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Report on Recent Initiatives of the History Relevance Campaign
The National Archives hosted the second History Relevance Campaign (HRC) meeting with Washington D.C. area history organizations on Monday, October 17. David [...]
Cultural Competency: A Powerful Tool for Change
At the 2016 AASLH Annual Meeting, the Educators and Interpreters Committee hosted a session on cultural competency featuring staff from the Arab [...]
Welcome to Our House: How Visitor Experience Planning at Pittock Mansion Lead to Record Attendance
Visitors exploring Pittock Mansion’s 16,000 square feet. As many historic house museums across the country experience declining visitation, Portland’s Pittock [...]
On Being Historic and Green
Visitor #1 (exiting a recreated 1700’s log house at an open air site): “I wouldn’t have wanted to live [...]
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Nov 18- Free Webinar with National WWII Museum’s Keith Huxen and Owen Glendening
On November 18, National WWII Museum’s Keith Huxen and Owen Glendening will give a 30-minute sneak peek of the institution’s [...]
NY Governor Announces Launch of New “Path Through History” Website
Albany, NY (November 4, 2015) – On Monday, November 2, 2015, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo introduced the new Path Through [...]
“We Gotta Do What????”
You have a new facility for your community museum’s collection. Well, it’s “new,” in a way. It’s an old house with some meaningful and teachable [...]
Advocacy Day: Museums as an Educational Resource
(L-R) Bob Beatty AASLH, Mark Ray TN Valley Railroad Museum, Senator Lamar Alexander, Senator Bob Corker, Jane-Coleman Harbison Brown University (originally from Nashville), Patricia [...]
An Easier Way To Manage Your Website
How do you manage your institution’s website? Can you make changes on your own, or do you need to contact your designer? How many people in your organization have the capability to make changes?
AASLH Advocacy Alert
National Endowment for the Humanities slated to be cut by approximately $60 million over the next ten years. AASLH is a proud member of National [...]
Pre-K Tours in History Museums: “And You Thought It Was All About You!”
This post is from Debbie Bartels, Education Aide at the Smithsonian Institution's National Postal Museum, in Washington, DC. The pre-K learner can be a self-centered [...]
Kiosks Should Add, Not Distract
We wanted to incorporate each kiosk into an exhibition so that it heightened mood while focusing on the content.