Never fear, there will be more blogs posted about specific sessions coming to WestMuse, but I wanted to take a moment to point everyone in the direction of a fantastic set of conference photos, courtesy of Lydia Johnson and to share a few of the places and moments that have made this conference so great for me. Thank you to everyone who organized a session, a pre-conference workshop, a lunch, an event, or who facilitated discussions and presented ideas and of course to everyone who came and made this conference so rich and successful.
A post-WWII display at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. SDAM is where we volunteered for CSI: Registrars and where a closing reception was held for conference organizers. They have the most amazing shop in the basement where volunteers build real planes!
A koala naps at the San Diego Zoo. Douglas G. Myers, CEO of the Zoo, graciously offered free admission to the Zoo and the Wild Animal Park for early arrivals to the conference, along with a discount at the shops!
A display of art books at the Atheneum in La Jolla. Set in a beautiful historic library, the Atheneum is an inspiring home to art and music collections that also hosts live music events.
The Santa Fe railroad passes a small country fair at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum. Hidden away in a basement in Balboa Park, the SDMRM offers 27,000 square feet of railroading fun--making it the largest accredited model railroad museum in the country!
The flight deck of the USS Midway. Docents donning leather jackets indicating over 2000 volunteer hours served guided WMAers through the longest-serving aircraft carrier in the Navy fleet, including up here to the flight deck. President and CEO "Mac" McLaughlin gave a rousing welcome and extended a shop discount, free simulator rides and gifts of signed coffee table books to the attendees.
San Diego made a stunning backdrop for the conference. Thanks to the Host Committee and the VP for Programs for providing us with such an amazing and inspiring setting!
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these are AWESOME. Nice wrap up, Allyson. And Lydia's photoset over on Flickr really captures the spirit of the conference.
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