Tara Tetrault wrote:

Anne -

I am interested in finding out more information about the meeting in
Baltimore.  You can address it to me personally if you like at
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Thanks,
Tara

Anne Ackerson wrote:
>
> Dear Listers:
>
> Last Fall, the Regional Council of Historical Agencies (RCHA), a museum
> service agency based in Cooperstown, NY, developed and implemented a 3-day
> retreat-style institute for new museum directors in NYS.  The project was
> funded by the NYS Council on the Arts. I assisted the director of RCHA in
> developing and implemented the institute (which was a great success, by the
> way).
>
> A key factor in the conception of the institute was a trend we're seeing in
> NYS among small to mid-sized history (primarily) museum directors -- that
> is, many have come to their directorships from other careers, some of those
> careers being totally unrelated to museums.  We're also seeing a number of
> these institutions going begging for directors, partly (I suppose) due to
> salary, location, and general lack of vision on the part of boards and
> staff to develop the potential of these museums.
>
> The RCHA director, an institute participant and I are going to present a
> panel discussion about the institute at this year's AASLH/MAAM annual
> meeting in Baltimore.  To help frame the discussion, I thought it might be
> useful to get a handle on the bigger picture.  I'd like to ask the list if
> the trends we're seeing in smaller institutions in NYS are trends that are
> happening in other states?  Do you see  a shortage of qualified  museum
> leadership in the smaller institution? How critical is the problem?  What
> can be done to address it?
>
> Thanks for your thoughts on the matter.  We'll incorporate them into our
> remarks in Baltimore.
>
> Anne Ackerson, Administrator
> Museum Association of New York
> 189 Second Street
> Troy, New York  12180
> 518-273-3400
>
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