Announcing the 2025 Election Slate of Candidates
Each year, the American Association for State and Local History conducts an election to select those who will serve on the [...]
Contact Congress: Save Agencies that Support History Orgs and Nonprofit Tax Status
In this update: Contact Congress: Reject the president’s budget proposal and support IMLS, NEH, and NPS Contact Congress: Don’t increase tax [...]
New AASLH Book: Think Like a Curator
Now Available! Think Like a Curator: A Guide to Curatorial Practice in History Organizations By Donna R. Braden Paperback $40 AASLH [...]
Call for Posters for AASLH 2025 Annual Conference
Your Content Goes Here Sponsored by the National Council on Public History AASLH has partnered with the National [...]
Announcing the National Survey of History Practitioners
Today, the AASLH Public History Research Lab is launching a major new research initiative: the National Survey of History [...]
Send AASLH Your Grant Cancellation Letters
The White House recently directed the termination of thousands of grants from federal agencies that serve the history field, [...]
Introducing the 2025 History Leadership Institute Fellows
AASLH is thrilled to announce that we have selected 25 of our field’s emerging leaders as the 2025 History [...]
Defend the Institute of Museum and Library Services
In March, President Trump signed an executive order gutting the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). IMLS is the only federal agency that [...]
Do You Have Veterinary Objects and Texts in Your Collection?
Mary-Elizabeth Ellard, DVM Founded in 1978, the American Veterinary Medical History Society (AVMHS), is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting research, study, understanding, [...]
Defending Our Full, Shared History at the Smithsonian and National Park Service
Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order that attempts to dictate what history is shared at Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service sites. The [...]
URGENT: Take Action to Defend IMLS
Representatives Dina Titus and Suzanne Bonamici are circulating a letter for other members of the House of Representatives to sign, asking the Trump administration [...]
Announcing The Stewardship Archive: Safeguarding Essential Information to Protect America’s Public Lands, Waters, and Places of Cultural Heritage
David Harmon, Executive Director, George Wright Society There are growing concerns about the removal of public information related to climate change and other topics [...]
Forward Together: an Update on IMLS
Last week was another busy week of federal challenges to museums and history organizations. The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and the eight other [...]