By: Nik Honeysett
My second ever WMA Annual Meeting turned out to be as stimulating and rewarding as last year’s. I was skeptical that Palm Springs could hold a candle to Honolulu and then I spent an unreasonable amount of time on my way to give my keynote looking up Marilyn Monroe’s skirt and I was all at once, at one with the world and in particular, Palm Springs.
More seriously, the generosity...
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November 12, 2012
By: Keni Sturgeon
The Oregon Museums Association (OMA) held its annual meeting October 28-30, in Ashland. Our host institution, the Schneider Museum of Art on the campus of Southern Oregon University, provided a wonderful atmosphere for the proceedings. The meeting provided Oregon’s museum professionals with the opportunity to learn from one another, from sessions and through workshops, to share...
The Oregon Museums Association (OMA) held its annual meeting October 28-30, in Ashland. Our host institution, the Schneider Museum of Art on the campus of Southern Oregon University, provided a wonderful atmosphere for the proceedings. The meeting provided Oregon’s museum professionals with the opportunity to learn from one another, from sessions and through workshops, to share...
November 6, 2012
Were you a Presenter at WMA 2012 in Palm Springs? Do you want to share your PowerPoint, text of your speech, or a recap of your session?
We would love to put it up here at the WestMuse blog, and share some of the fabulous content from this year’s Annual Meeting with those that couldn’t make it to Palm Springs.
Email all questions wma (at) westmuse.org
Thanks!
We would love to put it up here at the WestMuse blog, and share some of the fabulous content from this year’s Annual Meeting with those that couldn’t make it to Palm Springs.
Email all questions wma (at) westmuse.org
Thanks!
November 5, 2012
Museum Basics, by Timothy Ambrose and Crispin Paine, 3rd edition released in 2012, published by Routledge with ICOM support. Museum Basics was written to address “the continuing need at an international level for an everyday handbook for museums with few professional staff and limited financial resources.“ In other words, the 99%. Developed by Ambrose and Paine (two British consultants, active...
November 2, 2012
By: Lauren Silberman
Imagine you’re out driving, and you’ve gotten lost. You didn’t bring a map, your GPS is on the fritz, your cell phone is dead, and there isn’t anyone around. Plus, it just started raining hard, and you need a gas station – soon. You know where you want to end up, but the journey to get there is no longer any fun.
Operating a museum can be much like the scenario above....
Imagine you’re out driving, and you’ve gotten lost. You didn’t bring a map, your GPS is on the fritz, your cell phone is dead, and there isn’t anyone around. Plus, it just started raining hard, and you need a gas station – soon. You know where you want to end up, but the journey to get there is no longer any fun.
Operating a museum can be much like the scenario above....
October 31, 2012
On behalf of the Western Museums Association Board of Directors and members, I want to thank you for your work as a volunteer for the WMA 2012 Annual Meeting Restore & Rejuvenate: Our Cultural & Natural Resources in Palm Springs. WMA’s Annual Meeting provides museum professionals an opportunity to exchange ideas and best practices, network with colleagues, and learn more about museums in...
October 29, 2012
Western Museums Association Annual Meeting:
October 9th – 12th, 2012 – Salt Lake City, Utah
Whether you drive, bike, fly, or walk to Salt Lake City next October, your participation in the WMA Annual Meeting will bless your life and career and make a great difference for your colleagues as well. In order to share your best ideas and practices with your colleagues, we invite you to submit session...
October 9th – 12th, 2012 – Salt Lake City, Utah
Whether you drive, bike, fly, or walk to Salt Lake City next October, your participation in the WMA Annual Meeting will bless your life and career and make a great difference for your colleagues as well. In order to share your best ideas and practices with your colleagues, we invite you to submit session...
October 23, 2012
Yesterday I had the pleasure of moderating my dream panel of museum executive directors in a discussion about how they have transformed their museums in recent years.
The speakers were Graham Beal, Executive Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Lori Fogarty, Director and CEO of the Oakland Museum of California, and Jay Xu, Director of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. I chose these...
The speakers were Graham Beal, Executive Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Lori Fogarty, Director and CEO of the Oakland Museum of California, and Jay Xu, Director of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. I chose these...
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