Any chance that people will be drinking Coors while discussing "is the Museum Necessary" at the bar? There should be some very interesting conversations, I'll bet.
Jean
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Exciting Museum conference in the West
October 7-11, 2003
Golden, Colorado
Early Bird Registration ends this Friday (9/12) for the annual regional
(10-states) museum conference hosted by Mountain-Plains Museums Association.
Registrations are flooding in for this one as people head to Colorado and its
mountains for fun, western movies and awesome sessions.
Highlights:
Location: Golden is a wonderful western town near Denver; Coors hometown.
Biggest exhibitor hall ever - over 40 businesses displaying products and
services
2 Great Workshops - Conservation. and Great Tours (based on the best book so
far
for creating/presenting tours)
Directors/Trustees Day - sessions to help decision-makers run a museum
Fascinating Speakers: Gully Stanford, Arts Advocate, will discuss arts,
funding
and challenges. Peggy Engel, Managing Editor of the Newseum in DC, will
discuss
museums and presenting news. Her chief exhibits designer, Bryan Seiling,
will
follow with advice on how to fast track exhibits. Lou Casagrande, AAM
Board
Chair and Pres of Boston's Childrens Museum, will give us the skinny on
national
museum news/issues. He'll join other AAM Board members at breakfast to
discuss challenges for today's museums and decision-makers.
Tour to see the Rockies-see Colorado's beautiful mountains up close, visit a
mine
and see incredible museum collections tucked away in two well-preserved
mountain towns.
Freaky Friday: tours to private collections (bikes, cars), scenic areas,
Denver
sights, nature hike. Day ends with Talent Show and PJ Party featuring
western
films and songs.
Small gatherings by affiliate groups for you to meet colleagues who do what
you do
and share tactics
Sessions that cover the gamut: tribal issues, governance, education,
exhibits,
volunteers, IRS, training, museum stores, collections, architecture,
capital
campaigns, financial challenges, insurance, moving collections,
audiences,
storage issues, ethics, graphics, marketing, travel exhibits, and more!
Not to be missed: "Enhancing Your Vocal Quality/Presentation Style" and
"Is this
Museum Necessary?" The latter is a late-nite bar session.
Wanna come? Respond to this email for a program/registration.
Or call 303-979-9358.
MPMA's 2003 Conference will be held in Golden, October 7-11, 2003. Why come
to Golden? Coors, mountains and great sessions and tours. Plus, it will be
peak foliage time in the Rockies.
MPMA's 2004 conference = Casper, Wyoming: September 7-10 (plan your Labor Day
family vacation around the conference with tours to Yellowstone, etc.).
(Ms.) Monta Lee Dakin, Executive Director
Mountain-Plains Museums Association
7110 West David Drive, Littleton, CO 80128-5404
303-979-9358 / 303-979-3553 (fax)
web site: www.mountplainsmuseums.org
email: [log in to unmask]
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