Professional Organizations – Public History

On the following professional organization homepages, you will find information regarding membership, publications & book stores, workshops & seminars, grants & fellowships, professional standards and evaluation criteria, current events & news, book reviews, job postings, local affiliates (where applicable), and other valuable information related to the organization’s members and topic.

Many of these homepages have extensive resource pages of their own –

• National Council on Public History
• American Association for State and Local History
• H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences Online
  In addition to a wide array of subject areas, H-Net discussion groups include History Librarianship, State and Local History, Multimedia, Oral History, Public History, and Independent Scholarship.
• State Humanities Councils of the National Endowment for the Humanities
• The National Coalition of Independent Scholars
• The Society of American Archivists
• The American Association of Museums
• The Oral History Association
• The National Trust for Historic Preservation
• National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites
• Center for Independent Documentary
• Center for History and New Media
• Society of Architectural Historians
• The American Cultural Resources Association

Also of interest

• American Historical Association
• The Organization of American Historians

For an international perspective, check out

• Australian Centre for Public History
• Professional Historians’ Association of New Zealand/Aotearoa