Annual Meeting

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The Western Museums Association’s (WMA) Annual Meeting is known as a premier venue for those who work in the museum industry to exchange ideas and best practices, network with colleagues, and learn from each other by attending valuable sessions. Attendees come away inspired and energized about their profession. Upon returning home, they seek out opportunities to grow and further the creative culture that is the foundation of our society.

 

“WMA is an association that has so much personality and texture."

- Sandra Jackson-Dumont
Director and CEO of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
WMA 2023 Keynote Speaker

 

WMA's 2024 Annual Meeting

Save the date for the WMA 2024 Annual Meeting on September 25-28, 2024, in Tucson, Arizona!

Produced in partnership with the Museums Association of Arizona and the Museum Trustee Assocation

With the theme of BALANCE, WMA 2024 will be an opportunity for attendees to participate in a unique slate of educational programming that explores ideas that will help define the future of museums and the diverse communities they serve. The Annual Meeting will explore ideas of stability at both an individual and institutional level. WMA invites museum professionals, leaders, and enthusiasts to come together in a community that envisions a more balanced and integrated future for individuals, museums, and the field as a whole. With six session tracks, exciting events, and informal discussions, you won’t want to miss this dynamic conference that showcases an array of perspectives and provides multifaceted learning opportunities for professionals, regardless of cultural institution size, personal specialty, or career level.

Join us in Tucson to shape a resilient and thriving future for museums and find a greater sense of BALANCE!

We are currently in the planning phase for WMA 2024.

The 2024 Request for Proposals is NOW OPEN!

Click here to learn more and submit!

Registration opens in June!

 

Attend WMA's 2024 Session Proposal Brainstorm!

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 12-1pm PST

Register for the Brainstorm - and we’ll send you a calendar invite with the Zoom link.

Come with your half-baked ideas for a session, enthusiasm to participate, or just to learn more about the WMA Annual Meeting. We will start with a quick overview of the RFP process and tips and tricks for how to submit a compelling session proposal. Then we will break into smaller groups based on topics of interest. We hope you leave with new ideas, stronger connections with colleagues, and feeling inspired to submit a proposal!

Click here to register!

Get inspired for WMA's 2024 Request for Proposals by looking through WMA's 2023 slate of ​informative Sessions.

 

 

 

WMA's 2023 Annual Meeting

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On October 5-8, 2023 WMA warmly invited more than 425 attendees to the 2023 Annual Meeting in Pasadena, California. Pasadena, once occupied by the Native American Hahamog-na Tribe, a branch of the Tongva Nation, is situated at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, just Northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Known as the “Crown of the Valley,” a city oasis where the sun shines brightly 300 days of the year, Pasadena is a place where deep historical Californian roots meet a modern-day cultural getaway.

With the theme of CONNECT, WMA 2023 presented an opportunity for attendees to participate in a unique slate of educational programming, CONNECT with colleagues, and explore ideas that will help define the future of museums and the diverse communities they serve. Six session tracks, exciting programs, and informal discussions provided a fruitful environment for various perspectives to be shared and multifaceted learning opportunities for all cultural institution professionals, regardless of specialty.

 

View our WMA 2023 Flickr Album!

WMA 2023

THANK YOU EVERYONE for joining us in Pasadena!

 
 
 

 

Donate to the Wanda Chin Scholarship Fund!

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Since 1997, and funded through annual auctions and donations, the Wanda Chin Professional Development Scholarship is a vital component of the WMA mission and allows WMA to create opportunities for its constituents to build skill sets to better serve their communities.  By donating to the Wanda Chin Scholarship Fund, you will help to subsidize participation in WMA's Annual Meeting for professionals who might not otherwise be able to attend. The Annual Meeting is an opportunity for everyone to network will colleagues, learn best practices, and gain new skill sets that can be applied within their institutions and local communities.

Please consider donating to the Wanda Chin Scholarship Fund by clicking here.

Choose the amount you wish to donate and specify that your donation is for the 'Wanda Chin Scholarship' in the comments section.

 

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