Annual Meeting Call for Proposals
Deadline: February 4, 2004

The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) and the Pennsylvania
Federation of Museums (PFMHO) will host a joint annual meeting in
Philadelphia, PA on October 16-19, 2004.

Your professional expertise is needed now! Develop a program session for the
MAAM/PFMHO 2004 annual meeting and receive a FREE one-year MAAM membership!
All non-member presenters on sessions accepted by the MAAM/PFMHO Program
Committee will be provided a complimentary one-year membership in the
Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums beginning in June 2004.

*** IN MUSEUMS WE TRUST ***
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: February 2, 2004
MEETING DATES: October 16-19, 2004
LOCATION: Loews Hotel Philadelphia

Volunteer to chair or coordinate a session proposal for the 2004 meeting by
February 4, 2004! Your expertise helps to advance the association mission
and provides new, emerging and current museum staff, trustees, and
volunteers with important professional development opportunities. Suggest a
topic for discussion OR submit your name and area of expertise to MAAM
offices for consideration on sessions, please register on the MAAM Web
site!(Deadline: January 31, 2004)

Proposal Information
A copy of the Annual Meeting Theme, Proposal Guidelines, and Proposal Form
are available on the MAAM Web site at: www.midatlanticmuseums.org. Please
click on the icon IN MUSEUMS WE TRUST for details.

*** Art Museums and the Public Trust ***
Recommended Reading for 2004:
Whose Muse? Art Museums and the Public Trust
Edited by James Cuno, Director, Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
Published by Princeton University Press, this new book features articles by
five of the leading US/British art museum directors, including:

- Phillipe de Montebello, Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Glenn D. Lowry, Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Neil MacGregor, Director, British Museum, London
- John Walsh, Director Emeritus, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- James Wood, Director, Art Institute of Chicago

Anne d'Harnoncourt, Director, Philadelphia Museum of Art also participated
in the roundtable discussion documented in this book. MAAM members can
purchase the book at a 20% discount through the NEW MAAM on-line bookstore!


Thank you for your continued support of MAAM programs!

John T. Suau
Executive Director
Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
The Carroll Mansion
800 East Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
(T) 410/223.1194
(F) 410/223.2773
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