Museum Conference in Taos! 
Why not make your next conference be at a great destination?
Enjoy the Mystic of Taos in the Land of Enchantment
at
Mountain-Plains Museums Association’s 
 2006 Conference 
September 18 - 22, 2006
 

MPMA’s Conference Program  is available online at www.mpma.org  Conference 
Programs are in the mail to MPMA members!  Want a copy? Respond to this email.
 
Taos is rich with art, steeped in history and continues to have an active art 
scene. It has a wealth of restaurants, museums, galleries and shops.  Its 
rich southwestern cultural legacy is set amid the striking contrasts of its 
natural beauty.  This backdrop offers the perfect compliment to MPMA’s conference 
theme:  When Cultures Converge, Doors Open.  

Join us this September  in a meeting some are saying is incredibly strong in 
history, material culture and the great museum issues of the day.  

More workshops than ever this year:  
1.Workshop - Taos Pottery 
2. Workshop - Certified Institutional Protection Manager
3. Workshop - Historic Gardens 
4. Workshop - Hispanic Pottery 
5. Workshop - From Digital Capture to Database Presentation
6. Workshop - Historic Tools 
7. Workshop - Faux Food 
8. Workshop - Product Development for Museums
9. Workshop - Mannequins 
10. Workshop - Capital Projects
 
Sessions:  Sessions feature Taos,  historical objects, fine art as well as 
ones pertaining to the museum profession.  Here’s a short list of the many that 
will be offered.
 
• Collecting Taos: Great Museum Collections of Taos Society of Artists
• Taos Art Colony: Perspectives from Descendants
• Taking a Small Museum from Uh Oh to Excellent
• 12,000 Years of New Mexico Art and Architecture
• NAGPRA: A Convergence of Cultures, Past, Present & Future
• Taos Pueblo: In the Presence of a World Landmark
• Creating Outstanding Audio/Video Programs
• Hands-on History Camp
• Tough Terrain: “Problem Areas” for Administrators
• Economic Impact of Arts and Cultural Industries
• Charitable Giving: Making it Part of Your Museum’s Culture
• A Candid Conversation on Cultural Property
• Russian Artists in Taos
•  Demystifying the Strategic Planning Process
•  Twelve Security Lessons from Katrina and Rita
•  It’s Not Landscaping; It’s an Outdoor Interpretive Planting!
• Directors as Agents of Change
• Reaching Out to the Home School Audience
• Controlling Relative Humidity
 
Tours: These tours will show you hidden treasures of Taos 
• Historic Homes and Artist Studio Tour
• Historic Tour of Taos
• Shopping and Historic Tour of Taos and Environs
 
Evening Events: Network and  see what’s inside these incredible
museums and galleries
 
• Millicent Rogers Museum
• Taos Art Museum
• The Harwood Museum of Art
• La Hacienda de los Martinez
• Gallery Walking Tour  - open late just for delegates
 
Other Events Too Good To Pass Up:
•MPMA’s Tribal Museum Network’s Opening Welcome
•Forum on the Closing of the Department of Interior’s Three Indian Museums
•Cowboy Dancing at the Historic Sagebrush Bar
 
Discuss Issues and Meet Friends 
There are always people ready to strike up a conversation at ANY hour at MPMA’
s Conferences,  particularly at the following events:
•Late-Nite at the Bar: To Collect or Not to Collect...That is the Question 
Facing Museum Professionals
•Winedale Reunion
•Inclusive Practices Mixer and Dialogue about Community Matters
•KU Alumns and Students
•Museum Directors Roundtable Cocktail Hour
•New Mexico Association of Museums Reception
•Affinity Groups aimed at your professional expertise
 
You don’t want to miss this conference.    For more information on the annual 
meeting, check out the MPMA’s web site at www.mpma.org or call us at the MPMA 
office: (303) 979-9358 or e-mail [log in to unmask] Need a program mailed 
to you?  Call us at the office or respond to this email.

2006: Year of the Museum
MPMA's Annual Conference in 2006 is in Taos, New Mexico, September 18-22nd.  
Join us as we explore together "A Convergence of Cultures" and learn about the 
wonders of 
northern New Mexico's material culture.
MPMA: A Ten-state museum network
MPMA is the professional service provider to museums in ten states: Colorado, 
Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, 
Texas and Wyoming.
For more information 
Click here: Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA)

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