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WestMuse Blog

The Western Museums Association Blog is a place where all museum professionals can share, exchange and discuss ideas with one another.

Whether you would like to submit a blog post on a project, thesis, upcoming exhibition, etc., the WestMuse Blog warmly invites you to share with the WMA Community, fostering further development among museums professionals and their institutions.

WMA 2024: Introducing the Kids Zone!

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WMA 2024: Take a Sneak Peek at This Year’s Events!

WMA 2024: Registration is NOW OPEN!

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Speak the Truth and Point to Hope – Caroline Kinsley

Written by Caroline Kinsley, Library Specialist, Arizona State Museum, and WMA 2023 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

WMA 2023 Annual Conference: The Perfect Place to Make New CONNECTions – Aubrey Feyrer

Written by Aubrey Feyrer, Collections Assistant, Tempe History Museum, and WMA 2023 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

What Does it Mean to Connect? – June Pen

Written by June Pen, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, 2023 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

 

WMA Musings – Allison Lambrecht

Written by Allison Lambrecht, Registrar, Washington State Historical Society, and WMA 2023 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

 

CONNECTing in a Time of Newness and Uncertainty: An Emerging Museum Professional’s Survival Guide to Your First Conference – Makenzie Stewart

Written by Makenzie Stewart, EMP, UW Graduate Student, and WMA 2023 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

Creative Connections and Rhizomes – Dave Laubenthal

Written by Dave Laubenthal, Creative Director at OMSI and WMA 2023 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient

WMA Conference in Pasadena – Aaron Eagles

Written by Aaron Eagles, Store Curator/Manager, S'edav Va'aki Museum, & WMA 2023 Wanda Chin Scholarship Recipient