Conferences

By Margaret Kadoyama
Last Fall, I was contacted by Steve Comba, Co-Chair of the 2013 WMA Annual Meeting Program Committee, and he invited me to serve as a Program Committee member for the 2013 conference in Salt Lake City. I was honored to be asked, and I agreed to serve. Here are my reasons why, and here’s how they are playing out in the October conference:

WMA is made of up a great group of...
By Karen Stark
Coming to Salt Lake City for the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting? Here’s your chance to participate in pre-conference intensive workshop based on Utah’s award-winning program that helps small museums learn how to create inexpensive interpretive exhibits that excite, engage, and educate visitors.
All across the West there are small museums full of historical and...
By Eric Taylor
Each June, the Washington Museum Association (WaMA) holds its annual conference at a different location around the state. Seeking to bridge the Cascade divide to encourage attendance from the entire Washington museum community, conference venues alternate year to year from westside to eastside. The 2013 Conference in Ellensburg took advantage of that city’s central location to...
Conference attendance is not always as easy as we would like it to be. Attendees must consider travel and lodging expenses, registration fees, and time away from their organizations, all while justifying their attendance to their bosses.
The Western Museums Association (WMA) is continuously looking for ways to help and support museum professionals around the Western region (and beyond!)....
The Western Museums Association (WMA) is proud to announce Hal Cannon as the keynote speaker for the 2013 Annual Meeting. The conference will be held in partnership with the Utah Museums Association from October 9-12, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Hal Cannon is a folklorist, radio producer, and musician. As the founding Director of the Western Folklife Center and the National Cowboy Poetry...
By Elizabeth Sutton, PhD
Last year at the Western Museums Association (WMA) 2012 Annual Meeting in Palm Springs, the Utah State University (USU) Museum of Anthropology received the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies Award for Exhibition Excellence for our new exhibit, Through the Looking Glass: Obsidian Travel and Trade in the Great Basin. This Award was particularly meaningful for our...
So it’s that time of year again when you’re thinking about professional development. AAM 2013 has just passed, and it was all the way across the country this year! But wait…the Western Museum Association (WMA) 2013 Annual Meeting is just around the corner in October in Salt Lake City!
As we all know, it is important to be continuously developing in our museum profession, whether by connecting...
By Dr. Julie K. Stein
“A chance to recognize those unsung heroes of our profession...not necessarily just for directors.”
When the Western Museums Association (WMA) asked me to write a blog post about the Director’s Chair Award as the Immediate Past-President and supervisor for the Award, I got to thinking. Do people know the history of this Award, and why does it carry this name?
The Director’s...
A chance to recognize unsung heroes of our profession…
“not necessarily just for directors”
The July 15th deadline is rapidly approaching!
The Western Museums Association (WMA) is accepting nominations for the 2013 Director’s Chair Award. This recognition is designed to showcase and acknowledge outstanding achievement in the museum profession. The Director’s Chair Award is presented annually to...
The July 15th deadline is rapidly approaching!
The Western Museums Association (WMA) is pleased to consider applications for the 2013 Charles Redd Annual Award honoring excellence for an exhibition that furthers the study and understanding of the American West. The award is funded by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University.
The competition recognizes outstanding...

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