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August 19, 2011
by Kristen Olson


"Cutting the pies and cakes at the barbeque dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair"

Imagine a large room, filled with light, buzzing with electric conversations. You hear a shout from across the room, saying "come sit over here!" and someone is waving you over, pulling out a seat to a table. As you navigate through the crowded path of circular tables covered in pieces of paper, you...
August 15, 2011
By: Stephanie Weaver
There is truly a once-in-a-lifetime museum conference coming up September 23-26, 2011, and I hope you have already bought your ticket and made your hotel reservations. Yes, I'm on the program committee and therefore a bit biased about the great sessions, like one on "Creating the Best Experience: Museums & Guest Service" that I might be a part of. Or not. You'll have to...
August 12, 2011


 
 
 
The Western Museums Association is excited to be celebrating our 76th year of service to museum professionals!  Our milestone anniversary coincides with this year’s Annual Meeting, Pũpũkahi I Holomua: Working Together to Move Forward, which will be held September 23-26, 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The WMA invites you to join us this year for what promises to be an insightful, cross-...
August 10, 2011
By: Elizabeth B. Herridge
I started working full time in the arts and cultural sector a decade ago when I moved to Las Vegas.  After attending the annual meeting of the Western Museums Association in Portland last fall, I am still kicking myself for not having become involved sooner!  I had no idea that so many valuable resources would be made available to me as a result of my attendance.
I had...
August 2, 2011

Entry monument to the Pearl Harbor visitor center

For museums in the Pacific Rim, it’s often challenging to create programs and services that meet the needs of both locals and tourists. This engaging half-day workshop will give you a framework upon which to build vital programs that attract the local audience, while helping you streamline your visitor service offerings for the important tourist...
July 25, 2011
By: Jason B. Jones
I’m stoked for the WMA Annual Meeting in Hawai'i, but not for the reasons you may think. As a redhead that gets sunburned while just thinking about sitting on the beach, soaking up the sun isn’t high on my priorities list. Thankfully, Hawai’i and the Annual Meeting offer much more than sun and surf.
On-Line Registration - Early Bird Rate Available till 7/31!
The diversity of...
June 7, 2011
2011 Annual Meeting
Honolulu, Hawaii

Presented in collaboration with
Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums
and co-hosted by
Hawaii Museums Association
Pacific Islands Museums Association
September 23-26,2011
SILENT/LIVE AUCTION IS COMING!
How do you like to help your colleagues? What is a fun way to support learning for professionals? How do you or your museums like to...
May 28, 2011

Redmond J. Barnett, Secretary of WMA and Head of the Exhibits Dept., Washington State History Museum

By Redmond J. Barnett
Remember the old story about early machine language translation – where the English “out of sight, out of mind” became the Russian “invisible and insane”?
Something similar happened at the general session of the American Association of Museums annual meeting in Houston. ...

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