Don't
forget!!
We want your great ideas, knowledge and experience. Share
with your colleagues!
TODAY -
Monday, November 5 at 11:00 am PST is the final deadline for session proposals for the
Western
Museums Association
2008 Annual Meeting
Co-sponsored
by Museums Alaska
September
17-21, 2008 Anchorage, Alaska
Go to http://www.westmuse.org/anchorage_theme.html
Make sure to
read the proposal guidelines at http://www.westmuse.org/anchorage_rfp.html
NO LIMITS:
Museums Define the Future
Alaska is a land
without limits. The largest and most rugged of our states, Alaska is known for its
vast wilderness landscape. From the frozen tundra of the north to the high
reaches on Denali in the interior to the glaciers and rainforests of the
southeast, Alaska seemingly goes on forever. The people who make the state
their home have attitudes as unconstrained as their environment. As diverse as
the population of Alaska is, its residents have one thing in common: a spirit
of individualism that bends or breaks the rules that the rest of the country
lives by. "We don't care how everyone else does it -- we'll do it our
way," is an often-heard refrain.
We can learn a
great deal from Alaska. As open minded as we would like to believe we are, we
museum professionals often surround ourselves with artificial rules and limits
that stifle the potential and possibilities of our institutions. What rules
have we imposed on our collections and exhibits? What regulates our
institutional mission? What limits are there on our very definition of what a
museum is? In an ever changing society, museums must undergo evolution to
remain relevant. But change is often stifled by the artificial limitations of
our museum traditions.
Propose a session
and join us in Anchorage in 2008 for a chance to break free of these limits...
Program Committee
Chairs
Aldona Jonaitis
Executive
Director, University of Alaska Museum of the North
Kurt Zwolfer
Education
Specialist, Idaho Historical Museum
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