Leslie van der Lee Scholarships

2006 Small Museum Association Annual Conference

February 26-28, 2006

Ocean City, MD

 

The 2006 SMA Annual Conference highlights the changing face of the small museum.  The theme, "Learning Large in the Small Museum," encourages small museums to reach beyond the normal comfort zones, to look outside the box in order to develop innovative educational programs, creative long-range plans, new collections policies and more.  The daily challenges inherent in small museum operations sometimes prevent staff and volunteers from exploring community resources.  This conference offers small museums the opportunity to form professional relationships, many of which eventually serve to reveal many of the unsuspected resources and connections available.  

 

The SMA Annual Conference Scholarship has been established to offer funding for ten first time SMA Conference attendees.  Leslie van der Lee is an important part of the history of the SMA.  She was responsible for planning the SMA Conference during many of its formative years.  Leslie designed legislation that provided for the Maryland Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Program and taught up-and-coming museum professionals as part of the Museum Studies program at the George Washington University. The scholarship, named in her honor, will cover the cost of the conference registration, room, meals and a one-year membership in the SMA.

 

Eligibility: Anyone affiliated with a museum or historical society may apply.  This includes interns, full-time or part-time employees, or volunteers.  Scholarship recipients will be asked to assist the conference staff for four hours.  Information on specific expectations will be communicated after the selection process is complete. 

 

Application Deadline: postmarked December 1, 2005

 

To receive a copy of the scholarship application contact Tiffany Davis at [log in to unmask] or call (301) 864-6029.


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