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Call for Applications for the 2014 Museum Education Marketplace of Ideas
Held at the 2014 American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting
Seattle, WA
Monday, May 19, 2014
Hosted by the Education Professional Network (EdCom) of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) in collaboration with the Museum Education Roundtable (MER)
The theme for this year’s AAM Annual Meeting is The Innovation Edge, creating a focus on how museums are working in imaginative new ways. Complimenting this theme, the 2014 Marketplace of Ideas will showcase Innovative Collaboration in museum education. Exhibitors will share how their museum is collaborating inter-departmentally or stretching beyond the museum’s walls to partner with other cultural institutions, nonprofits, schools, community organizations, or others.
We know museums are doing exciting new things and, in many ways, museum educators are adopting and implementing techniques that are changing education. Talk and reflect with colleagues at the Marketplace of Ideas as we all strive to find best practices for innovative collaboration.
Participants must be AAM or MER members. Applications are due Wednesday, February 5, 2014.
2014 Museum Education Marketplace of Ideas Exhibit Application
Mail, fax or email this form by Wednesday, February 5, 2014 to:
Betsy Bowers, Deputy Director of Museum Education
Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center
National Museum of Natural History
10th & Constitution Avenue, NW
MRC 184 PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Institution: _______________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________
Contact person/Title: _______________________________________________________
Office Phone:___________________________ FAX: _____________________________
Home phone: __________________________ E-mail: ____________________________
Cell phone (if need to reach you during the conference): ____________________________
Exhibit Title: ______________________________________________________________
Please answer the following question. Applicants may attach additional sheets if necessary. (For application review purposes only.)
How does your exhibit address the Marketplace theme: Innovative Collaboration?
How does your project address challenges in new and inventive ways?
Marketplace of Ideas set-up:
• Presenters will be provided with a 6-foot table and two chairs.
• Please keep presentations low tech/high touch.
• Presenters are encouraged to provide printed materials, a brief project description, and contact information to share with colleagues.
• Wireless internet access will be available. Presenters must bring their own laptop and extension cords for any digital presentations. Make sure your battery is charged. Access to electric outlets may be limited.
Hosted by the Education Professional Network (EdCom) of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) in collaboration with the
Museum Education Roundtable (MER)
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Betsy Bowers
Deputy Director of Museum Education
Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center
National Museum of Natural History
Sara McGuire
Graduate Student
The George Washington University
Museum Education Program