HURRY:  Register by July 7^th   for a discounted registration to MPMA’s regional museum conference in Casper, Wyoming, September 7-10, 2004.

Click here: Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA) to register

or go to MPMA's Web site:  www.mountplainsmuseums.org

 

●  incredible trips all around Wyoming, including to Yellowstone

●  best learning and professional development venues in the museum field

●  useful networking opportunities for all participants, including trustees

●  great source for the latest museum trends and issues (national, regional and local)

 

                            Why come to a regional museum conference? 

For the variety.  Meet people from 10 states, talk to many exhibits designers or directors, network with museums outside your state for loans and ideas, and still nurture friendships in small settings. 

 

Conference Highlights:

● Keynoter:  Jack Horner, noted paleontologist who advised Steven Spielberg

● Trustees Day:  attend governance sessions directed at directors and board members 

● Exhibit Hall – see the latest in products and services just for museums  

● Sessions:  IRS rules for museums, customer service, exhibiting tricks, tribal museums, hazards in collections, displaying a gun collection, dealing with visitors, web site tricks, going digital, fundraising, professional training for students, volunteers, collection storage solutions, transporting collections, new directors, insurance, pre-school programs and MORE!

 

● Workshops:  Historic firearms identification and care, planning for a new building, and surviving construction.

● Late-night activities:  Museum Censorship (our late-nite “bar” session), Museum Fear Factor and a western BBQ at a historic military fort.

 

● Tours: Best pre-conference tours MPMA has put on yet!  See military forts, dinosaurs, Yellowstone and the pioneer trails.  During the conference, we’ll visit ALL the local museums, including Casper’s’ new Trails museum and  private collections.

 

● Affinity meetings: Meet kindred souls in these small, networking gatherings.

 

● Kids Track for families!

 

Register online at http://www.mountplainsmusuems.org/.  Join MPMA and get a greater discount on registration.

 

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