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Coloring Independently: 1940s African American Film Stills from the Collection of the California African American Museum
Coloring Independently: 1940s African American Film Stills from the Collection of the California African American Museum featured a selection of more than [...]
We Remember Them: Acts of Love and Compassion in Isla Vista and the May 23, 2014 Isla Vista Memorial Archive
On May 23, 2014, six UCSB undergraduate students were killed and fourteen other individuals were injured in a crime spree that took [...]
Wright in Glencoe
Glencoe, Illinois (population 8,723) is home to the world’s third largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures: seven houses, a concrete bridge [...]
Federal Funding Bill Passes, Includes Increased Spending on History
The history community fared well in the FY2016 federal funding bill that Congress passed on December 18, 2015. This $1.15 [...]
AASLH & NPS Host Workshop on Historic Houses in National Parks
At the beginning of this week, AASLH hosted a special workshop with the National Park Service to discuss ways that two [...]
46 AASLH Members Receive NEH Humanities Project Grants
We would like to congratulate the each of the 46 AASLH members who were awarded an NEH grant earlier this week. [...]
CT Tobacco Museum Gets Media Recognition for a Great Year and Starting StEPs
The Luddy/Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, operated by the Connecticut Valley Tobacco Historical Society, was the subject of a glowing report in the [...]
Travel by Stagecoach
Travel by Stagecoach As the cold settles in this winter season, I find myself looking back over the years of stagecoach travel and considering the [...]
Using Nomenclature – Adding Specialist Terms
Photo courtesy Kili / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain Nomenclature covers a wide range of terminology, but it does not include all [...]
Impact of One Time Field Trips on Student Learning
The Crystal Bridges Art Museum and the University of Arkansas recently worked together to evaluate the impact of one time field trips on students. You [...]
Bring Out Your Dead
With the coming of the New Year I have been reflecting a lot on…death...that’s right – death. In historic houses we will relate WHEN and [...]
STEM, You Say?
“Bah,” you are thinking. “Do I really need to integrate science and MATH into our education offerings? This is not what I signed up for….” [...]
Adding Branches to Our Family Tree
As the corporate history museum for American Airlines, the CR Smith Museum holds a significant collection of artifacts and archives that help us interpret the [...]