Friday, October 3, 2025

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Learning Format: Conversation

All museums in the United States sit on Native land. The field has struggled and in many cases failed to provided support to Native communities. The panel will provide insight on consultation and collaboration which not only meets federal mandates but encourages meaningful partnership development with Tribal nations with exhibition, interpretation, and collection care with Tribal cultural sensitivity as the foundation.

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Learning Format: Passive Learning

Our museums need positive and equitable cultures to thrive. Staff cultures that prioritize personal well-being and engagement can improve institutional impact, employee retention, and overall success, yet many museums rely on outdated HR practices. Let’s work together to build organizations where the humans inside are valued and respected. Join us for philosophical discussions and practical takeaways to ELEVATE museum workplace culture for the benefit of museum staff and the communities they serve.

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Learning Format: Active Learning

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Learning Format: Conversation

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Learning Format: Active Learning

In a time where the future may be full of questions and unknowns, it can be difficult to understand what success means in your current career stage. This session offers a safe space to explore these ideas with a panel of emerging, mid-, and late-career museum professionals, where you are invited to share your story and think together about how our ideas of success have changed throughout our unique paths, and what they might look like now.

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Learning Format: Active Learning    

Running out of room to house your collections? Is your object storage space leaking? Just received a sizable gift? Any of these situations can strain optimal collections management. Physical space matters, and upgrading, expanding, or moving collections storage spaces can be operational and budgetary challenges. Learn from a panel of collections facility experts how to approach and address these challenges, including where to begin, who should be involved, and best practices for success.

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Learning Format: Conversation

Join us for a feedback session on how to ELEVATE WMA’s D&I practices! The newly-formed WMA D&I Committee wants our work to be informed by the people we serve, so we're hosting an input-gathering session on what we hope to achieve together. We will discuss the role of DEIA in museums, how WMA can help, actionable goals, and more. Attendees will provide input that will guide the D&I direction of WMA for years to come.

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Learning Format: Conversation

As part of the Nevada Museum of Art's Friday Lecture series, this session invites the public and WMA participants to explore strategies for improving museum accessibility for the blind and low-vision community. The talk-back component will foster open dialogue between museum professionals, the public, and the blind/low-vision community, discussing challenges and innovative solutions for creating more inclusive spaces. This collaborative exchange aims to inspire ideas for enhancing accessibility in cultural institutions.

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Learning Format: Active Learning

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Learning Format: Active Learning

This session will encourage participants to develop clear goals and objectives for funding proposals using data they are already collecting. We will answer the question “What story can I tell with this data?” Participants will receive tips for collecting data and understanding which data to use when setting project objectives. Participants will walk away having written a clear narrative ready to plug in data when they return to their Museum.