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March 28, 2012
By: Caroline Posynick
Just like most communities these days, the museum sector in British Columbia has been going through some challenging economic times. The funding model still has its foundation in federal and provincial support and, as we all know, there’s not a lot of money for culture and heritage in the pot right now. Truthfully, it looks like there may never been enough to go back to...
March 27, 2012
CAMOC 2012 Annual Conference (in collaboration with the Museum of Vancouver), Vancouver, October 24-26, 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS
Theme: City Museums: Collisions I Connections
CAMOC 2012 Annual Conference / Museum of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
October 24-26, 2012
CAMOC, the International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities of the International Council...
March 20, 2012
By: Kara West
Lately, I’ve been thinking and talking a lot about risk management. Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the Smithsonian’s National Conference on Cultural Property Protection at the Getty. Experts in cultural property protection from all over the world filled my brain with reminders of long battled risks, information on new risks, and alerts of rises in risks I had never even...
March 14, 2012

 
TIME SENSITIVE ISSUE
Once again, in conjunction with Museums Advocacy Day, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter urging the Senate Appropriations Committee to provide $50 million in FY13 for the Office of Museum Services (OMS) at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
The deadline for Senators to sign on to this letter is THURSDAY, MARCH...
March 13, 2012
Building Arts Organizations That Build Audiences: A Wallace Foundation Conference

It's one thing to introduce new audience development practices, another to sustain what works. A just-published Wallace conference report suggests that ongoing learning and adaptation are crucial.
From sponsoring after-hour events for 20-somethings to finding “ambassadors” to ethnic communities, arts organizations...
March 8, 2012

Register before March 15th and SAVE $170 on an Exhibit Hall Booth at WMA 2012 in Palm Springs!


One week remains to register for the WMA 2012 Exhibit Hall at the Early Bird Rates. SAVE on Exhibit Hall booth rates by registering before March 15th.  Early registration fees for exhibitors begins at $825, and WMA’s conference hotel rates are competitive starting at $95/night (early registration...
March 7, 2012
By: Amanda Wilkening
Please help!  I am a Museum Studies/MBA student at JFK University working on my masters project investigating the use of long term financial planning in museums. I've put together a survey for those who are involved in museum planning and finances, to measure the current baseline of museum financial planning and how well it integrates with strategic planning.  It is a quick,...
March 6, 2012
Every year in March, the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies offers a large number of grants and award money to scholars interested in furthering their study of the Intermountain West. The application deadline is March 15th.
For more information on these grants and awards, you may visit our website at: http://reddcenter.byu.edu/Pages/AboutOurAwards.aspx
 
The Charles Redd Center provides...

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