Three years ago, on July 21, 2023, History@Work put out a special call for pitches related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and public history.

Does historic preservation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and across the United States succeed? The answer depends on how success is defined. If preservation is measured only by whether every…

Have you ever seen the annual NCPH election emails or reminders on socials and wondered how the candidates were selected?

Call for Papers: Women and Public History: The Professional, the Political, and the Historical    Women are the majority of public historians. What now? This special issue of The Public Historian,…

To honor the 110th birthday of the National Park Service and commemorate America’s 250th, National Parks Conservation Association sends a message to Congress and the Administration

The National Archives of Nigeria (NAN) preserves the country’s official records. Yet many histories, particularly those of activism among Nigerians, are absent from its collections.

This Is Black Louisville is a semi-permanent exhibition that familiarizes visitors with objects in the collection highlighting the Black experience in Louisville, Kentucky, at the Filson Historical…

Editors’ Note: We publish the editor’s introduction to the August 2026 issue of The Public Historian here. The entire issue is available online to National Council on Public History members and…

A national day of history in public. Join Us Watch the Learn More Webinar Events will take place across libraries, parks, museums, and other civic spaces, featuring talks, facilitated discussions,…

by Dana Reijerkerk, Data Consultant | Freelance Digital Asset Manager | FullStack Developer

Campaigners claim internal emails show decision was driven by ‘undue political influence’

talkie’s poor representation of history is a side effect of a larger problem. The model was conceptually built as an experimental tool to see if language models can accurately predict the future, a…

Site of Army fort that served as a starting point for notorious Trail of Tears in North Carolina being transferred to Eastern Band of Cherokee, town says.