Save the Date!
This year's MMA Annual Conference will be held October 5-7 in Kalamazoo. We'll be posting more details soon, so stay tuned.

I Want To Start A New Museum
This is a question we get a lot at MMA. Here's an insightful article from the Center for the Future of Museums -- including the key questions to ask yourself if you'd like to start a new museum.

New Board Members
At our conference in October, eight new members were added to our Board of Directors. New to the Board are:

Sarah Waters
Visitor Experience Coordinator
Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Kenneth Pott
Executive Director
The Heritage Museum and Cultural Center

Ida B. Tomlin
Chief Operating Officer
Detroit Zoological Society

Jennifer Wild Czajkowski
Director, Interpretive Programs
Department of Learning and Interpretation
The Detroit Institute of Arts

Steven Arseneau
Director
The Museum at Southwestern Michigan College

Kim Yecke
Executive Director
Flint Children’s Museum

Ron Bloomfield
Director of Operations/ Chief Historian
Bay County Historical Society

Lisa Craig Brisson
Independent Museum/History Educator

Visit the Contact Us page for our full slate of Board of Directors with email addresses.

We Have New Contact Information!
Effective immediately, our new address is PO Box 2757, Dearborn, Michigan, 48123. Our new phone number is 313 334-7643 and our new fax number is 313 908-5408.

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We're Making Changes!
We're making some changes to the MMA Web site. If you're looking for something and can't find it, or have some suggestions, don't hesitate to contact us (ssteele@michiganmuseums.org). Thanks for your patience!