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AASLH Store Now Open
Visit The Store The AASLH Store is now open! We're selling t-shirts and hats that will help you show off [...]
Lawsuit Update: Judge Halts Censorship at NPS Sites
On Friday, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to halt and reverse erasure of history at National Park Service (NPS) [...]
Announcing the AASLH 2026 Leadership in History Award Winners
For more than eighty years, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has presented Leadership in History Awards to [...]
Deadline Extended: Executive Insight Circle (2026–2027 Cohorts)
The application deadline has been extended. AASLH is now accepting applications through Friday, July 6. AASLH’s premier leadership cohort [...]
Share Your Community’s Values and Vision in the U.S. Semiquincentennial Year
As part of AASLH’s new History & Democracy Initiative and on the eve of the U.S. 250th anniversary, we [...]
Historic House Museums Spoke; We Listened
By Rena Lawrence and Lisa E. Worley, AASLH Historic House Museum Committee co-chairs Building on the successful and inspiring [...]
Introducing the History & Democracy Initiative
Today, we are proud to launch a new effort that will help shape the direction of AASLH—and, ideally, the history field—for [...]
Opposing Censorship at the Birthplace of U.S. Democracy
Last week, National Park Service (NPS) staff were ordered to remove displays about the people enslaved by George Washington at the President’s House, a [...]
Demystifying Conservation: Interview with Tiffani Emig, AIC
Painting damaged by fire before and after conservation treatment. By Tiffani Emig and Bethany L. Hawkins Do you have a broken item [...]
New Edition of AASLH Book: Organizing Archival Records
Organizing Archival Records: Fifth Edition Paperback or Ebook: $28.76 AASLH Members | $35.95 Nonmembers Much of our nation's documentary heritage resides in small historical [...]
Help Show Congress that Museums Matter
Museums Advocacy Day, an annual group outing to speak up for museums in our nation’s capital, is coming up in February. Organized by the [...]
Water Has a Memory: Teaching History and Preparing for the Future
This article originally appeared in the latest issue of History News, AASLH’s member magazine. Members can access a digital copy of the issue for [...]
In Thanksgiving of History Organizations and Workers
This Thanksgiving, the staff of AASLH extends our gratitude to our nation’s museums and historic sites and the people who work in them. We [...]