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Can I Call It A Coozy? Classifying the Iconic Beverage Holder in Collections
Shortly after Nomenclature 4.0 was released, a colleague of mine John Neill, Riley County Historical Museum contacted me through social media asking, “Not sure [...]
Center for Home Movies Searching for Public Holdings of Amateur Films
The Center for Home Movies is undertaking, thanks to support from the Library of Congress and CLIR, a survey of home movies and [...]
Museums Working with Communities: The Book
I am pleased to announce that my colleague Beth Bollwerk and I have a new book that will be available in the [...]
Scandal! Vice, Crime, and Morality in Montréal
Based on extensive documentary research and a wide‐ranging collection of personal accounts from Montrealers from the era along with comments [...]
Vashon Island's Native People: Navigating Seas of Change
The exhibit Vashon Island’s Native People: Navigating Seas of Change, created by the all-volunteer Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum, provided insights [...]
The A-mazing Mendes Cohen
The exhibit concept for The A-mazing Mendes Cohen was to illuminate nineteenth-century history and the formation of Jewish-American identity through [...]
Welcome New AASLH Members (Oct. 2015)
AASLH is pleased to welcome all the individuals and institutions who became members in October. We are so glad you [...]
Keeping It “Small”
Lauren Silberman I used to think that history museums with a million dollar budget were small. Please keep in mind that I had [...]
Staying Plugged In…
It’s Electric! Connection…the very concept, elusive as it is, is the thread by which the museum field binds communities together. This is especially true for [...]
Interactives for Everyone!
Contributed by Rebecca Martin who has worked at the Litchfield Historical Society and the National Archives I know that hands-on, multi-sensory experiences really do make a [...]
To Do or Not to Do: Professional Development
Note: I completely support professional development for museum staff. The sole intent of this commentary is to start a conversation. Throughout my career, I fortunately [...]
Making Point of View Central to Interpretation
Photo courtesy of Ford’s Theatre. Ford’s Theatre is a National Historic Site that also operates as a working theatre, producing four main stage [...]
Network of Museums – What is our role?
Whether we exchange art, artifacts or expertise, I’ve always believed neighboring cultural institutions should help each other. Collegiality is a given in our field. With [...]