>Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 10:18:30 -0500 >To: museum list >From: Kit Neumann <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Winedale Museum Seminar, Nov 5-16, 2000 > >The Winedale Museum Seminar on Administration & Interpretation, Nov. 5-16, >2000, is a ten day residential training program designed to improve the >quality and promote the continuing development of museums, historical >organizations and cultural institutions. The seminar is open to staff >members and experienced volunteers of museums, historic sites and cultural >organizations of all sizes. Participants are selected through an >application process. Topics include: administrative issues, grant >writing, trustee relations, legal issues, volunteer management, web site >design, object research, historical photos, educational programming, >living history, program evaluation, design and fabrication of exhibits, >conservation of collections, security and special events. Twenty >participants live dormitory style at the Winedale Historical Center, a >property administered by the Center for American History, University of >Texas. The peaceful environment creates an ambiance noted for enhancing >concentration on seminar issues and enabling participants to relax and >escape the stressful pressures of the workplace. Home cooking, large >porches with rocking chairs and beautiful sunsets over the small lake >offset the intense pace of seminar activities. A registration fee of $600 >covers room and board and all materials including a seminar >manual. Deadline for applications is Sept. 19, 2000. For details, >information or an application contact: >Kit Neumann, Seminar Coordinator >Texas Historical Commission >[log in to unmask] >512/463-5756 Kit Neumann, Coordinator of Museum Services Texas Historical Commission History Programs Division P O Box 12276, Austin, TX 78711 512/463-5756 [log in to unmask]