Activity Station: From Alt-Text to Audio Description
FREE!
Bring a photo from your collection (via phone, email, text, or AirDrop) and work one-on-one with an internationally recognized audio description expert to describe it aloud. Learn what makes strong Audio Description - also called alt-text or image description - required by disability access laws, and leave in about 10 minutes with a publishable description ready to make your collection more accessible.
Activity Station: The Green Journey Game
FREE!
Play a prototype board game exploring the history of Black travel, mobility, and safety in the U.S., inspired by real travel guides like the Green Book. You'll take part in a short guided game session, then discuss what the gameplay reveals about history, accessibility, and audience engagement. Help assess whether this hands-on format works as a museum education tool.
Brain Break! Collages and Junk Journals for Wellbeing
FREE!
Give your brain a break and make art! Try out a beta test for new field-trip programming that supports student mental health through creative expression. Make a mini collage or junk journal using provided materials - or bring your own magazines, packaging, or reusable scraps. This grounding, hands-on activity builds mindfulness, sustainability awareness, and creative confidence while you connect with new friends.
UMA Advocacy Jumpstart
FREE!
Meet up with UMA's Advocacy Committee to jumpstart your participation in Utah's 2027 Cultural Industry Advocacy Day (February 4) and AAM's 2027 Museums Advocacy Day (February 21-23). Connect with other museums and add your voice to our strategy for advancing the impact of museums in Utah through coordinated efforts with the Utah legislature.
Morning Coffee
FREE!
Sponsored by Sparano + Mooney Architecture
Join your felow Annual Meeting attendees for coffee while connecting with new colleagues and seeing familiar faces.
Transformación Cultural: Community Representation of Past, Present, Future
For three years, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Artes de México en Utah, and a community work group endeavored ot change the so-called "Mesoamerican" gallery. Through reciprocal learning and shared purpose, museum staff and community members-artists, advocates, educators, historians, and others connected to Mexico, Central & South America-created a dramatic reinstallation called "Transformación Cultural: Nuestro Pasado es Presente." This collaboration illuminates important possibilities for how an organization and community can work together.
WMA | UMA Leadership Reception
INVITATION ONLY
Sponsored by EDX Exhibits
WMA Board Members, UMA Board Members, Program Committee, Host Committee, and Sponsors gather for drink, food, and conversation.
Exhibit Hall Closing Reception
FREE!
Sponsored by Process Curiosity
Join your colleagues for light refreshments and a last visit with our corporate members. The Exhibit Hall Closing Reception is your last chance to bid on silent auction items. All proceeds benefit the scholarship funds to help colleagues attend future gatherings of the Western Museums Association and the Utah Museum Association.
Exhibit Hall Networking Break & Poster Session
FREE!
The perennially popular Poster Session provides opportunities for individuals to present their research, ideas, or programs through illustrated and informative posters, and they want your feedback. Come explore projects and initiatives from around the region in an informal setting. This year's posters include...
WMA Breakfast Club
FREE!
Join the WMA Book Club to discuss what you're reading. Whether it's fiction, non-fiction, or museum-related, we want to know about the books living rent-free in your head.