>Please assist us with promoting the Winedale Museum Seminar on >Administration and Interpretation by including the following information >in your affinity group/association newsletter: > >WINEDALE MUSEUM SEMINAR >ON >ADMINISTRATION & INTERPRETATION >NOVEMBER 4-14, 2001 >Celebrating 30 years of Service to the Museum Community >The ten day residential training program is 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, web site design, object >research, historical photos, educational programming, living history, >program evaluation, design and fabrication of exhibits, conservation of >collections 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. This year the seminar celebrates its 30th anniversary with >special activities and a reunion of graduates and guests. A registration >fee of $600 covers room and board and all materials including a seminar manual. >Deadline for applications is Sept. 21, 2001 >For details, information or an application contact: >Kit Neumann, Seminar Coordinator >Texas Historical Commission; P O Box 12276, Austin, Tx 78711 >512/463-5756 [log in to unmask] >At 08:33 PM 3/3/2001 -0500, you wrote: >>Kit, >>Scott Becker forwarded your email, but I couldn't open the attachment. >>Please >>re-send that text within the body of the email. >>Thanks. >>Aaron Isaacs, Editor >>Railway Museum Quarterly 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]