As some of you know, AAM hosted a meeting in August to discuss their role in
meeting the needs of small museums.   Because the meeting was arranged
rather hastily (to coincide with the Standing Professional Committee
Council's summer meeting) there was no money available for travel and only
those living close by were able to attend.   However representatives of a
variety of organizations that are concerned with this issue were present,
including AASLH, the National Trust for Historic Preservation,  the Virginia
Association of Museums, the Small Museums Association, the Mid-Atlantic
Association of Museums and the Small Museum Administrators Committee.
Minutes of the meeting have been distributed on the MuseSmall,
SmallMuseumAssoc and SMA-L lists.

This meeting was intended to be the beginning of a series of discussions
which I hope will continue over the coming year (and beyond) at the various
state, regional and national museum meetings.

A roundtable has now been scheduled to be held at the  Midwest Museum
Association meeting in Minneapolis on Saturday, November 16 at 10:45 a.m.
I would very much like to hear from those who are interesting in attending
the roundtable (it will be open to all conference attendees), especially
anyone who are involved in organizations that serve small museums on a
local, state or regional level.

Also please let me know if you would a copy of the August meeting minutes.

janice

Janice Klein
Chair, SMAC-AAM
DIrector, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College
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www.mitchellmuseum.org

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