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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 April 2025 [...]
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 years to [...]
Members: Vote in the 2026 AASLH Election
2026 AASLH Election – Candidate Information Voting is now open in the annual Council and Leadership Nominating Committee elections. All AASLH [...]
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 [...]
Demystifying Conservation: Interview with Tiffani Emig, AIC
Painting damaged by fire before and after conservation treatment. By Tiffani Emig and Bethany L. Hawkins Do [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Truth in History is Needed Now More than Ever
By Carol Kammen Contrary to what the White House is saying, I see the historical community doing its job. And doing it well. Over [...]
Share Your Expertise and Advance the Field as a Member of an AASLH Committee
AASLH Committees are made up of those working or volunteering in the history field that have an expertise and passion for the committee’s area [...]
Embracing the Experiment: From the 2025 Conference Co-Chairs
This message is from Becky Beaulieu, Taft Museum of Art President and CEO, and Whitney Owens, Chief Learning Officer at Cincinnati Museum Center. Becky [...]
Submit “Hypothetical” Ethical Dilemmas for Upcoming AASLH Annual Conference Session
By Leah W. Craig, Deputy Director, Kentucky Historical Society Ethical challenges at museums and historic sites frequently make headlines. While it may be easy [...]
Statement on White House Interference at the Smithsonian
The White House’s latest, most concerted effort yet to bend the Smithsonian Institution to its will through a “comprehensive review” of content and policies—starting [...]
Trust Americans to Learn from the Past
A joint statement by the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), Organization of American Historians (OAH), Association for the Study of African [...]