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Guests are People Too: Avoiding Toxic Behind-the-Scenes Venting
Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Anyone have school tours running around lately? Anyone tired from a busy [...]
Putting Visitor Research Data to Work at the Colony of Avalon
The Colony of Avalon is widely recognized as the best preserved early English colonial site in North America. Located in the rural [...]
54 AASLH Members Receive Over $5 Million in IMLS Grants
54 AASLH member institutions were awarded prestigious Museums for America grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). These grants, [...]
Visitor Experience Re-Vision
In fall 2013, with essential support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, President Lincoln’s Cottage launched the Visitor [...]
Dear Boston: Messages from the Marathon Memorial
Dear Boston: Messages from the Marathon Memorial was a 3,600-square-foot temporary exhibition held at the Boston Public Library from April [...]
History smArts
History smArts is a museum/school partnership that offers interdisciplinary in-school experiences for Kentucky students in kindergarten through eighth grade. By [...]
Alabama Voices
The Alabama Voices exhibit is the cornerstone of the redesigned Museum of Alabama, located at the Alabama Department of Archives [...]
The Power of Partnerships
Partners from President Lincoln’s Cottage and Polaris Project celebrate the opening of Can You Walk Away? Lewis and Clark. Batman and Robin. John, [...]
Go Ahead, Teach Local
"Shop Local, Buy Local." These buzzwords (especially during this shopping season) show a growing desire to support local resources rather than to depend on national [...]
God(s) A User’s Guide 2.0 – Have Your Say
My contribution is related to the somewhat unexpected success of a Web 2.0 initiative in a Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibition. I will first speak about [...]
Managing the Hands-On Collection
We all know that hands-on learning opportunities are engaging, and result in meaningful visitor experiences. Visitors enjoy experiencing “the real thing”, and putting it into [...]
Do History Museums Still Need Objects? I’m Not Sure
I’ve been pondering the central question of Rainey Tisdale’s article (“Do History Museums Still Need Objects?”), since History News published it last summer. Our museum [...]
The Immortal Museum
You've got a chance at immortality by giving one item to a museum. What item would you pick and why?