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The July 15th deadline is rapidly approaching!
The Western Museums Association (WMA) is accepting nominations for the 2013 Director’s Chair Award. This recognition is designed to showcase and acknowledge outstanding achievement in the museum profession. The Director’s Chair Award is presented annually to...
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June 4, 2013
The July 15th deadline is rapidly approaching!
The Western Museums Association (WMA) is pleased to consider applications for the 2013 Charles Redd Annual Award honoring excellence for an exhibition that furthers the study and understanding of the American West. The award is funded by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University.
The competition recognizes outstanding...
The Western Museums Association (WMA) is pleased to consider applications for the 2013 Charles Redd Annual Award honoring excellence for an exhibition that furthers the study and understanding of the American West. The award is funded by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University.
The competition recognizes outstanding...
May 30, 2013
By Sharon Sekhon
The LA History Archive – the Studio for Southern California History's online portfolio.
The Studio for Southern California History (Studio) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to critically chronicling and sharing the region's social history in order to foster sense of place. The Studio achieves its mission through participatory programming like our internship program with...
The LA History Archive – the Studio for Southern California History's online portfolio.
The Studio for Southern California History (Studio) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to critically chronicling and sharing the region's social history in order to foster sense of place. The Studio achieves its mission through participatory programming like our internship program with...
May 23, 2013
By Karen Whitecotton
As you are probably aware, there have been several catastrophic tornadoes in Oklahoma over the past few days. Of course, the loss of life and recovery of victims are the TOP priorities in this tragedy. Many museums have employees that have been personally affected from wind damage to even the loss of their homes and relatives homes (and unfortunately probably have friends and...
As you are probably aware, there have been several catastrophic tornadoes in Oklahoma over the past few days. Of course, the loss of life and recovery of victims are the TOP priorities in this tragedy. Many museums have employees that have been personally affected from wind damage to even the loss of their homes and relatives homes (and unfortunately probably have friends and...
May 17, 2013
The Western Museums Association (WMA) is going to the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) 2013 Annual Meeting in Baltimore! If you are there, stop by booth #1231, meet our Executive Director Jason B. Jones, view the Preliminary Program and learn more about the WMA 2013 Annual Meeting, and get some great giveaways from Salt Lake City museums!
If you’re unable to attend AAM 2013, follow us on...
If you’re unable to attend AAM 2013, follow us on...
May 15, 2013
Every workday, Maureen Bourbin, Director of Collections and Exhibits, steps all over her museum's most important artifact. Her office is on the second deck of the USS Hornet, in what used to be the ship's TV station room. As one of only five aircraft carrier museums in the country, this museum is its own biggest and most important object.
The entire collection is housed on the ship as well....
May 13, 2013
By Melissa Bowling
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) Museum Archives Section Working Group has been developing an online tool for the museum archives community to aid in the sharing of resources across institutions. Currently, the Working Group is gathering examples of forms, policies, and procedures to populate this online resource. You can view the resources that were gathered last year...
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) Museum Archives Section Working Group has been developing an online tool for the museum archives community to aid in the sharing of resources across institutions. Currently, the Working Group is gathering examples of forms, policies, and procedures to populate this online resource. You can view the resources that were gathered last year...
May 9, 2013
By Renee Montgomery
On May 25, 2013 the three-story façade of the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), will be covered by a colossal handmade quilt comprised of thousands of “granny squares” – each individually crocheted by amateur crafters from around the world. A public art installation conceived by the group Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (YBLA) working with the CAFAM, this huge project was conceived...
On May 25, 2013 the three-story façade of the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), will be covered by a colossal handmade quilt comprised of thousands of “granny squares” – each individually crocheted by amateur crafters from around the world. A public art installation conceived by the group Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (YBLA) working with the CAFAM, this huge project was conceived...
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