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Master Local Historian: AASLH Launches Historian Training Program for the Public
A photograph of the Tennessee State Library and Archives building taken on July 17, 1956, a few short years after it [...]
To Do Rightly: Congregations as Incubators of American Activism
Photo by Victor Manuel Ramos. Courtesy of Arch Street Meeting House. Last year, the Arch Street Friends Meeting House in [...]
Three Ways History Organizations Can Talk About Environmental History
Image from Ursus Among Us exhibit. Want to explore the intersection between the natural sciences and history at your organization? [...]
PokéWHAT?! National Trust for Historic Preservation Staff Provide a Pokémon Go Primer
As the Pokémon Go craze was taking hold of communities and blowing up in the press last week, Small Museum [...]
Pittock Mansion Historic House Museum Sees Record-Breaking Attendance of 100,000 + Annual Visitors
“At a time when many historic house museums across the country are experiencing declining visitation, Portland, Oregon's Pittock Mansion has [...]
2016 AASLH Online Conference Open for Registration
Can’t make it to Detroit but still want to participate in the AASLH Annual Meeting? Join us at the Online Conference [...]
Detroit’s Island Jewel: A Tour of Belle Isle Park
Belle Isle postcard courtesy of Detroit Historical Society Belle Isle Park is Detroit’s island jewel. The city-owned and [...]
Together We Can Listen – Incorporating Evaluation Pt. 3
To build your own network for increasing evaluation capacity at your historic house museum, the Denver Evaluator’s Network recommends that it is best to start [...]
How can you assign a price to a docent program?
“Sorry Dorothy… but here’s your pink slip. You’ve been useful for the last 38 years but your volunteer services are no longer needed.” Okay, so [...]
Session Proposal: Received
For weeks you worked via email and phone conversations to develop the best conference session proposal you could. You successfully got it submitted just before [...]
AASLH Program Committee – A Newbie’s Perspective
On January 17, I started my day with a group of people—most of whom I have never met—to decide which proposals out of 126 would [...]
Together We Can Listen – Incorporating Evaluation Pt. 2
Building the capacity for evaluation at a historic house museum can be a daunting task but has long-term, positive impact on programming and visitation. As [...]
Is it a Drum? Or a Drum? Homonyms in Nomenclature 3.0
Homonyms are words that share the same spelling but have different meanings. For example, a "drum" can be a percussive musical instrument, or a container [...]