by American Association for State and Local History | Nov 16, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Education, History News, The Profession
By Tim Betz, Morgan Log House (Towamencin, PA )and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (Kutztown, PA) Museums and historic sites have long used making and hands-on demonstrations: who can forget making a dipped candle at their local historic site as a child?...
by American Association for State and Local History | Nov 4, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Jennifer Ortiz, 2022 AASLH Annual Meeting Program Chair What have you done that you can share with others to help improve the history field? Do you have a problem you would like help solving? Maybe there is an issue in the field that you think your peers should...
by American Association for State and Local History | Nov 3, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Heather Pressman, Molly Brown House Museum, Denver, CO History museums and historic sites are consistently the most visited type of museum, but what is the experience like for visitors with disabilities to a historic house or site? I’m the editor of An Accessible...
by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 14, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Richard Josey, Collective Journeys LLC and Chair of AASLH’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee “If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” — Maya Angelou Today, revisiting Maya Angelou’s quote prompts me to consider: do you...
by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 14, 2021 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Michelle Lopez, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN As one of the recipients of the Douglas Evelyn Scholarship for Minority Professionals to attend the 2021 AASLH Annual Meeting, I was able to connect with museum professionals in-person after only...
