Conferences

Session Working with Tribal Members to Interpret Native American Themes in the National Park Service

Presenters
Mary Lou Herlihy, Interpretive Media Specialist, National Park Service, Pacific West Region Charles Davis A.I.A, Partner, EDX: Edquist Davis Exhibits Johnpaul Jones, Partner, Jones & Jones Architects + Landscape Architects + Planners Marc Blackburn, Interpretive Specialist,...
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...
By: Art Wolf
For those museum folks who are driving from Utah or Nevada or other nearby states to the WMA Annual Meeting in Palm Springs, there are many ways to travel. My favorite run to Palm Springs follows US 95 south past the glorious flower blooms and giant photovoltaic arrays near Boulder City all the way to the historic mining town of Searchlight. Highway 164 goes west from there past the...
By: Jacqueline Cabrera
Over the past 9 months a group of 12 American museum professionals have been working on the formation of a new international organization focused on registrars and collections specialists. This new organization is called The Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists (ARCS).
The mission of ARCS is to represent and promote registrars and collections specialists...
By: Jessica Rinaman
Imagine visiting a public park in 15th century Spain. There is green space, canyons, fountains and gardens all around you. In the center of this park, as you walk down a cobble stone path with highly ornamented, flamboyant architectural buildings on either side. Within the buildings of Balboa Park in San Diego you can experience performing arts organizations, cultural centers...
Wanda Chin Professional Development Fund
June 1st deadline is rapidly approaching!
The Wanda Chin Scholarship program helps fund participation and travel to the WMA Annual Meeting by professionals who might otherwise not be able to attend. Scholarships are available to members of the field at the student, incoming professional and mid-career professional levels. The Scholarship program is a vital...
Western Museums Association Annual Meeting-2012
Palm Springs, California
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 participate at our annual meetings and know you are making a worthy donation? What is way to help support your travel and get to the annual meetings?
One way is...

Since 1997, our Annual Meeting has featured a Silent Auction in the Exhibit Hall. Proceeds from the auction benefit the Wanda Chin Scholarship program, which helps fund participation and travel to the Annual Meeting by professionals who might otherwise not be able to attend. Scholarships are available to members of the field at the student, incoming professional and mid-career professional...
By James G. Leventhal
Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch and The Venerable Palden Gyatso, Tibetan Freedom Concert, SF, CA 1996


So quotes my friend Jennifer Caleshu:
These times especially call for more than mere incrementalism. Let’s demand that our leaders get in over their heads, that they remain a little bit naive about what they’re getting into.
It's from WIRED.
And my friend Erin Potts wrote...
WMA is going  to the American Association of Museums 2012 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis! If you are there, stop by booth #115 for a visit and get some great giveaways from Palm Springs museums!
Thank you Sunnylands, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs Historical Society, Cabot's Pueblo Museum, and Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert for providing us giveaways for our booth!
See you in...

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