Roundtables
Experience a casual showcase of innovations from across the museum field, offering you the chance to connect directly with the creators - federal agencies, associations, and inspired individuals alike. This year's roundtables include...
Relationship Building: Do You Know Your Neighbor?
Presenters
Marina Gutierrez, Museum Education Coordinator, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Carolina Zataray, Senior Manager of Education and Public Engagement, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
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.
Exhibit Hall Closing Reception
FREE!
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...
Exhibit Hall Networking & Refreshment Break
Enjoy coffee, tea, and light snacks while perusing exhibitors' booths, bidding on silent auction items, and networking with peers.
Speed Networking
FREE!
Sponsored by Atthowe Fine Art Services
Kick off your conference experience with a lively hour of Speed Networking! Bring plenty of business cards and your sense of humor. Everyone is encouraged to join us for a friendly, timed-interval business card exchange social hour. This people-rotating format encourages brief individual introductions between everyone in the room.
Exhibit Hall Happy Hour
FREE!
Sponsored by MATT Construction
After sessions, join us at the Exhibit Hall Happy Hour to enjoy meeting a variety of colleagues including specific meet ups. Cash bar provided with non-alcoholic beverages available for free. Discounted drink tickets may be purchased online during registration with a cash bar onsite.
Add a discounted drink ticket to your registration for $11
Evening Event: Hilton SLC Center
$50, includes appetizers and drinks
Spend the last night of the Annual Meeting chilling with colleagues at the Hilton Salt Lake City Hotel. Take it easy with libations, hearty appetizers, and an exciting mix of activities and educational offerings to connect with fellow attendees. Attend the hands-on play activities session “Aspire to Play: Designing Playful Museum Experiences” or watch a short museum film followed by Q&A. Through it all, forge new connections, find old friends, and recharge–with no need to rush to catch that last event
Opening Reception
FREE!
Sponsored by SmithGroup
Wine Sponsored by CCS Fundraising
Join your fellow Annual Meeting attendees for an Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall. Spend your first evening in Salt Lake City enjoying appetizers, drinks, and conversing with colleagues and our corporate members.