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Michigan Museums Association

This page contains a list of non-MMA workshops and programs that you may find helpful.


Free Conference
Winds of Opportunity (WOO) In Barry County
September 22-24

Location:  Pierce Cedar Creek Institute; Hastings, MI

Historic Charlton Park, Putnam District Library in Nashville, and Pierce Cedar Creek Institute are partnering to enable our Barry County and regional associates to attend sessions of the American Association for State and Local History's Annual Conference (AASLH), Winds of Opportunity, for FREE!

This year's conference, Winds of Opportunity, will be held in Oklahoma City; however, six of their best sessions are being provided as interactive webinars.  Help us make the most of our webinar connection by attending as many sessions as you like.  The webinars promise something for everyone -- from curators, volunteers, teachers, directors, archivists, and public relations staff.

One LIVE session, “Doing Oral Histories” will be held on Friday, Sept. 24 from 1:00-2:45 pm, presented by Donna Odom of the Southwest Michigan Black Heritage Society. She will discuss the importance of oral interviews in researching local history, planning an oral history project, preparing for the interview, conducting the interview and follow-up. Another LIVE session led by Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, will be held on Thursday, Sept. 23 from 1:00-2:45 pm.

Please dress casually for these sessions! Pre-registration is required; please select the sessions you plan to attend and note the days you plan to eat lunch at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute.  To reserve your spot, please register online at: www.charltonpark.org, and click the link on the right side of the screen “WOO of Barry County” and you will be taken to the registration page.

 Please register by September 15th!

Wednesday, September 22nd
1:30 - 2:00  Networking Time
2:00 - 3:15  Session 1:  Using Resources Wisely:  Training and Evaluating Volunteers
3:15 - 3:30  Break
3:30 - 4:45  Session 2:  Governance and Training for Tired and Humorless Organizations
4:45 - 5:00  Wrap Up Time

Thursday, September 23rd
10:00 - 10:30  Networking Time
10:30 - 11:45  Session 3:  Engaging Students and Teachers Through Collections
11:45 - 1:00  Lunch Break ($8 per person; payable to Pierce on site)
1:00 - 2:45  Session 4: LIVE session ~ Nature Presentation or walk with PCCI staff
2:45 - 3:00  Break
3:00 - 4:15  Session 5:  What's Radical About Radical Trust?
4:15 - 5:00  Wrap Up Time

Friday, September 24th
10:00 - 10:30  Networking Time
10:30 - 11:45  Session 6:  How Corporate Relationships Can Be a Game Changer for Your Museum
11:45 - 1:00  Lunch Break ($8 per person; payable to Pierce on site)
1:00 - 2:45  Session 7:  LIVE session ~ Doing Oral Histories with Donna Odom
2:45 - 3:00  Break
3:00 - 4:15  Session 8:  Small Museums, Big Impact
4:15 - 5:00  Wrap Up Time

 

Please see attached AASLH description of the Winds of Opportunity online conference or visit www.aaslh.org

Questions may be directed to putnamlibrary.director@yahoo.com or submitted when you register to attend.

Directions to Pierce Cedar Creek Institute can be found here:  http://www.cedarcreekinstitute.org/about_us/find_us/



American Association of Museums -- Museum Essentials 2010

Don't miss these exciting offerings!
Step-by-Step Collections Acquisition
Sept. 22 - Take a “basics” look at the step-by-step process of bringing an object into your collection.

Understanding the Three Dimensions of Your Board
Oct. 20 - Understand board members' fiduciary role and how they can be generative and strategic for the organization.

Face-to-face opportunity!
Museum Management Seminar Returns Sept. 30-Oct. 1: “Strategy in Action”
Join museum management and administration colleagues for two days of sessions, information sharing and networking during the Current Issues in Museum Management Seminar 2010: Strategy in Action at the Atlanta History Center. Registration: AAM member: $295; non-member: $395.


The Michigan Oral History Association (MOHA) partners with the Harbor Springs History Museum in offering a workshop on September 11, 2010, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  MOHA's education team, experienced in recording, transcribing and archiving interviews, will share their expertise and educational material relating to methodology and techniques.


For more information, contact MOHA at 517-321-1746 or at gwiskemann@arq.net.  Or call Harbor Springs History Museum at 231-526-9771. 


The Association of Midwest Museums is holding its annual conference October 6-9, in Cleveland, in partnership with the Ohio Association of Museums.  Click here for more information and to register.

A SPACE ODYSSEY: STORAGE STRATEGIES FOR CULTURAL COLLECTIONS Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

in partnership with the Midwest Art Conservation Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
October 12-13, 2010
This comprehensive two-day program will address storage planning needs for institutions of all sizes.

Experts in the field of design, space planning, and environmental control will speak about practical methods and applications to improve and maximize storage spaces for cultural collections.  Sessions will include case studies that demonstrate the implementation of storage initiatives and will address:
Planning for Storage Projects
*The essentials of collections storage
*Allocating resources and funding for collections storage projects
*Space planning
*Case study on funding, planning and building new collections storage

Environmental Control and Implementation
*Understanding HVAC systems
*Factors for selection in off-site storage
*Retrofitting less than ideal storage spaces
*Open storage
*Moving collections

Hosted and co-sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society.  The fee for this two-day program is $225 for CCAHA and MACC members and $250 for non-members (To encourage institutions to register staff involved at all levels of collections planning and management, a fee reduction of $50 is being offered to a second staff member from the same institution).  Major funding for this project was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For more information, go to www.ccaha.org.  Questions? Call 215-545-0613 or email pso@ccaha.org.

The 17th Annual MCHE Conference will be held on Thursday, November 4, 2010 at the Ramada Inn in Lansing, Michigan. This year’s conference theme is:  “Bringing History Home: Local Stories, Global Context.”

This year’s MCHE conference theme explores the teaching and learning of history in different sites including classrooms (elementary, middle, high school), museums, and other public history sites. The theme also explores how connections are made in these sites between local, state, national, and global histories, as well as the connections between literacy and teaching history. MCHE welcomes proposals that address this broad theme as well as submissions addressing other aspects of history education.

To download a CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM ONLY, click here.

To submit a paper proposal, please download our conference presenter’s form.

 
 
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