By Eric Taylor
A first glance a playful panel discussion at the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting Program
What happens when imagination takes flight at historic sites? What kinds of electric connections spark when artists tailor their creative impulses to heritage places? One never knows for sure, but that is the magic of a new program that embraces the unexpected in matching the...
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While there certainly promises to be a lot of learning and innovation at the Western Museums Association (WMA) 2013 Annual Meeting, it is also important to connect with your colleagues and friends. With the theme of Drive On! Museums and the Future we will be asking questions, sharing perspectives, and by reaching out to one another while in Salt Lake City this October.
In addition to numerous...
In addition to numerous...
Cap off your stay in Salt Lake City at the Western Museums Association (WMA) 2013 Annual Meeting with an evening at the Church History Museum. This Evening Event – FREE to all attendees – will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2013 from 5:30 pm—7:30 pm. A short walk from the Hilton Salt Lake City Center, the Museum’s historical exhibits provide a greater context for the settlement of the Salt Lake...
By Aldona Jonaitis
A first glance at the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting Program
One session to attend at the Western Museums Association (WMA) 2013 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City is Reflections and Projections: Perspectives on the Museum Profession. We – Gail Anderson, Art Wolf, Stephen Olsen and Aldona Jonaitis – have together had almost 140 years of museum experience. Our...
A first glance at the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting Program
One session to attend at the Western Museums Association (WMA) 2013 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City is Reflections and Projections: Perspectives on the Museum Profession. We – Gail Anderson, Art Wolf, Stephen Olsen and Aldona Jonaitis – have together had almost 140 years of museum experience. Our...
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 Jenette Purdy
A closer look at the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting host state…
Nestled in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, Park City is a mountain treasure located only 30 miles from downtown Salt Lake. Park City bustles with skiers and snowboarders from all over the world in the winter months, but summer and fall have made this mountain town a true year round destination. From...
A closer look at the Western Museums Association 2013 Annual Meeting host state…
Nestled in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, Park City is a mountain treasure located only 30 miles from downtown Salt Lake. Park City bustles with skiers and snowboarders from all over the world in the winter months, but summer and fall have made this mountain town a true year round destination. From...
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...
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...
A vital component of the WMA’s mission is fun, and these Evening Events...
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...
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...
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...
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