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The Emerging History Professionals’ Guide to the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
The Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community has created an "EHP Track" for any students and new professionals attending the 2016 Annual Meeting. [...]
How to Connect with the Field Services Alliance at the 2016 AASLH/ MMA Annual Meeting
The Field Services Alliance (FSA) is made up of an eclectic group of professionals with wide-ranging backgrounds from all over the country [...]
This Annual Meeting is the BEST for Historic House Museums
This Annual Meeting is the BEST for Historic House Museums! Admittedly, I may be a little biased because I am the Chair [...]
2015 AASLH Re-Cap: Criteria for Assessing Program Ideas
At the 2015 AASLH Annual Meeting, the Educators and Interpreters Committee hosted a session about large-scale events. We talked about [...]
Women’s History Was Everywhere at AASLH2015
From learning about Maggie Bailey, Kentucky bootlegger, to visiting the Old Armory Building where Ida B. Wells spoke to the [...]
2015 Actions of the Council
On the opening day of the 2015 Annual Meeting in Louisville, the AASLH Council met to discuss the organization's membership, finances, [...]
AASLH Statement on the Closure of the Illinois State Museum System
October 2 In a budgetary battle with the Illinois state legislature, Governor Bruce Rauner has closed the Illinois State Museum [...]
Exhibit Label Basics
Museums are about teaching and learning in different ways. People learn at museums through what they see, touch, hear, smell, and read. Reading is one way [...]
Upcoming Workshops for Managers of Front-line Staff
More often than not, while in conversations with fellow managers of front-line staff, I have found the conversations include moments of venting about staff. Ultimately [...]
More Bang for Your Buck with Pre-Conference Workshops
Have you considered attending a pre-conference workshop at AASLH? Pre-conference workshops are a great way for small museums to make the most of their travel and [...]
Tour Scheduling – Help is on the Way!
Scheduling tours can be a time consuming endeavor that many of us with small museum education staff have little time to dedicate. So when this [...]
Task Saturation in Museum Workers
Paul Thistle is a provocateur. That was his given label as he led an Idea Lounge last spring at the American Association of Museum’s Annual [...]
Education Standards: Complex Physics Algorithm or High School Student Research Skill Blueprints?
You probably recognize the state mandated standard curriculum format: 1SSC1PO1. This algorithm provides directives for research skill development at the high school level in social [...]