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AASLH Announces 2019 Small Museums Scholarship Winners
Rocky statue outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Now in their thirteenth year, the Small Museums Affinity Community’s annual scholarships help [...]
Ideas for Funding Your Organization’s Visitor Research
By Cherie Cook, Senior Program Manager, AASLH Visitor satisfaction is a “big deal,” writes Colleen Dilenschneider in her blog post "The Three [...]
Historic Preservation and The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook
“Women Barbers at Tule Lake Segregation Center,” Library of Congress. By Priya Chhaya, National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Inclusive [...]
4 AASLH Members Among Finalists for IMLS National Medal
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced twenty-nine finalists for the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library [...]
What do you call…/Commen s’appelle-t’il…?
The Nomenclature Task Force of the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) [...]
A Call for Volunteers to Research and Write Biographical Sketches of Woman Suffrage Activists: Round Two
Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way to present a petition to Congress, 1915. [...]
Living in the Past: the Heritage House Program at Strawbery Banke Museum
The front entrance of the Penhallow House on Washington St., Portsmouth, NH. In a transitional world, museums must [...]
Welcome to Our House: How Visitor Experience Planning at Pittock Mansion Lead to Record Attendance
Visitors exploring Pittock Mansion’s 16,000 square feet. As many historic house museums across the country experience declining visitation, Portland’s Pittock Mansion has set [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in October
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 [...]
A Golden Age for Historic Properties
In the Summer 2007 History News, John and Anita Durel predicted that "Historic properties are on the verge of a golden age. Over the next [...]
Grant Opportunity: Civic Engagement Through Literature with the NEA Big Read
Have you heard of the NEA Big Read? The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the application guidelines for 2017-2018 NEA Big Read grants. [...]
AASLH and NEMA Partner to Strengthen History Organizations in New England
Organizations in the New England region, especially all-volunteer ones, can save money and put their organization on a path to progress as the result of [...]
History, Memory, and Disability Rights: Creating Inclusive Public Humanities Programs
“History, Memory, and Disability Rights: Creating Inclusive Public Humanities Programs,” a one-day public humanities conference and workshops that features current research on the complex and [...]