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.
AASLH History Hour | July 2024
July 30, 2024 |
The AASLH History Hour gives you the opportunity to meet other history practitioners from across the country, network, and have an informal chat about timely topics in the history and museum fields.
Each History Hour will begin with an AASLH staff member, AASLH committee member, or a representative of a history-related organization giving a brief introduction to the hour’s topic. Participants will then be split into small groups to introduce themselves, network, and discuss the provided questions to help get the conversation going. At the end of the hour, everyone will come together and will be given the opportunity to share what they discussed.
Next Practices: Discussions on the Future of Interpretation - A Virtual Summit
August 6-7, 2024 12-5:30 p.m. | Join the AASLH Educators and Interpreters Committee as we investigate new and developing models of history and museum interpretation, considering all sides of the big questions facing our teams and organizations. Representatives from sites across the country will share their successes, tips, and strategies for adapting to our rapidly changing public history landscape.
AASLH History Hour | August 2024
August 20, 2024 | 3PM EST
The AASLH History Hour gives you the opportunity to meet other history practitioners from across the country, network, and have an informal chat about timely topics in the history and museum fields.
Each History Hour will begin with an AASLH staff member, AASLH committee member, or a representative of a history-related organization giving a brief introduction to the hour’s topic. Participants will then be split into small groups to introduce themselves, network, and discuss the provided questions to help get the conversation going. At the end of the hour, everyone will come together and will be given the opportunity to share what they discussed.
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.
Collections Camp: Military Collections (October 2024) - Onsite Workshop
Collections Camp: Military Collections is an AASLH on-site workshop October 22-24, 2024, at the Oklahoma History Center . This workshop is about the care and interpretation of military collections. This workshop is taught by Gordon Blaker and Myers Brown.
Reimagining the Historic House Museum in Dallas (November 2024) - Onsite Workshop
HERITAGE PLAZA VISITOR CENTER, MESQUITE, TX | NOVEMBER 12, 2024 | Reimagining the Historic House Museum is an AASLH onsite workshop. This one-day event is designed to offer current thinking, practical information, and solutions to the challenges facing historic sites. The symposium will include presentations by historic house game-changers and local historic site administrators, discussion, a boxed lunch, historic site visit, and a brainstorming workshop at a historic house museum to try out the new ideas proposed during the symposium.
Reimagining the Historic House Museum in Houston (November 2024) - Onsite Workshop
BAYOU BEND COLLECTION AND GARDENS, HOUSTON, TX | NOVEMBER 14, 2024 | Reimagining the Historic House Museum is an AASLH onsite workshop. This one-day event is designed to offer current thinking, practical information, and solutions to the challenges facing historic sites. The symposium will include presentations by historic house game-changers and local historic site administrators, discussion, a boxed lunch, historic site visit, and a brainstorming workshop at a historic house museum to try out the new ideas proposed during the symposium.
Online Courses
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.
Collections Management 100 - Collection Development (Fall 2024) - Online Course
August 26 - October 18, 2024 | In this course, participants will learn about the general principles underlying the idea of being a “collecting organization,” and how collections support the mission of a museum or history organization. Students will explore the purpose of a Collection Management Policy and how it relates to other core museum documents, create the Foundational Statements and Collection Development sections of their collections management policy and operationalize those components using example objects.
Best Practices For Inclusive Workspaces (Fall 2024) - Online Course
August 26 - September 27, 2024 | This course differs from the Arcus course because it takes a deep dive into the background and needs for inclusivity through diversity and equitable efforts, a road map for business development, and implementation strategies. This course will also discuss the corporate benefits and advantages of DEI programs and initiate and assist with benchmark development for success metrics.
Course Highlight:
Organizational Change Management
Authentic Leadership
Strategic Leadership Development (mentorship, sponsorship, and succession planning)
Process Improvement
Leadership and Administration for History Organizations (Fall 2024) - Online Course
August 26 - October 18, 2024 | 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.
