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The Western Museums Association’s (WMA) 2013 Annual Meeting is a just a few weeks away. The WMA isn’t the only group that is excited for your arrival in Salt Lake City – many museums are also looking forward to having you in town!
Salt Lake City is known as the Crossroads of the West, which is reflected in the historical and culture make-up of this distinctive metropolitan area. Likewise, Salt...

At the 2013 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, the Western Museums Association (WMA) proudly launches a new programmatic feature: WestMusings | Ten Minute Museum Talks. Based on TED Talks’ model, WestMusings is an unconference program of short, rehearsed, and engaging presentations on museum related topics. WestMusings will provide an important platform for tomorrow’s museums leaders to speak...
By Keni Sturgeon

Conference registration…check! Hotel and plane reservations…check! Evening events booked…check! My part in the session on collaborative exhibits completely ready to go…well not quite check, but getting there.
With a little over one month to go until the Western Museums Association (WMA) 2013 Annual Meeting kicks off in Salt Lake City, I find myself growing excited to see how the...
This past June 2013, the Western Museums Association (WMA) had a registration contest for 2 tickets to Evening Events during the 2013 Annual Meeting: the Natural History Museum of Utah or the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. WMA 2013, Drive On! Museums and the Future, will be held in Salt Lake City Utah from October 9-12, 2013.
A vital component of the WMA’s mission is fun, and these Evening Events...
By Margaret Kadoyama
Last Fall, I was contacted by Steve Comba, Co-Chair of the 2013 WMA Annual Meeting Program Committee, and he invited me to serve as a Program Committee member for the 2013 conference in Salt Lake City. I was honored to be asked, and I agreed to serve. Here are my reasons why, and here’s how they are playing out in the October conference:

WMA is made of up a great group of...
By Hikmet Sidney Loe
The Western Museum Association (WMA) is excited to bring visitors to Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty during a Pre-Conference Tour at the 2013 Annual Meeting. Read more about what’s in store…
Photo by Hikmet Sidney Loe, www.hikmetsidneyloe.com


By the time the American artist Robert Smithson determined he wanted to create a monumental earthwork in the late 1960s, he was...
By Karen Stark
Coming to Salt Lake City for the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting? Here’s your chance to participate in pre-conference intensive workshop based on Utah’s award-winning program that helps small museums learn how to create inexpensive interpretive exhibits that excite, engage, and educate visitors.
All across the West there are small museums full of historical and...
A closer look at the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting host city…
By Chrissy Upton
The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) is a lucky institution indeed. Located in the heart of Salt Lake City, UMOCA is surrounded not only by the beautiful landscape, but also by a supportive and talented artistic community. In fact, Martin Prosperity Institute named Salt Lake City the 8th most...
Conference attendance is not always as easy as we would like it to be. Attendees must consider travel and lodging expenses, registration fees, and time away from their organizations, all while justifying their attendance to their bosses.
The Western Museums Association (WMA) is continuously looking for ways to help and support museum professionals around the Western region (and beyond!)....
By Steven Olsen
As my three daughters were growing up, one of their favorite songs began, “Make new friends and keep the old; one is silver and the other is gold.” This line could be the slogan for the upcoming Western Museums Association (WMA) 2013 Annual Meeting, October 9-12, 2013 in Salt Lake City. Those of you who haven’t been to the “Crossroads of the West” since WMA was first here in 1996...

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