>Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:31:59 -0600 >To: TAM list >From: Kit Neumann <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Fwd: Winedale Museum Seminar Nov 4-14, 2001 > > >>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:48:54 -0600 >>To: museum list >>From: Kit Neumann <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: Winedale Museum Seminar Nov 4-14, 2001 >> >>THE WINEDALE MUSEUM SEMINAR >>ON >>ADMINISTRATION & INTERPRETATION >>NOVEMBER 4-14, 2001 >>30th Anniversary >>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, material culture, historical photographs, educational >>programming, living history, program evaluation, design and fabrication >>of exhibits, conservation and special events. A field trip to San >>Antonio allows participants the opportunity to visit museums and apply >>concepts introduced during the seminar, visit with staff and experience >>the special atmosphere of the historic city and its famous >>RiverWalk. 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 September 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] 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]