American Association For State and Local History
Programs
Budget
$350,000.00
Description
Amid ongoing national controversy, it is more important than ever for the history community to be able to clearly explain what history is, how we come to understand the past, and why it matters to society. Reframing History provides the field with a new set of evidence-backed recommendations for communicating about history.
Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation and carried out in partnership with the FrameWorks Institute, National Council on Public History, and Organization of American Historians, Reframing History is the result of a two-year, deep-dive research effort to understand how Americans think about history and how our field can more effectively explain history's value. The recommendations from this project are designed to help historians, educators, museum professionals, and history advocates to be able to more cohesively and convincingly communicate about history to build a wider understanding of what inclusive history looks like and why it is important for all of us.
Short-term Success
The program was launched on 2/22/2022 with a national event held at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on 2/26. The first episode of the podcast Reframing History was released the week of March 28, 2022. Additional webinars, sessions, and programs will be coming throughout this year to spread the word about this initiative.
Program Areas Served
National, History practitioners
$350,000.00
Description
Amid ongoing national controversy, it is more important than ever for the history community to be able to clearly explain what history is, how we come to understand the past, and why it matters to society. Reframing History provides the field with a new set of evidence-backed recommendations for communicating about history.
Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation and carried out in partnership with the FrameWorks Institute, National Council on Public History, and Organization of American Historians, Reframing History is the result of a two-year, deep-dive research effort to understand how Americans think about history and how our field can more effectively explain history's value. The recommendations from this project are designed to help historians, educators, museum professionals, and history advocates to be able to more cohesively and convincingly communicate about history to build a wider understanding of what inclusive history looks like and why it is important for all of us.
Short-term Success
The program was launched on 2/22/2022 with a national event held at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on 2/26. The first episode of the podcast Reframing History was released the week of March 28, 2022. Additional webinars, sessions, and programs will be coming throughout this year to spread the word about this initiative.
Program Areas Served
National, History practitioners
Description
he United States will commemorate its 250th anniversary in 2026. AASLH is providing key leadership for the history community as we all prepare for this once-in-a-generation event. We are monitoring national, regional, and state commemoration plans as they develop, serving as a clearinghouse of information for history organizations and practitioners at the local, state, and national levels, particularly through the publication of an annual report on the status of commemoration efforts. We are in communication with other national initiativesto help ensure that the values and goals of the history community are represented well in national commemoration efforts. We have organized a national coordinating committee, facilitating communication and collaboration among major organizations, institutions, and agencies. Finally, we are outlining major goals for the anniversary that can help align the work of a diverse and dynamic field over the next several years.
Beneficiaries
General Public
US
Program Areas Served
United States
he United States will commemorate its 250th anniversary in 2026. AASLH is providing key leadership for the history community as we all prepare for this once-in-a-generation event. We are monitoring national, regional, and state commemoration plans as they develop, serving as a clearinghouse of information for history organizations and practitioners at the local, state, and national levels, particularly through the publication of an annual report on the status of commemoration efforts. We are in communication with other national initiativesto help ensure that the values and goals of the history community are represented well in national commemoration efforts. We have organized a national coordinating committee, facilitating communication and collaboration among major organizations, institutions, and agencies. Finally, we are outlining major goals for the anniversary that can help align the work of a diverse and dynamic field over the next several years.
Beneficiaries
General Public
US
Program Areas Served
United States
Description
hrough staff expertise and strategic collaboration with external researchers and advisers, AASLH conducts original research in service of the field. These projects, described below, yield insights that can strengthen our institutions and improve public history practice. We share our findings through a range of outlets, including print and digital publication, webinars, conference sessions, blog posts, and specialized research briefings for the staff and board of historical organizations. We also monitor trends and publications that can impact public history practice, periodically publishing targeted research briefs on the AASLH blog.
By conducting and sharing research about the public history community and the role of history in American life, AASLH strives to help advance public history practice, strengthen our institutions, and empower history organizations and professionals across the country.
Program Areas Served
United States
hrough staff expertise and strategic collaboration with external researchers and advisers, AASLH conducts original research in service of the field. These projects, described below, yield insights that can strengthen our institutions and improve public history practice. We share our findings through a range of outlets, including print and digital publication, webinars, conference sessions, blog posts, and specialized research briefings for the staff and board of historical organizations. We also monitor trends and publications that can impact public history practice, periodically publishing targeted research briefs on the AASLH blog.
By conducting and sharing research about the public history community and the role of history in American life, AASLH strives to help advance public history practice, strengthen our institutions, and empower history organizations and professionals across the country.
Program Areas Served
United States
Budget
$17,500.00
Description
Almost 800 historical institutions across the country are currently enrolled in a standards program for small- and mid-sized history museums and historical organizations. The three-year development project was funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. In addition to creating a set of voluntary standards, the project included the development of resource and training materials. State museum associations and field service offices throughout the U.S. were invited to work with the Association to assist institutions that want to implement the standards. The standards areas include mission and governance, management, audience, interpretation, and care of collections and historic structures. AASLH introduced the program to the museum field in 2008.
Program Areas Served
None
$17,500.00
Description
Almost 800 historical institutions across the country are currently enrolled in a standards program for small- and mid-sized history museums and historical organizations. The three-year development project was funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. In addition to creating a set of voluntary standards, the project included the development of resource and training materials. State museum associations and field service offices throughout the U.S. were invited to work with the Association to assist institutions that want to implement the standards. The standards areas include mission and governance, management, audience, interpretation, and care of collections and historic structures. AASLH introduced the program to the museum field in 2008.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$20,000.00
Description
In 2014, AASLH shifted its book publishing to a new partnership with Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group to continue AASLH's long tradition of professional development and continuing education the field of state and local history. From 1995-2013, we published an average of less than three books a year. Since 2014, we have increased production considerably, publishing nine titles that year, seven last year, with eighteen scheduled for 2016, and twenty-one under contract in 2017. Topics range from practical guides to establishing websites for history organizations or leadership recommendations for CEOs in the history field, to more interpretive, historical scholarship-based topics, such as the state of the field in Native American history at historic sites and museums to the state of the field for military history at historic sites and museums.Publishing books is a very important part of AASLH's service to the field.
Program Areas Served
None
$20,000.00
Description
In 2014, AASLH shifted its book publishing to a new partnership with Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group to continue AASLH's long tradition of professional development and continuing education the field of state and local history. From 1995-2013, we published an average of less than three books a year. Since 2014, we have increased production considerably, publishing nine titles that year, seven last year, with eighteen scheduled for 2016, and twenty-one under contract in 2017. Topics range from practical guides to establishing websites for history organizations or leadership recommendations for CEOs in the history field, to more interpretive, historical scholarship-based topics, such as the state of the field in Native American history at historic sites and museums to the state of the field for military history at historic sites and museums.Publishing books is a very important part of AASLH's service to the field.
Program Areas Served
None
Description
AASLH is the leading provider of continuing education for people who work or volunteer in history organizations throughout the country. The association offers numerous webinars, online courses, and onsite workshops each year. Topics range from the practical (i.e. volunteer management) to the big picture (connecting to your community) and are offered at low costs to be accessible to all organizations, no matter what their budget.
Program Areas Served
None
AASLH is the leading provider of continuing education for people who work or volunteer in history organizations throughout the country. The association offers numerous webinars, online courses, and onsite workshops each year. Topics range from the practical (i.e. volunteer management) to the big picture (connecting to your community) and are offered at low costs to be accessible to all organizations, no matter what their budget.
Program Areas Served
None
