History

Women & the American Story Available for Free Online Did you know only 13 percent of historical figures in US history textbooks are women? Through our award-winning education team and innovative Center for Women's History, we're thr...

Awards to honor projects, organizations, individuals and publications that exemplify excellence in historic preservation. The Preservation League of New York State is seeking nominations for its 2019 Excellence in Historic Preservation Awa...

This article originally appeared on the Museum Association of New York website in November, 2018. Robert K. Cassetti, Senior Director of Creative Strategy and Visitor Engagement, Corning Museum of Glass, completed service on the Board of Direct...

This article originally appeared on the NYSCSS website in October, 2018. The annual NYSCSS/NYS4A Convention will be held March 7-9, 2019 at the Albany Capital Center, Albany, New York. 2019 Convention Theme: Educating and Celebrating ou...

This article originally appeared on the Institute of Museum and Library Services website on September 5, 2018. The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced the launch of a new special initiative focused on building the museum fi...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website in July, 2018. The William G. Pomeroy Foundation strongly believes that historic markers play an important role in local historic preservation by serving a dual ...

AASLH PRESS RELEASE: Contact: Joann Galletta Hahn – President of Board of Trustees kpheritagemuseumnet@gmail.com Leo P. Ostebo King Park Heritage Museum 631-269-3305 Bethany Hawkins hawkins@aaslh.org 615-320-3203 AASLH NASHVILLE, T...

Introducing the Hudson River Train Tour app from the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area! It's like having the Hudson Valley in your pocket! Between New York City and Albany, a world of history, nature, and culture awaits you. And the...

This article first appeared on syracuse.com in April, 2018. On Saturday, March 24th at Onondaga Community College, students from across Central New York competed in CNY Region History Day, facilitated by...read more

This article first appeared on the National Park Service website in February, 2018 The vegetable garden at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park is up and running. Once a nearly two acre vegetable garden...read more

This article originally appeared on the Preservation League of NYS website in January, 2018. In New York State, preservation and reuse of our historic buildings is fundamental to the economic revitalization of our cities, towns, and villages. T...

This article originally appeared on the Saratogian News website on 18 November, 2017. Centuries of local history, along with countless people’s shattered dreams and heartbreak, are lost forever beneath the waves of Great Sacandaga Lake. Ten sma...

This article first appeared on the Bard Graduate Center website. The fellowship programs at Bard Graduate Center are designed to further the institution’s goal of promoting research in the areas of decorative arts, design history, and material ...

This November celebrate New York History Month at Researching New York! This annual conference brings  together historians, archivists, public historians, graduate students, museum curators, teachers, documentarians, and more to share their w...

by Amber Mitchell, Education and Service Coordinator, AASLH on June 22, 2017 AASLH is proud to announce that we have been awarded a grant from Humanities Tennessee to pilot our newest program, Master Local Historians.  The Master Local ...

Call for Proposals – “Power Lines”  NCPH Annual Meeting – Las Vegas, Nevada, April 18-21, 2018 The call for proposals is open through July 15 at http://ncph.org/conference/2018-annual-meeting WHY SHOULD I SUBMIT A P...

Harvard University President and renowned historian Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust will be presenting her lecture "From the Civil War to 9/11: American Confronts Mass Death" at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum June 7th at 7:00pm.   Har...

By: Tim O'Brien Albany Times Union April 8. 2017 The bicycle, that two-wheeled contraption children learn to ride and adults use to keep in shape, traces its origins back 200 years. And while it makes no noise unless you put a baseball car...

  Washington, DC -- Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Dr. Kathryn K. Matthew released the following statement on the President's proposed FY 2018 budget, which includes elimination of the Institute of Museum and Librar...