by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 20, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, News, The Profession
This week, the American Association for State and Local History Public History Research Lab is excited to publish our fourth annual National Visitation Report. This annual assessment of in-person visitation trends at history organizations provides a snapshot look at...
by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 20, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
My organization has an average annual budget of about $200,000. With a part-time staff of four, it can often feel like showy exhibits, big project implementations, and progressive programs are not something we can accomplish. However, in 2021 we opened a permanent...
by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 19, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, News, The Profession
The 2022 AASLH Virtual Conference is November 1-3. The pre-registration deadline is October 26. Registration is only $60 for AASLH members and $80 for non-members. If you are an educator or if you are interested in creating programming connected to the environment,...
by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 17, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Sarah Adams, Edwards Place Historic House, Springfield, IL I was fortunate to attend the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference in Buffalo, New York, as a Small Museums Scholarship recipient in September. I have been to other national organizations’ conferences and annual...
by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 17, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Anne Jordan, Little White School Museum, Oswego, IL This was my second year attending the AASLH conference, but the first as a higher-up in a historical organization and as a Small Museums Scholarship recipient. Because of that, I spent a lot more time looking at...
by American Association for State and Local History | Oct 14, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, Museums, News, The Profession
Change is Required: Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Museum, the newest book in the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Book Series, is about the future of American museums. Museums were powerfully affected by the nested crises of the pandemic. In...
