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Telling a Good Story Makes for a Better Tour
The guided tour... people either love them or hate them. A good guided tour can captivate an audience. A bad one can [...]
What is the Religious History Affinity Group doing in Detroit?
The 2016 Annual Meeting is just around the corner and many AASLH members will be taking in the sites, catching a baseball [...]
Nomenclature Query: Classifying a “Permanent Machine”
We received a query from Diane Kester at the Wayne County Historical Association & Museum in Goldsboro, North Carolina: What do you suggest for [...]
A Diversity Fellowship Winner’s Perspective of AASLH 2015
2015 was my first time attending the annual AASLH conference and I am unbelievably appreciative to AASLH for awarding me [...]
Inspiration Found at the 2015 Annual Meeting
As a young professional and the brand new executive director of a small town history and art museum, I was [...]
Chime In: Museum Education in History Museums
The Educators and Interpreters Committee occasionally receives questions from the field at large that we feel should go out to a bigger pool of practitioners to [...]
Trial by Fire: The New Future of History Nonprofits
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Humanities Indicators (HI) project just released a detailed report on Not-for-Profit History Organizations [...]
Silly Rabbit! Museums Aren’t [Just] For Kids.
Sure, I'm dating myself by bringing up the rabbit who wants all the good stuff the kids have. But it's not such a silly question. [...]
Back to Basics
National Museum of Ireland I recently had the wonderful opportunity to visit both the British Museum in London and the National Museum of [...]
AASLH Educators and Interpreters Breakfast: A Discussion on Genealogy
At the AASLH Annual Meeting this past week, we held an Educators and Interpreters breakfast where the topic was genealogy and education programming. What came out of [...]
Hello, I Love You
Shined-up shoes. A friendly handshake. We all know how important a great first impression is to our personal success. But what about our programs? As [...]
Diversity & Inclusion
This week we are join by Dina Bailey. The Director of Exhibits and Visitor Experiences at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Dina will be [...]
AASLH Annual Meeting – How can my small museum benefit?
Good question! As a former director of a small museum and as an active member of AASLH’s Small Museums Committee, I know that professional development [...]