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Relevancy on the Prairie: Lawrence Welk’s Childhood Home
The Welk Homestead State Historic Site, located near Strasburg, ND. Photo by Diane Rogness . The Welk Homestead State Historic [...]
Women Who Mentor: Mindy Porter, Director of Education, Scott Family Amazeum
The Scott Family Amazeum. One of the founding objectives of the Women’s History Affinity Group at AASLH is to “[foster] [...]
4 Ways History Organizations Can Engage Local Voices
Alabama Voices –Alabama Department of Archives and History (Montgomery, AL) Every year, AASLH receives around 100 nominations for our Leadership in History [...]
Pond-Hopping: How Working Abroad Can Improve Your Local History Practice
Would you like to travel the world? Not for one or two weeks, but for a year, or possibly two. [...]
Packing Shoes for Conferences and Other Somewhat Serious Thoughts on Professional Footwear
I just spent five days in Washington, D.C., at the American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting and, while I am [...]
AASLH Announces 2016 Leadership in History Award Winners
Sixty-three recipients from twenty-seven states receive highest honor from AASLH The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces the [...]
Exhibit Opening: This WAS Contemporary Art: Fine and Decorative Arts in Houston 1945–1965
This WAS Contemporary Art: Fine and Decorative Arts in Houston 1945–1965 will run at The Heritage Society Museum in downtown Houston from Thursday, [...]
Fingerprints and Votives
I just read a brilliant post by “Museum Anarchist” Frank Vagnone on his blog, Twisted Preservation. I hope he doesn't mind that I riff on [...]
AASLH Announces Call for Entries for 75th Anniversary Blog
75 Years of Making the Past More Meaningful to All Americans Next year marks AASLH’s 75th Anniversary Year. For the occasion, AASLH is creating a [...]
Corporate History at the 2014 Annual Meeting
At the 2014 Annual Meeting, we had a great turnout for our corporate history tour, session, and luncheon! On Wednesday, we began the Meeting with [...]
2014 AASLH Annual Meeting: A Scholarship Winner’s Perspective
As this year’s recipient of the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Minority Professionals, I was excitedly anticipating my first time at the AASLH Annual Meeting. As [...]
A Word (or Two) about Relevance
Relevance is a word that has become common at historic house museums. To be successful with mission and audience, we must be relevant. But what [...]
Support the Small Museums Scholarship
Will you be in St. Paul for next week’s AASLH Annual Meeting? The Small Museums Committee is collecting donations for our Small Museums Scholarship….and you [...]