Friday, September 23 - Opening Night Event - 6:00PM–8:30PM
Welcome Reception at the Honolulu Academy of Arts
Known for its graceful building and internationally recognized collection of more than 60,000 works of art, spanning 5,000 years, the Honolulu Academy of Arts is Hawai‘i’s largest art museum. Registered attendees will have the chance to eat and drink under the stars, tour the 59th annual...
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August 25, 2011
There is still time to consider if your museum or you yourself would like to donate to the worthwhile and fun event. As you know the proceeds for buying items at the auctions provides scholarship funds to the WMA so that you can attend our informative and fun meetings. We have already received some outstanding contributions including many gift packages and passes from many of museum friends....
August 25, 2011
Tours & Talks of the WMA 2011 Annual Meeting
Experience some of Honolulu’s cultural gems along side curators and educators on these private behind-the-scene tours. Tours are scheduled concurrently during conference sessions. Shuttle pick-up and drop-off at the Convention Center. Pre-registration is required. Fee: $15 per person per tour. Limited to 20 participants per tour.
Saturday,...
Experience some of Honolulu’s cultural gems along side curators and educators on these private behind-the-scene tours. Tours are scheduled concurrently during conference sessions. Shuttle pick-up and drop-off at the Convention Center. Pre-registration is required. Fee: $15 per person per tour. Limited to 20 participants per tour.
Saturday,...
August 23, 2011
Dave Asheim, Matthew Tedford, Jon Voss and others at the WMA sponsored network luncheon
By James G. Leventhal
Last Thursday, August 18th the Contemporary Jewish Museum welcomed 50 museum people from all over the greater San Francisco Bay Area -- from Golden Gate Park’s California Academy of Science to the Oakland Museum of California -- for a Network Lunch to talk about the use of new media to...
By James G. Leventhal
Last Thursday, August 18th the Contemporary Jewish Museum welcomed 50 museum people from all over the greater San Francisco Bay Area -- from Golden Gate Park’s California Academy of Science to the Oakland Museum of California -- for a Network Lunch to talk about the use of new media to...
August 22, 2011
By: WMA
Friday, September 23
Spend an entire day at Pearl Harbor Historic Partner Museums, a site that holds significance in American history. Explore the newly renovated Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, or the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum, Pacific Aviation Museum, and Battleship Missouri Memorial Museum. At the end of the day, guests will embark on a very special Pearl Harbor Boat Tour about the...
Friday, September 23
Spend an entire day at Pearl Harbor Historic Partner Museums, a site that holds significance in American history. Explore the newly renovated Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, or the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum, Pacific Aviation Museum, and Battleship Missouri Memorial Museum. At the end of the day, guests will embark on a very special Pearl Harbor Boat Tour about the...
August 19, 2011
by Kristen Olson
"Cutting the pies and cakes at the barbeque dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair"
Imagine a large room, filled with light, buzzing with electric conversations. You hear a shout from across the room, saying "come sit over here!" and someone is waving you over, pulling out a seat to a table. As you navigate through the crowded path of circular tables covered in pieces of paper, you...
"Cutting the pies and cakes at the barbeque dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair"
Imagine a large room, filled with light, buzzing with electric conversations. You hear a shout from across the room, saying "come sit over here!" and someone is waving you over, pulling out a seat to a table. As you navigate through the crowded path of circular tables covered in pieces of paper, you...
August 15, 2011
By: Stephanie Weaver
There is truly a once-in-a-lifetime museum conference coming up September 23-26, 2011, and I hope you have already bought your ticket and made your hotel reservations. Yes, I'm on the program committee and therefore a bit biased about the great sessions, like one on "Creating the Best Experience: Museums & Guest Service" that I might be a part of. Or not. You'll have to...
There is truly a once-in-a-lifetime museum conference coming up September 23-26, 2011, and I hope you have already bought your ticket and made your hotel reservations. Yes, I'm on the program committee and therefore a bit biased about the great sessions, like one on "Creating the Best Experience: Museums & Guest Service" that I might be a part of. Or not. You'll have to...
August 12, 2011
The Western Museums Association is excited to be celebrating our 76th year of service to museum professionals! Our milestone anniversary coincides with this year’s Annual Meeting, Pũpũkahi I Holomua: Working Together to Move Forward, which will be held September 23-26, 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The WMA invites you to join us this year for what promises to be an insightful, cross-...
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