What hand will Fate deal your museum?
WMA was pleased to have AAM's Center for the Future of Museums Director Elizabeth Merritt lead two sessions on futurecasting. Now, even though tarot cards were involved in the second session (hey, it was the last time slot of the entire conference--we needed a hook for the audience!), Elizabeth was quick to point out that forecasting the future is not...
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October 21, 2010
Thanks everyone who came to Portland. What a great conference this year. Let's stay in-touch throughout the year(s).
Thanks for being a part of the Western Museums Association, especially in this 75th Anniversary year.
Click here for some pics from wma2010.
And see you in Hawaii!
Thanks for being a part of the Western Museums Association, especially in this 75th Anniversary year.
Click here for some pics from wma2010.
And see you in Hawaii!
October 20, 2010
While conference attendees sit entranced listening to sessions, members of the WMA board, Conference Solutions and friends are busily preparing for the celebration and business lunch!
Here are some behind-the-scenes shots!
Discussing the stylish WMA umbrellas
Festive Tables
Testing the Podium
We're looking forward to seeing you ALL at 12:30!
October 20, 2010
by Allyson Lazar
Evening events at conferences are always fun and often inspiring. A much asked topic in the museum field is that of how to handle contemporary (read: relevant) controversial topics in society. The 2005 Muse Award-winning Modern Oregon Issues segment of the Oregon My Oregon exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society tackles that question head-on--along with a menu of controversies...
Evening events at conferences are always fun and often inspiring. A much asked topic in the museum field is that of how to handle contemporary (read: relevant) controversial topics in society. The 2005 Muse Award-winning Modern Oregon Issues segment of the Oregon My Oregon exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society tackles that question head-on--along with a menu of controversies...
October 19, 2010
Another great session at #wma2010
Thanks everyone for joining us at Building a Fundraising Plan that Works.
Click on image for presentation by Bridget Keane, CCS Fundraising
Click the image for JS May's presentation
October 18, 2010
Gwen Carr, Vice Chairperson, Research & Education Program Chairperson
Why go to the conference? Why "go local" and travel to particular places to meet people? Why? To meet people like Gwen Carr and learn about the Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers, an all volunteer nonprofit organization based in Salem, Oregon dedicated to doing research and educating Oregonians about African-Americans’...
October 18, 2010
by Allyson Lazar
Sunday morning, while other conference attendees were en route to Portland or just getting their first cups of coffee for the day, a bright-eyed group of registrars and collection managers, organized by the Registrars Committee-Western Region, trekked up to the wooded west hills to spend the day volunteering at Pittock Mansion!
But before we removed all of our dangling items...
October 17, 2010
Thanks to everyone who participated today... we had 20 attendees representing Portland, Seattle, Hawai'i, and Utah, plus Oakland, San Francisco, and San Diego. It was a really fun session, with some presentations mixed in with small group discussion and Q & A. Here are some quick moments... James Leventhal of the Contemporary Jewish Museum started us off with a fantastic overview of web 2.0...
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