THE THIRD ANNUAL DIRECTORS FORUM

To: Art Museum Directors

From:   John W. Nichols
        Director of Museum Sevices
        The American Federation of Arts

I am writing to remind you that the Third Annual DIRECTORS FORUM will be
held in New York City, onNovemeber 10-12, 1996. A program of the AFA,
this annual meeting has quickly emerged as a vital resource network for
the leaders of small- to medium-sized art museums. DIRECTORS FORUM
provides a unique forum for both structured and informal discussion of
the specific challenges that confront decision makers in the art museum
community every day. The three-day program includes general sessions,
workshops, discussion groups, special museum and collections visits, and
private receptions.

DIRECTORS FORUM is open to full-time directors of not-for-profit art
museums and galleries who are not members of AAMD. Specifics about this
year's meeting follow:

WHAT:   Third Annual DIRECTORS FORUM

WHEN:   November 10-12, 1996

WHERE:  New York City

THEME:  CROSS CURRENTS: Navigating the Perils and Pleasures of Leadership

HOTEL:  St. Moritz on the Park

SESSION VENUES: The Jewish Museum
                National Academy of Design
                The Newark Museum
                The Studio Museum in Harlem

FEE:    $315 for AFA-member museum directors
        $350 for non-members museum directors
        (includes conference materials, sessions, selected meals,
                receptions, and limited transportation)

CONTACT:        Museum Services Department
                The American Federation of Arts
                41 East 65th Street
                New York, New York 10021-6594
                Phone: 800-232-0270, ex. 39
                Fax: 212-861-2487
                e-mail: [log in to unmask]

The American Federation of Arts is a not-for-profit organization that has
been servicing the art museum community since 1909 with traveling
exhibitions, specialized services, and reduced rate insurance and
transportation programs for art.