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technology

I just think they’re neat! Creating 3D prints and AR models for museum education

01 October 2026 – Kevin Lukacs

technology, material culture, digital projects, augmented reality (AR), 3D printing, object-based learning, museums

Three-dimensional (3D) scanning and printing technologies are becoming more accessible than ever. Current-generation smartphones have built-in LIDAR (using pulses of light to measure distance) and many local libraries have 3D printers. While this technology has become more common in daily life, its use in museums is developing slowly but surely as costs lower and software becomes more accessible. Read More

What’s next for AI and public history? You tell us!

29 September 2026 – Adina Langer

ethics, technology, Artificial Intelligence, special call, digit, digital media

Just over three years ago, on July 21, 2023, History@Work put out a special call for pitches related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and public history. As a long-standing member of the History@Work editorial board and public historian committed to the thoughtful integration of new technologies into my work, I was a strong advocate for NCPH and History@Work to step into the public conversation about AI. Read More

The AHA on the path to public history

09 March 2015 – Rob Townsend

archives, profession, NCPH, academic history, jargon, public history, technology

The past of public history can be traced along many different paths, but at least one runs though the American Historical Association. My interest in this question was first shaped at a lunch for the National Council on Public History at the AHA’s 1997 meeting. Read More