Saturday's sessions will be highlighted by our keynote speaker, Dr. Robert Archibald, Missouri History Museum, 2012 Recipient of the American Association for State and Local History's Award of Distinction.

The theme for this year's conference is "Telling Missouri's Stories." The meeting will begin with behind-the-scenes tours of the Missouri State Archives and the Missouri State Museum on Friday afternoon, followed by an evening reception at the Capitol sponsored and hosted by Missouri State Museum.

http://missourimuseums.org/conference/2012

Saturday sessions include:

Archival Research Issues, Mary Beth Brown, University of Missouri

Disaster Preparedness Kits, Linda Landry, Missouri History

MuseumVisitor Experience and Programming, Jess Rezac, American Jazz Museum, and Geoff Giglierano, Missouri Humanities Council

Advocacy, Karen Witter, Illinois State Museum and Chair, Association of Midwest Museums Advocacy Committee

The Jefferson City Double Tree by Hilton Hotel will host the meeting.

Registration for the conference is $35 for members and students and $50 for non-members. A block of rooms has been set aside at the Jefferson City Double Tree by Hilton Hotel. Please contact the Double Tree at (573) 636-5101 by October 5 to reserve a room at this special rate. To reserve a room online, visit http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/J/JEFDTDT-MHU-20121017/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

More information and online registration: "Telling Missouri's Stories": Annual Meeting in association with the Missouri Humanities Council

http://missourimuseums.org/conference/2012

Best regards,Missouri Association for Museums and Archives