Found in Collections: Elevating Conundrums
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Learning Format: Conversation
You have conducted an inventory of your collections and now have a pile of objects with no identification, how to proceed? This roundtable will provide a time to discuss procedures to locate identities. Though each state has its own laws governing found in collections items, the processes and procedures of trying to locate an item’s identification can be similar. Let’s share ideas, struggles, and provide support for each other as we tackle this giant puzzle.
Filling the Well: Elevate Your Self-Care Practice
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Learning Format: Active Learning
Working in museums and non-profits is often a labor of love. We do it because it matters – and often, we pour everything we have into that work. But what do you do for yourself? How do you refill your inner well of ideas, passion, and creativity? In this session, we’ll explore lots of ways to elevate your self-care practice by slowing down, breathing, writing, moving, and creating – even when it feels impossible.
Tending the Fire in Dark Moon Times
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Learning Format: Active Learning
Beyond Words: Three Approaches to Test Titles and Messaging
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Learning Format: Active Learning
Succession: How Museums Can Do It Better Than The TV Show
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Learning Format: Active Learning
Succession planning is one of those essential things that all organizations need to do and often do not prioritize. In this session, experienced museum professionals will create a space to discuss succession planning at every level: what it is, why it matters, and how to do it, including resources for weaving it into organizational culture and practice. Attendees will be actively involved in the conversation, exploring their role and sharing stories from their own experiences.
Many Voices: A discussion with Native leaders about how museums can better serve the Native community
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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.
ELEVATE Museum Workplace Culture
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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.
ADROIT Workshop: Enhancing Visitor Experience Through Design
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Learning Format: Active Learning
Elevating Community Stories During Challenging Times
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Learning Format: Conversation
Come as you Are: A discussion among emerging, mid-, and late-career museum professionals
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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.