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 (former)
WMA 2023 Keynote Speaker
WMA's 2025 Annual Meeting
This Fall, WMA's 2025 Annual Meeting and 90th anniversary celebration will be held in Reno, Nevada on October 1-4. Produced in partnership with the Nevada Museums Association.
With the theme of ELEVATE, WMA attendees will celebrate our 90th anniversary, uplifting one another to improve our individual and institutional practices, creating space for essential ideas and conversations. Through our shared identities and unique differences, WMA 2025 will be a testament to the strength and dedication of cultural professionals and their organizations in the face of adversity. Coming together to find common ground, we look to ELEVATE our collective work and adapt to meet the needs of today’s audiences.
Improving the individual to ELEVATE the collective.
With its Western independence and high altitude thinking, Reno is a wonderful location to convene, build alliances, and forge new roads together. This year is a milestone and a reminder of just how long WMA has been gathering folks to have conversations that move the museum field forward. WMA 2025 will be a celebration--and a call to action to build and strengthen coalitions with colleagues.
Join us in Reno to ELEVATE our work as cultural institutions through our collaborative efforts!
Online registration for WMA 2025 opens in June.
WMA members receive a discounted rate!
Not a WMA member? Join now!
WMA 2024 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipients
Apply for a Wanda Chin Scholarship!
Since 1997, the Wanda Chin Professional Development Program has helped to make attendance at the Western Museums Association’s (WMA) Annual Meeting financially accessible to individuals who might otherwise not be able to attend. Funded through annual auctions and donations, the Wanda Chin Professional Development Program 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.
Applications for 2025 Scholarships close June 20th.
Visit the Wanda Chin Scholarship page to learn more.
WMA 2024 Award Recipients
Submit a WMA 2025 Award Nomination!
This fall at WMA’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Reno, NV, together we will celebrate positive leadership, significant career achievements, and outstanding work on an exhibition in the Western region by presenting three awards:
Arthur H. Wolf Impact Award
WMA Leadership Award
Charles Redd Exhibition Award
Nominations for 2025 Awards close July 18th.
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