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2018 AASLH Staff Picks for Historical Media
As 2018 comes to a close, AASLH staff wanted to share some of our favorite historical media we've encountered this year. From [...]
16 Tips for Creating a Small Museum YouTube Series
By Jarrett Zeman, Assistant Director and Curator, The 1890 House Museum, Cortland, NY In 2018, the 1890 House Museum in Cortland, New [...]
Exploring History’s Relevance at #AASLH18
By Dulce Kersting-Lark, Executive Director, Latah County Historical Society, Moscow, ID I was so grateful to receive a Small Museums Scholarship to attend [...]
StEPs Spotlight: Essex Historical Society is Achieving Success Through Change and Risk-Taking
Exciting changes are happening at the 900 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History [...]
AASLH Announces 2017 Small Museums Scholarship Winners
Now in their eleventh year, the Small Museums Affinity Group's annual scholarships help colleagues from small museums across the country [...]
Deaccessioning and Capitalization of Collections
In late July, news broke in The New York Times, Boston Globe, and National Public Radio about the Berkshire Museum in [...]
#AASLH17 Session: Commemorating Tragedy, Healing Wounds
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an experiment. We’re giving presenters [...]
AASLH Launches New Membership Category for Academic Programs
We are excited to announce a brand new membership category for Academic Programs. This membership for Public History, Museum Studies, and related programs is designed to [...]
NEH helps fund major public programming and publishing initiative to mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I
New York, NY. — Library of America has been awarded a $550,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partial support of World [...]
Using Front Line Staff to Build the Best Visitor Experience
Do a quick Google search for the definition of Visitor Experience. Go ahead. You won’t find one. Primarily because we, as institutions, define what the [...]
Two AASLH Members Receive 2016 National Medal
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the ten recipients of the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest [...]
Earth Day and History Organizations: Making Green Connections
Every year it surprises you - Earth Day, again!? Should you join in? Can you find the time? Can you connect history to environmental sustainability? [...]
New AASLH Book: Art of the Amistad and the Portrait of Cinqué
The Amistad incident, one of the few successful ship revolts in the history of enslavement, has been discussed by historians for decades, even becoming the [...]