Morning Coffee
FREE!
Sponsored by Art Bridges
Join your fellow Annual Meeting attendees for coffee while connecting with new colleagues and seeing familiar faces.
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.
Morning Coffee
FREE!
Sponsored by University of San Francisco Museum Studies Program.
Join your fellow Annual Meeting attendees for coffee, while connecting with new colleagues and seeing familiar faces.
Activity Station: Power of Pressure
FREE!
Watch a live vacuum chamber transform ordinary objects - marshmallows expand, water boils without heat, sound fades, and pickles form instantly. Through hands-on observation and guided questions, you'll discover that air isn't "nothing" it takes up space, exerts pressure, and shapes how matter behaves. Predict, observe, and connect what you see to real-world phenomena like weather, altitude, and even life in space.
Activity Station: Solar Science
FREE!
Explore a 1,000-year-old sandstone petroglyph in Chaco Canyon that may depict a solar storm - humanity's earliest known image of the Sun's corona. Using historic and modern NASA images, you'll investigate this ancient sky-watching record through a hands-on, visual and tactile activity adapted for blind and low-vision learners. Share feedback on new art-based extensions designed to spark collaboration and reflection.
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