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March 16, 2011
From the RC-AAM list serve forwarded to Ted Greenberg

Treasured Museum Artifacts Damaged By Tsunami - Honolulu News Story - KITV Honolulu.
 
Hulihe'e Palace Once Hawaiian Royalty Vacation Home, Now Museum
Lara Yamada KITV4 News Anchor
KONA, Hawaii -- "This is an old photo of princess Kaiulani," said Palace Administrator Fanny Au Hoy as she showed KITV4's Lara Yamada into the palace basement.
In...
February 23, 2011
Received this this morning
By Ted Greenberg
22 February 2011
The latest from Christchurch is very grim, however, we have not heard of anyone being hurt in museums or galleries there. We have received a number of messages of support, and these are in the ‘Messages for Canterbury’ Discussion Board on our Facebook page here. Please add your own messages, and hopefully our colleagues in Christchurch...
February 10, 2011
by Gypsy McFelter And would that which we call a museum, by any other name, have the same reason for existence? As any dedicated professional in this field understands, the word ‘museum’ stems from the ancient temples dedicated the Muses, the nine goddesses of Greek mythology who inspire the arts of mortal men and women. The Muses can be credited for inspiring almost anything and everything, from...
January 31, 2011
By Redmond J. Barnett

Redmond J. Barnett, Secretary of WMA, is the Head of the Exhibits Department, Washington State History Museum

Washington’s governor, Christine Gregoire, faces a $4 billion budget deficit and proposes to close the two independent state-funded museums, the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma and the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, saving about $4...
January 30, 2011

MAP Your Way to Excellence
"Our institution participated in the MAP program in 1987 and the experience put us on the road from a small historical society to the regional history museum we are today. At that time we were an institution of 3 full time staff, and a very small budget-less than $200,000.  Today-23 years later-the institution has a staff of 35, and is a major regional museum in...
January 29, 2011
By Heather Ferrell

State Capitol Museum

In a proposal released to the public in December,  Gov. Chris Gregoire recommended cutting state funding for Spokane’s Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture’s (MAC) state by just over forty percent. According to a January 24, 2011 article by Lauren Lynch— this would be enough to maintain minimal staff for building and artifact care, but prevent the...
January 25, 2011
This year's Program Committee Meeting at the Liljestrand House was a fascinating exercise and a wonderful experience working with a great group of people.  This year's conference is going to be a strong one, with session proposals from WMA, the Hawai'i Museums Association, the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums, and the Pacific Islands Museums Association. It was an exciting...
November 26, 2010
I love conference time because it just feels good to be around people who like museums as much as I do, and have dedicated their working life to making museums incredible places for their communities. I have been blessed to be a part of two organizations that hold incredible conferences: the Western Museums Association and the British Columbia Museums Association. In October 2010, I was lucky...

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