10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Creating a Collections Model Based on Indigenous Needs
Learning Format: Passive Learning
In 2021, the Cultural Resources Department at Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community completed construction of a new stand-alone 24,500 square foot cultural repository to house and care for tribal collections under the direction of the Huhugam Ki: Museum. In transferring the collections from existing storage areas, the staff addressed the need to build a better collections foundation to meet the tribal priorities and objectives for a cultural repository designed by tribal members.
State Humanities Councils and Museum Associations: Intersection and Collaboration
Learning Format: Active Learning
The Environmentally Conscious Museum: Strategies for Sustainability
Learning Format: Passive Learning
Museum professionals and sustainability experts will share the latest ideas and advancements in museum policy, design, and operations in environmental sustainability. Participants will learn how they can engage in these programs or take these ideas back to their institutions and begin or advance their own sustainability initiatives. Ample time will be reserved for questions allowing participants to share their experiences with the group. Presenters will provide prompting questions for the audience to engage in conversation.
BlAZe of Glory: The Healing Flames of the Desert
Learning Format: Active Learning
Share a mean tweet, online review, visitor comment card, performance appraisal, museum secret or wish and then drop it into the fire and let it burn!. The cleansing flames will burn away the negativity and like phoenixes (or in this case down the road from Phoenix) we will all rise from the ashes and fly into the future full of positivity and optimism!