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April 12, 2013
The Western Museums Association would like to formally congratulate the 20 latest museums from the West to be accepted into the American Alliance of Museum’s Museum Assessment Program (MAP). These museums deserve to be commended for their commitment to standards and institutional growth. The museums will complete a self-study and then have a consultative site visit with a peer museum...
April 9, 2013
The Western Museums Association (WMA) 2013 Annual Meeting, in partnership with the Utah Museums Association (UMA) will be here before you know it! For the first time ever the WMA Annual Meeting will have a Poster Presentations Session. The goal of the poster session is to showcase how museums are “Drive On! Museums and the Future,” the theme of WMA 2013 Annual Meeting. This session is an...
April 4, 2013
By Renee Montgomery While seemingly mundane and innocuous, insurance certificates require oversight and attention. Insurance certificates are exchanged for loans as confirmation that insurance is indeed in effect. They’re not a legal agreement, though, so it’s important that the loan contract itself include language that the borrower is responsible to insure, as well as cite all conditions of...
March 28, 2013
By Renee Montgomery
Case in point: the Architecture + Design Museum, Los Angeles
Upcoming on the A + D Museum schedule is the exhibition Never Built: Los Angeles, an exploration of visionary architectural plans that could have reshaped Los Angeles’ (LA) landscape but were unfortunately never realized. Included will be plans, renderings and models for proposed LA civic centers, airport, parks,...
Case in point: the Architecture + Design Museum, Los Angeles
Upcoming on the A + D Museum schedule is the exhibition Never Built: Los Angeles, an exploration of visionary architectural plans that could have reshaped Los Angeles’ (LA) landscape but were unfortunately never realized. Included will be plans, renderings and models for proposed LA civic centers, airport, parks,...
March 20, 2013
By: Jim Tharp and Jim Lindheim
Outside the Neon Museum in Las Vegas perches the gigantic Silver Slipper that once adorned the Silver Slipper Casino. The story goes that Howard Hughes, having purchased the Desert Inn so that the owners wouldn’t throw him out, decided to also purchase the Silver Slipper Casino across the street so that he could remove the spinning silver slipper from his bedroom...
March 18, 2013
From: Jason B. Jones, Executive Director, Western Museums Association
WMA was a proud supporting Partner of the Fifth Annual Museums Advocacy Day – a two-day event February 25-26, 2013, in Washington, DC. While many working in the museum field know that museums play a key role in education, job creation, tourism, economic development and more, many elected officials are not fully aware. In...
March 14, 2013
Booth Registration Now Open for WMA 2013 in Salt Lake City!
Save with Super Early Bird Rates on a booth in the Exhibit Hall of WMA's 2013 Annual Meeting. Early registration fees for exhibitors begins at $825 (early registration also entitles companies to select their booth location). See the WMA 2013 Corporate Partnership Brochure for detailed information on exhibiting, advertising, and...
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