Upcoming Events

Check this page regularly for the most current event schedule. 

Webinars

Webinars are online discussions, typically lasting 60 to 75 minutes including a Q&A session. During each live webinar, you can use the Q&A and Chat features to type messages and questions to the panelists and other participants. Webinars are recorded so you can re-watch whenever you want.

Activating Environmental Care and Strength at Museums and Historic Sites - Virtual Summit
January 28 – 29, 2025 |Environmental and climate sustainability are becoming increasingly important and urgent. This virtual summit will address how museums and historic sites are impacted by the environment and contribute to greater environmental sustainability. The summit will explore these topics from a variety of viewpoints.
Designing Accessible Online and In-Person Presentations - Live Webinar
January 30, 2025 | 3pm ET Join us for a webinar on techniques to make your presentations and slide decks accessible to your audience, whether in-person, online, or both!
Makerspaces for Museums and Historic Sites - Live Webinar
February 6, 2025 | 3 - 4:15PM ET | Join us for a discussion of makerspaces in museums and discover how interactive environments can enhance visitor engagement, spark creativity, and deepen connections to history and culture.

Onsite and Virtual Workshops

Workshops are one to two day in-person or virtual training events. We offer several workshops every year in various locations around the country as well as online. Each workshop offers participants a chance to engage in intensive learning and discussion with faculty and classmates.

Putting It All Together: Preparing for 2026 at Small History Organizations - March - Virtual Workshop
Monday, 3 March, from 12:00 to 4:00pm ET | The U.S. 250th is an opportunity to share history that tells everyone’s story and to strengthen the history field. AASLH has developed key resources to help practitioners both conceptually and concretely plan for this commemoration’s transformative potential. Attend this workshop to learn about the Making History at 250 field guide, our new handbook of low-resource programming ideas, and how to effectively apply these tools to your site or organization.
Interpreting Historic House Museums Today - AASLH's 2025 Historic House Museum In-Person Summit
April 21-23, 2025 | Ford House, Grosse Point Shores, MI The 2024 Historic House Museum Summit, Interpreting Historic House Museums Today, will bring leaders in the field of historic house museums together to discuss how these museums communicate the stories and meanings of their collections, buildings, and landscapes as well as what the future holds for engaging audiences with these historic places. The summit will conclude with recommendations for how AASLH can use the findings from the summit to prepare this part of the sector for the future of historic house interpretation.

Instructor-Led Online Courses

Instructor-Led Online Courses are typically between four to eight weeks long. They offer each student a chance to engage deeply with subject material over an extended period of time. Keep on track with regular video chats and other interactions with accessible faculty, and discuss the course material with classmates in online forums.

Click here for a look at the 2025 Course Schedule.

Financial Structures and Strategy (Spring 2025) - Online Course
March 24 -April 27| Financial Structures and Strategy is an AASLH online course. Intended for those with little to moderate familiarity with financial concepts, this four-week course, taught by instructor Rebekah Beaulieu, helps students better understand institutional finance and accountability.
Caring for Museum Collections (Spring 2025) - Online Course
March 24 - May 25, 2025 | Caring for Museum Collections is an AASLH online course. This eight-week practical course, taught by instructor Rebecca Elder, deals with the physical care and preservation of museum collections. Successful completion of this course will earn one credit toward the Small Museum Pro! certificate from AASLH.
Leadership and Administration for History Organizations (Spring 2025) - Online Course
March 24 - May 25, 2025 | Leadership and Administration for History Organizations is an AASLH online course. This eight-week course, taught by instructor Anne Ackerson, covers governance and administrative structure, nonprofit status, mission and vision, board and staff responsibilities, the relationship between board and staff, strategic planning, human resource management, and leadership. Successful completion of this course will earn one credit toward the Small Museum Pro! certificate from AASLH.

Courses on Demand

AASLH Courses On Demand are online courses designed by history professionals that can be accessed and followed independently at any time. They offer accessible primers on relevant topics that can be completely customized to the student's schedule. Courses share presentations and readings, but do not include mandatory meeting times or instructor or classmate interaction.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for History Organizations - On-Demand
For the first time in history, there are multiple generational cohorts in the workforce, and the cultural climate in the workplace has shifted. This course is designed to assist leaders in bringing awareness to cultural differences and backgrounds and train staff on how to celebrate them and work together. In this course, we will discuss what DEI is and to effectively drive it as a culture within your organization.
Program Planning for Nonprofits - On-Demand
In this course, students will be introduced to the Program Planning Cycle. The cycle includes identifying your organization’s needs, target audience, and resources. At the end of the course, students will have a framework to carry out program planning at their own organization, while having evaluated the current programs at their organization along the way.
Creating Engaging Social Media Content for History Organizations - On-Demand
In our increasingly online world, museums need to start thinking of social media as a program, not just as a marketing tool. In this course, we will learn some of the most effective strategies for engaging your audience on social media.