Upcoming Events

Check this page regularly for the most current event schedule. Save 10% on Fall Webinars and Online Courses when you register before September 1, 2019 and use promo code FALLBRZ at checkout. 

Webinars

Live Webinars are online discussions, typically lasting 75 to 90 minutes including a Q&A session. Register for webinar events and associated resources, like slide decks, worksheets, and recommended resources.

Live Webinar: Creating Connextion: Building Partnerships with Your Board Members
SEPT. 12, 2019 | 3 - 4:30 PM EST | Creating Connextion: Building Partnerships with Your Board Members is an AASLH continuing education event presented by speaker Susannah Shumate on September 12, 2019. This webinar will re-frame the board/staff conversation about how we view and manage these vital partnerships.
Live Webinar: Introducing the Inclusive Historians Handbook
SEPT. 19, 2019 | 3 - 4:15 PM EST | This webinar introduces The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook, a new digital resource co-sponsored by AASLH and the National Council on Public History launching in August 2019. Participants will be provided with an overview of the Handbook’s contents as well as suggestions for how to incorporate it into their practice. The facilitators will also gather feedback, ideas, and suggestions from participants regarding future additions to the Handbook’s content.
Live Webinar: New Member Orientation (September 2019)
SEPT. 25, 2019 | 3 - 4:15 PM EST | Are you a new member of AASLH? Interested in AASLH membership? Eager to make the most of your important role in this community? Join AASLH staff for an interactive orientation on the services, programs, events, resources, and networking opportunities available to AASLH members.

Online Courses

Online Courses are typically between four to six weeks long. They offer each student a chance to engage deeply with subject material over an extended period of time, all at their own pace. Keep on track with regular chats and other interactions with accessible faculty, and discuss the course material with classmates in online forums. Course topics range from archives and collections, to exhibitions and museum education.

Online Course: Project Management for History Professionals (Fall 2019)
SEPT. 9 - OCT. 6, 2019 | This AASLH online course shows you how to implement internationally recognized project management principles in a history/nonprofit context.
Online Course: Collections Management (Fall 2019)
SEPT. 9 - NOV. 1, 2019 | Collections Management is an AASLH Online Course presented by instructor Erin Richardson. This eight week course will introduce participants to the professional principles and practices in the management of museum collections. Topics will include collections development, registration and record keeping with an emphasis on the development of Collection Policies and Procedures and what it means to be intellectually and physically responsible for museum objects. Successful completion of this course earns one credit toward the Small Museum Pro! certificate from AASLH.
Online Course: Museum Education and Outreach (Fall 2019)
SEPT. 9 - NOV. 1, 2019 | Museum Education and Outreach is an AASLH Continuing Education online course on September 9 - November 1, 2019. This online course is about how we can facilitate visitors’ meaningful and memorable experiences in the informal environments of museums. This course is taught by Tanya Brock and is a Small Museum Pro! online course.

Workshops

Workshops are one to two day in-person training events. We offer between 10-12 classes every year in various locations around the country. Each workshop offers participants a chance to engage in intensive learning and discussion with faculty and classmates.

Workshop: Focusing on Visitors (Sept. 2019)
JAMES J. HILL HOUSE, ST. PAUL, MN. | SEPT. 23-24, 2019 | Focusing on Visitors: Public Programming and Exhibits at History Institutions is an AASLH onsite workshop and training that keeps visitor experience and active learning as a focus in an overview of public programming and exhibits. This workshop is taught by Tim Grove and Alexandra Rasic.
Workshop: Project Management for History Professionals (Oct 2019)
TENNESSEE STATE MUSEUM, NASHVILLE, TN | OCT. 17-18, 2019 | Project Management for History Professionals is an onsite AASLH workshop in which participants learn how to implement internationally recognized project management principles in a history context. This workshop is taught by Gina Minks.