by Historic New England | May 3, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Blogs, The Kiosk, Uncategorized
You’re Invited – Join us for our Open House | Historic New England May 3, 2022On Saturday, June 4, Historic New England launches the spring-summer season with a region-wide Open House at thirty-five historic sites. From Maine to Rhode Island, come discover...
by American Association for State and Local History | May 2, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis For more than two years, the disruptions of the pandemic have challenged America’s history organizations. Mandated closings, layoffs and furloughs, climate change and natural disasters, social protest, and divisive politics have become the...
by American Association for State and Local History | May 2, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, News, The Profession
Ihor Poshyvailo, director of the Maidan Museum in Ukraine, speaks about damage to cultural institutions in the country due to Russia’s invasion.By Eric Morse, AASLH Marketing and Sales Manager Zoom webinars have become a ubiquitous part of our daily lives....
by American Association for State and Local History | Apr 28, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, News, The Profession
Dr. Rebekah Beaulieu is the new AASLH book series editor. The book series editor works with the AASLH Editorial Board and Aja Bain, AASLH Program and Publications Manager, to publish books that connect the people engaged in history work to new questions, ideas,...
by American Association for State and Local History | Apr 26, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations I have worked full-time in the history field for over twenty-seven years. My first job was at a small historic house museum. We had three full-time staff members and depended on our volunteer board for financial...
by Ben Franklin's World | Apr 26, 2022 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/327_Schmidt.mp3 How do we know what we know about Benjamin Franklin? We know historians, museum curators, and archivists rely on historical documents and objects to find and learn information about the past. But how...
