifth Annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference Call for Proposals
Cabin c. 1830, Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, Maryland. The fifth annual Slave Dwelling Project conference will be held at Middle Tennessee State University in [...]
2017 Online Conference Recordings Now Available
The AASLH Online Conference is a yearly component of our Annual Meeting where six of our most popular sessions are reworked for a virtual audience [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Lorain Historical Society
Exciting changes are happening at the nearly 1,000 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations). Our “StEPs Spotlight” blog [...]
We Are All the Spinning Wheel
Throughout the course of my visits to museums, historic houses, and historic sites around New England, I found one specific object repeatedly piquing my curiosity [...]
Out with the Old, In with the Slightly More Updated and Stimulating Exhibit Experience
The Hezekiah Alexander House on the Charlotte Museum of History's property dates to 1774. By Sara Blanchett Through the AASLH Diversity Workshop Fellowship, [...]
5 Sites to Celebrate National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month, inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, has become a worldwide celebration of the beauty and cultural value of poetry. [...]