WMA 2022 Sessions

Friday, October 7, 2022

 11:15 am – 12:30 pm

• Lessons Learned for New Leaders

• Forward Thinking Disaster Preparation: PNW Case Studies

• Museums and the Fight Against Hate

• Building Community: Discovering Resources for Professional Support, Learning and Development

 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm

• Moving Exhibits and Programs Forward in Response to Climate Change

• Measuring Social Impact for Strategic Change

• Digital Strategy: A Means for Museum Transformation

• Weaving a Net(work) of Care for Oceanic Collections

 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm

• Clowning Around: Creating Inclusive Collaborations with Carla Rossi

• Archives Alive! Activating Archives for Engagement and Equity

• From Intention to Action: Decolonial Perspectives from the Burke Museum

• Leveraging Major Gifts to Support Transformational Campaigns

Saturday, October 8, 2022

 9:00 am – 10:15 am

• Mindsets, Tools, and Practices Moving Museum Educators Forward

• Tools for Meaningful and Engaging Internship Programs

• Beyond Land Acknowledgements: Real Collaboration with Tribes and Tribal Museums

• Lighting for Artifacts: Protecting Collections in an LED Age

 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

• Helping Communities Heal in the Wake of Local Crisis

• Politics of Land Acknowledgements

• Facilitating Critical Conversations around Exhibitions

• Preserving History Through Restoration: Making difficult choices with collections

 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

• Putting the AANHPI into DEAI

• Keys to Successful and Collaborative Grant Writing

• Shared Leadership: Models for Success

• Strategies for Surfacing Truth and Fostering Reconciliation for Racial Equity

Sunday, October 9, 2022

 11:15 am – 12:30 pm

• Show Me the Money: Integrating Pay into Museum Best Practices

• The Horror-egon Trail!: The Campfire Continues….. Even More True Tales of the Unexpected, Unbelievable, and Unmanageable

• Mentorship: Best Practices and Indigenous Notions of Care

• Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration

 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm

• What Not to Do: Mistakes and Lessons Learned with Docents/Volunteers

• ​Getting Started with Disaster Planning: A Framework to Build On

• Decolonizing Initiatives in Action at the Burke Museum and The Museum of Us

• Museum People: Exploring Museum Workforce Issues in 2022

 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm

• Collaboration Tools for Exhibition Projects

• Labeling Legacies – Applying Today’s Language & Identities to Historical Figures

• Looking Ahead: Museums and Youth Collaborating in Climate Justice

• Woosh.Jee.Een Pulling Together - The Xunaa Cultural Heritage Center and Museum