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March 5, 2012
TIME SENSITIVE ISSUEAct Now - Ask Your U.S. Representative to Support the IMLS Office of Museum Services!
Once again, in conjunction with Museums Advocacy Day, U.S. Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) are circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter urging the House Appropriations Committee to provide at least $35 million in FY13 for the Office of...
March 1, 2012
By: Louise Yokoi
As a new member of the WMA Program Committee, reviewing session proposals with the committee for the upcoming conference got me thinking about the types of opportunities for professional practice support (aka professional development) for museum professionals and prompted me to reflect on my own method for learning and growth in the museum field. I like the term ‘professional...
As a new member of the WMA Program Committee, reviewing session proposals with the committee for the upcoming conference got me thinking about the types of opportunities for professional practice support (aka professional development) for museum professionals and prompted me to reflect on my own method for learning and growth in the museum field. I like the term ‘professional...
February 29, 2012
Multidisciplinary conservation in Historic House Museums
A Joint Conference of ICOM‐DEMHIST and three ICOM‐CC Working Groups, to be held at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, November 6‐9, 2012.
Call for papers & posters
ICOM‐DEMHIST, the international committee for historic house museums, and three ICOM‐CC working groups Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration,...
February 28, 2012
Getting Cultural Heritage on the National Agenda:
A Case Study from Vanuatu by Ralph Regenvanu
The Honorable Ralph Regenvanu (MP, Minister of Justice and Community Services, Vanuatu) speaks about the innovative cultural and economic initiatives in his country and the region that attempt to "mainstream" cultural heritage in national policy. He reflects on his transition into politics from his...
A Case Study from Vanuatu by Ralph Regenvanu
The Honorable Ralph Regenvanu (MP, Minister of Justice and Community Services, Vanuatu) speaks about the innovative cultural and economic initiatives in his country and the region that attempt to "mainstream" cultural heritage in national policy. He reflects on his transition into politics from his...
February 24, 2012
March 1 Application Deadline
Thursday, March 1 at 5 p.m. CST is the receipt deadline for scholarships to the June 4-7, 2012 International Conference of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Qualified applicants must work with a tribal archive, library, museum or cultural center, or be enrolled full-time in a museum, library, archival, or...
Thursday, March 1 at 5 p.m. CST is the receipt deadline for scholarships to the June 4-7, 2012 International Conference of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Qualified applicants must work with a tribal archive, library, museum or cultural center, or be enrolled full-time in a museum, library, archival, or...
February 23, 2012
On January 15th, session and workshop proposals were due for the WMA Annual Meeting, held later this year in Palm Springs; Restore and Rejuvenate: Our Cultural & Natural Resources.
But what happens after the well-crafted proposals are sent in? Do they go into a vacuum only to hear a yea or ney many months later? Not on your life! One of the reasons why I joined the Program Committee this year...
But what happens after the well-crafted proposals are sent in? Do they go into a vacuum only to hear a yea or ney many months later? Not on your life! One of the reasons why I joined the Program Committee this year...
February 22, 2012
By: Anne Rowe
When I began working at Sunnylands in fall 2009, my first task was to empty an amazing 17,000 square foot historic home to make way for a massive restoration.
Sunnylands is in Rancho Mirage, California, the winter retreat estate for Walter and Leonore Annenberg whose primary residence was in Pennsylvania. Sunnylands is an A. Quincy Jones midcentury modern house which was built for...
When I began working at Sunnylands in fall 2009, my first task was to empty an amazing 17,000 square foot historic home to make way for a massive restoration.
Sunnylands is in Rancho Mirage, California, the winter retreat estate for Walter and Leonore Annenberg whose primary residence was in Pennsylvania. Sunnylands is an A. Quincy Jones midcentury modern house which was built for...
February 17, 2012
By: Marlow Hoffman
Right now at the Eames Office in Santa Monica, California, we’re working on a very exciting project that feels a bit like a treasure hunt, and I’m hopeful some of WMA’s eWestmuse subscribers can help.
In the 1960s, the noted husband-and-wife design team created a beautiful timeline of the history of mathematics from 1000 AD to the present. IBM gave away the timelines to...
Right now at the Eames Office in Santa Monica, California, we’re working on a very exciting project that feels a bit like a treasure hunt, and I’m hopeful some of WMA’s eWestmuse subscribers can help.
In the 1960s, the noted husband-and-wife design team created a beautiful timeline of the history of mathematics from 1000 AD to the present. IBM gave away the timelines to...
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