Alliance Annual Meeting

2025 Annual Meeting – The American Experiment

Cincinnati, September 10-13, 2025

The 2025 Annual Meeting & Conference will be held September 10-13, 2025, in partnership with the American Association for State and Local History.

A national history conference right in our own back yard!

Ohio Local History Alliance will partner with the American Association of State and Local History to host the AASLH Annual Conference in Cincinnati, September 10–13, 2025. This four-day conference will focus on The American Experience with innovative sessions, workshops, panel discussions, museum tours, and networking opportunities. History and museum professionals, from volunteers to executive directors, are encouraged to attend, connect, and inspire.

This Annual Conference will take the place of the OLHA Annual Meeting typically held in early October each year. There will still be plenty of OLHA fun at this AASLH Conference – like our business meeting, 8 OLHA sessions and two workshops!

Our OLHA Annual Meeting will be back in 2026. Save the date for October 2-3, 2026 in Columbus. For many of us, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in a national conference. OLHA is sponsoring a track of sessions, so there will be familiar faces among those from across the country. It is a great opportunity to highlight and promote the wonderful history work being done here in Ohio!

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For questions about OLHA’s conference activities, please contact:
Dr. Betsy Hedler
Executive Secretary, Ohio Local History Alliance
P: 614-297-2538;
C: 614-398-3491,
Email: ehedler@ohiohistory.org.

Awards

The Alliance presents its Outstanding Achievement Awards at the Annual Meeting. Awards applications and supporting materials must be submitted by August 1. Check our Awards page for more information and category information.

Scholarships

For 2025, due to the special circumstances of this year’s annual meeting, the Ohio Local History Alliance will award 10 scholarships for the American Association for State and Local History conference to be held in Cincinnati, September 10-13 2025. For more information, and to apply, click here.

[In 2026, our regular scholarship opportunities will return. Traditionally, the Ohio Local History Alliance has offered two scholarship opportunities to attend the Alliance’s Annual Meeting. The J.D. Britton Scholarship supports emerging museum professionals, and the Trella Romine Memorial Scholarship may awarded to anyone who needs financial assistance to attend. Both awards grant full registration and lodging.]