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A New Way to Hire Interpreters: Lessons from Old World Wisconsin
Members of the Madison Theater rehearse for the one-act play, "Over the Teacups." 1950. WHS Collection. We’re standing in a [...]
AASLH Joins Over 100 Organizations Around the Country Endorsing the Values of History Relevance
Nashville, TN (March 15, 2017) — The American Association for State and Local History today joins more than 100 historical organizations [...]
Connect with AASLH at the Tennessee Association of Museums Annual Meeting
Are you going to the Annul Meeting of the Tennessee Association of Museums this week? AASLH staff members will be speaking on [...]
AASLH Welcomes First 10 Academic Program Members
Last month, AASLH launched a brand new membership type for Academic Programs. Designed specifically to meet the needs of faculty [...]
The Only Museum on California’s Santa Catalina Island Finally Gets a Permanent Home
It may surprise the thousands of visitors who have vacationed on the island of Santa Catalina, but the Catalina Island [...]
Tagging YSL + Halston: What Museums Can Learn from Hashtags
In the spring of 2014, I responded to a call for book proposals for the AASLH series at Rowman & [...]
What I Look for in a Cover Letter and Other Thoughts About Job Applications
Several job-hunting colleagues have recently asked me to review their cover letters. Bearing in mind that I have not applied [...]
Out With the Old Historic House, In With the New
We've all been reading about fresh and innovative ways historic house museum have met sustainability challenges, and stay relevant and valuable to their community. In [...]
Everybody Has to Eat Lunch, and Other Lessons on Stakeholder Engagement
I’ve written a couple of posts recently about a program at the Alexander Ramsey House in Saint Paul called History Happy Hour. History Happy Hour [...]
When Now Becomes Then
Last year, a local historical society asked me to narrate a video they planned to sell as a fundraiser. The society had digitized, edited and [...]
Invite Congress to Your #History Museum
We have the numbers from IMLS - over half of the active museums in America classify themselves as history organizations. Museums, historical societies, house museums, [...]
Oh, Those Pesky Primary Sources!
One of the conundrums staff faces at the Molly Brown House Museum in Denver, Colorado is surprisingly, a dearth of primary source material on Margaret [...]
Reaching the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community Through Technology
The Sixth Floor Museum welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. We strive to make all of our guests feel welcome, and provide an [...]