BUILDING MUSEUMS 2006 A Mid-Winter Mid-Atlantic Symposium February 16-18, 2006 Hosted by some of Washington's most prestigious museums, including: * National Building Museum, * Smithsonian National Zoological Park * Hillwood Museum & Gardens * Katzen Arts Center at American University. Advancing three guiding principles critical to building success: * Vision (planning your building project) * Implementation (making your vision a reality) * Sustainability (life after opening the doors) Highlights of Building Museums 2006: * All new plenary and concurrent sessions * Keynote Addresses * "Museum Building Basics" Half-day Workshop This year's symposium is presented in collaboration with the Association of Children's Museums, a MAAM Marketing/Membership Partner. If you are a member of another Regional Museum Association, MAAM Member rates apply to your registration (you do not have "Join" MAAM). ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM This symposium is for architects, museum leaders, planners, project managers, technical experts, and all those who plan or implement new construction, renovation, or expansion projects for museums. We have created an interactive and accessible menu of topics, museum projects, and discussion leaders for a wide audience. Whether your institution is a small historic site under renovation, a mid-sized art museum planning an expansion, or a large children's museum building a new facility, this symposium will provide you the opportunity to: * Better understand the process of planning, implementing, and surviving new construction, renovation, or expansion projects * Examine case studies, current trends, topical issues, and specific projects related to building projects across a broad range of museum sizes and scales, budgets, scope of building projects, diversity of disciplines, and collecting vs. non-collections-holding institutions * Actively discuss museum building projects with other museum professionals, architects, planners, project managers, and technical experts to better inform the process of building * Access resources for architectural firms, consultants, museum projects, and museum leaders through the Building Museums Resource Guide The symposium is organized under three inter-related themes: Vision, Implementation, and Sustainability. The content of each day will reflect these themes across a broad range of museum sizes and scales, budgets, scope of building projects, disciplines, and collecting vs. non-collecting institutions. Program formats include panel discussions, keynote addresses, open forum dialogues and practicums. Register by January 1 and save up to $150 on registration! John T. Suau Executive Director Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums The Carroll Mansion 800 East Lombard Street Baltimore, MD 21202-4511 T 410/223-1194 F 410/223-2773 E [log in to unmask] W http://www.midatlanticmuseums.org ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).