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First Arcus Leadership Program Courses Now Available
Boise and “I, Too, am America”: Now Accepting Session Proposals for the 2023 Annual Conference
Episode 340: Nicholas Guyatt, Prisoners of War and the War of 1812
Explore Diversity in History at the 2022 AASLH Virtual Conference
The White House History Teacher Institute’s 2022 Makeover
Releasing Potential Capital at Museums
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...
While Speaking About Preserving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage, Air Raid Warnings Sounded
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....
Meet the New AASLH Book Series Editor
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,...
Educating Your Board About History Work
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...
Episode 327: Ken Burns Documentary with Producer David Schmidt
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 We know historians, museum curators, and archivists rely on historical documents and objects to find and learn information about the past.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...
New COVID Impact Data Outlines Ongoing Financial Hardship Across Cultural Sector
04.25.2022 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director COVID-19 1,084 cultural organizations report $781M in lost revenue, 3,048 creative individuals cite $31.9M in lost income In March 2021, one year into the pandemic, Mass Cultural Council shared data defining a...
Westborough Center Pastimes – April 22, 2022
Diorama at the American Museum of Natural History Rewriting History When people complain about “erasing” history, what they often mean is that the fixed historical frame of reference that they normally carry with them is being challenged. In these cases, history is...
Frederick Law Olmsted in Buffalo
Cazenovia ParkBy Bethany L. Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations April 26 is the 200th birthday of the famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. He designed Central Park in New York City, the grounds of Biltmore Estate, and other well-known gardens and grounds...
How Civic Season Can Help History Organizations Serve the Next Generation
The American Association for State and Local History is a partner of Made By Us, an initiative of history and civics organizations to inspire, inform, and empower Millennials and Gen Z as they shape our country’s future. In this post, Cameron Katz, community...
House Ways & Means FY23 Budget Proposes $22.5M for Arts & Culture
04.15.2022 Bethann Steiner, Public Affairs Director Budget Rep. Dylan Fernandes has sponsored Amendment #1081 to increase the Agency’s appropriation to $27.4M. The Fiscal Year 2023 state budget drafting process hit another key milestone with the release of the...
NCPH and AASLH Publish First-of-its-Kind Report on Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in History Organizations
Today, the National Council on Public History (NCPH) and AASLH are releasing a first-of-its-kind report on the prevalence of gender discrimination and sexual harassment in history organizations in the United States. You can read the report, which includes an executive...
Women on Your Money: Female Representation on U.S. Currency
By Kimberly Robinson, WHAC Co-chair Another year, another Women’s History Month on the books! The Women’s History Affinity Community hopes that you had the opportunity to commemorate women’s history at your site during the month of March and that you will be able to...
Skillings-Manny House for sale in Winchester, Mass.
Skillings-Manny House for sale in Winchester, Mass. | Historic New England Apr 13, 2022 The Skillings-Manny House, an important example of Ruskinian Gothic architecture protected in Historic New England’s Preservation Easement Program, is for sale in Winchester,...
Weaving Access into Community Building
04.12.2022 Charles G. Baldwin, Program Officer Innovation Learning Network | UP Designation The Universal Participation Initiative 2022 Michael and Erin at Drumlin Farm This year’s Universal Participation (UP) Initiative kicked off in January with a virtual event...
AAM Hosting Massachusetts Cultural Leaders Convening on May 19
04.12.2022 Eileen G. Goldspiel, Director of Advancement, American Alliance of Museums Diversity Equity and Inclusion The Reimagining of Philanthropy’s Commitment to Racial Equity The Local Host Committee of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) 2022 Annual Meeting...
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