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July 2007 TABLE of Dear Colleagues, The 2007 Mid-Atlantic Association of Museum’s Annual Meeting in CONTENTS Pittsburgh promises to usher in MAAM’s 70th anniversary on a very high

note. Confluence & Connections: Museums at the Crossroads, this year’s l e

Theme Statement 2 theme, reflects our host city’s spectacular setting. Indeed, museums stand t t e

Letter From Annual 3 at a crossroads of opportunity and challenge; faced with demands for r Meeting Chair greater public access and relevancy, each institution has choices to make – f r o

Before You Arrive 3 to change and grow, to thrive or perish. As MAAM comes to the western m

border of our region for the first time in its history, our organization can a

Schedule At-A-Glance 4-7 n

do no better than to celebrate the singular success of Pittsburgh’s vibrant n u

s Keynote Speakers 7-8

cultural life of which its museums, a botanical garden and arboretum, a t l

n aerial view of the point of pittsburgh pittsburgh plate glass and zoological organizations play such a vital role. Workshops 8 m e t e n Ticketed Events 9-10 e t o This year’s program offers an especially rich content to the broadest cross- i c section of our region’s membership. Curators, registrars, directors, educators, n

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Confluence & Connections: development personnel, museum studies students, and volunteers from c e Children’s Museum 14 h l of Pittsburgh both small and large institutions will find something of value at MAAM You a b Museums at the Crossroads i a Pittsburgh. The annual meeting also features sessions and events of special r t MAAM Coming Attractions: 14 Arrive... Building Museums and ncreasing capacity, embracing new audiences, and adapting interest for the region’s current generation of emerging professionals. Creating Experiences Don’t forget to check out Visit Pittsburgh at new technologies are among the kaleidoscope of challenges Come to Pittsburgh and discover why this city has been appearing on so www.visitpittsburgh.com and the Western 2 Executive Director, Board 15 3 and Committees Pennsylvania Council of Museums at w g and opportunities faced by the nation’s museums. Join many lists of top ten cities. Discover why Pittsburgh is regarded by so w r www.westernpamuseums.org for all your

I w o many as a city of great museums, wonderful ethnic neighborhoods and . Gecko Group 16 your colleagues for the 2007 Mid-Atlantic Association of travel needs! . s restaurants, and as a center for creativity and innovation. Attend MAAM m m Registration and Marriott Insert i

Museums Annual Meeting to explore these trends and choices. d u Pittsburgh and connect with provocative ideas and hip museums. Or, as

e City Center a s Come to Pittsburgh and discover how you and your institution t

Andy Warhol might have put it, “be there or be square.” l u a m can flourish during these exciting times. n c t i Best, i t Fun Facts About Pittsburgh! c n m a u l Steel City. Iron City. City of Champions. City of Bridges. City of t The Pittsburgh Pirates got their name s a e

John Lovell u d as a result of bad publicity. In 1880 the Colleges. Whatever Pittsburgh’s appellation du jour, this vibrant i Pittsburgh team allegedly "pirated" an m m Chair, 2007 MAAM Annual Meeting

Thank you to VisitPittsburgh for the use of s . city located at the confluence of the Allegheny, Ohio, and

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w and did nothing to smooth over ruffled Monongahela rivers has been widely and justly touted for its g

w feelings. Local newspapers angrily called economic and cultural renaissance. The Carnegie Museums, Pittsburgh "a bunch of Pirates." The epithet stuck, and eventually became the team's the Frick Museum, The Andy Warhol, the Pittsburgh Children’s official name. Museum, and the Senator John Heinz History Center are among

the world-class institutions that await you when you attend MAAM’s 2007 Annual Meeting.

clayton, frick art & historical center andy warhol museum smithfield bridge TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME Sessions of Interest for Wednesday, October 24 Thursday, October 25 (continued) Time Event / Meeting Location Time Event / Meeting Location EMERGING 9:00 am – 5:00 pm White Gloves Gang To Be Announced 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm > > SESSIONS: Children's Museum PROFESSIONALS 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Early Registration Marriott City Center 10) Lights, Cameras, Action: Creating 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm WORKSHOPS: a Film for the Historic Site Client 11) Working with Artists to Create 1) Leadership Training for 1) Heinz History Center Innovative Museum Experiences Collections Professionals October 25, 2007 12) Pittsburgh’s Cultural Institutions as 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm WORKSHOPS: 8:30 am – 10:00 am Catalysts for Change (Double Session) 2) Are you Culturally Competent? 2) August Wilson Center Collections Connections: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm > > SESSIONS: Children's Museum frick art museum Exploring Diversity in Your for African American Talk to the Experts 13) Catalysts for Change – Part 2 Museums and Community Culture’s Gallery 209/9 14) Visitor Connections: Tailoring Tours 10:00 am – Noon 3) Tracking the Past, Planning for 3) Heinz History Center for Small Groups at Historic Sites Career Center and Resume Review the Future: Using PastPerfect as a 15) AAM’s Brooking Paper: Nurturing Noon – 1:00 pm Management Tool for Small Museums Creativity in Museums Leadership Lunch (by invitation) 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting Marriott City Center 16) Proven Problem-Solving Techniques s e 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 7:00 pm – ? Board Dinner Pittsburgh Restaurants for Museums c c h n Weil Lecture 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Opening Reception (Ticketed Event) Andy Warhol Museum e a 8:30 pm – ? pm AAM-Sponsored Emerging To Be Announced d l

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Professionals Event l - AAM’s Brooking Paper: e a Thursday, October 25 - Nurturing Creativity in Museums 8:00 pm – ? pm Dinner on Your Own – with MAAM Board Pittsburgh Restaurants a t and Professional Committees Chairs t a Time Event / Meeting Location

8:30 pm - a e 6:00 am – 7:00 am Health and Wellness Downtown Pittsburgh -

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u 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration Marriott City Center Emerging Professionals l d and Children's Museum a e Friday, October 26 n h October 26, 2007 8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast Children's Museum c c Time Event / Meeting Location e s 10:30 am – Noon 8:30 am – 10:00 am > > SESSIONS: Children's Museum AAM’s Listening Session for MAAM’s 1) Cell Phone Audio Tours Turn Ordinary 6:00 am – 7:00 am Health and Wellness Downtown Pittsburgh Emerging Professionals – Part 1 Visits Into Extraordinary Experiences 8:00 am – 9:30 am Continental Breakfast and Marriott City Center 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm 2) Collections Connections: Opening of Exhibit Hall 4 Talk to the Experts 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open Marriott City Center 5 AAM’s Listening Session – Part 2 w g 3) Good Neighbors: Successful Strategies 8:00 am – 5:00 pm MAAM Silent Auction Marriott City Center cathedral of learning w r 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm w o for Museum-Community Outreach 8:30 am – 10:00 am Whirlwind Downtown Walking Tour Downtown Pittsburgh . Career Center and Resume Review . s 4) Creative Resilience or Change Happens:

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m 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Creatively Managing Change in the 8:30 am – 10:00 am > > PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE Marriott City Center i d u Straight Talk: Conversations with e Museum Environment (Double Session) COUNCIL SESSIONS: a s Coffey Award Recipients 10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break Children's Museum 17) Volunteer Mentors: How Philadelphia t l u

10:00 am – Noon Career Center and Resume Review Children's Museum a m Built a No-Cost Network of Cultural n

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10:30 am – Noon > > SESSIONS: Children's Museum t i Managers (External Affairs) i t 10:30 am – Noon 5) Creative Resilience or Change 18) You Haul It: Moving Collections c n

Building MAAM: Roundtable m a Happens – Part 2 Large and Small (Registrars) u l Discussion of New Initiatives

t 6) Museum Youth Programs: 19) Museum Field Trips: What Teachers s a Do They Make a Difference? Really Want! (Educators) e u d i

7) Hearing Pictures and Touching Sounds: 20) Crossing Departmental Lines: Museum m m

phipps conservatory s . Helping Visitors with Vision Teamwork in Action (Curators) . o w Fun Facts About Pittsburgh! Impairments Experience Exhibits 21) The Cost of Free: Pros and Cons of r w

8) The Charm Bracelet Project: How a Waiving Kids’ Fees at House Museums g w Museum is Building “Connectivity” The Smiley :-) was the first Internet (Historic Site Administrators) on Pittsburgh’s North Side 22) Top Ten Great Ideas from the 2007 Small emoticon, created by Carnegie Mellon Noon – 5:00 pm Exhibitor Set-up Marriott City Center Museums Conference (Small Museums) University computer scientist Scott Noon – 1:00 pm Leadership Lunch (by invitation only) Children's Museum 10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break Marriott City Center Fahlman in 1980. or Lunch on Your Own 10:30 am – Noon > > SESSIONS: Marriott City Center 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 3rd Annual Weil Lecture: Hazlett Theater 23) Evaluating Learning Outcomes Jonathan Feinstein from Museum Exhibits 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm > > SESSIONS: Children's Museum 24) The Global Community: Museums 9) A Role to Play: Registrars Enter Into International Partnerships in the Exhibit Process 25) AAM Listening Session for MAAM’s Emerging Professionals (Double Session) bessemer court SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE Friday, October 26 (continued) Saturday, October 27 (continued) WHITE Time Event / Meeting Location Time Event / Meeting Location Noon – 2:00 pm MAAM Business Luncheon, AAM Update, Marriott City Center 10:30 am – Noon > > SESSIONS: Marriott City Center GLOVES and Keynote Address by Janet Sarbaugh 38) Communities of Value – Part 2 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Career Center and Resume Review Marriott City Center 39) Building MAAM: Roundtable Discussion GANG 2:15 pm – 5:00 pm Museum Tours: of New Initiatives 1) Carnegie Museums Sampler Carnegie Museum of Art 40) Museums for All: Responding to the Wednesday, October 24 | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Carnegie Museum Needs of Your Disabled Community This year members of the MAAM Registrar’s of Natural History Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch in Exhibit Hall; Marriott City Center Committee will contribute a day of volunteer 2) Dale Chilhuly at the Phipps Phipps Conservatory Silent Auction Winners Announced labor and expertise to help one or more 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm > > SESSIONS: Marriott City Center 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm WORKSHOP: Marriott City Center small institutions in Greater Pittsburgh with 26) AAM Listening Session – Part 2 4) Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst: a pressing need for assistance with a collec- 27) Partnering with Non-Traditional Disaster Planning for Everyone tions-related project. Since the White Gloves Collectors to Create Loan Exhibitions Gang was founded in 1998, over 125 individuals 28) Reaching New Audiences Through have assisted almost 30 institutions in the Interactive History and Science Exhibits

e region, and thousands of dollars worth of

c 29) Putting It Together: Creativity and collections care supplies and in-kind support n Innovation in Museums Sunday, October 28 k a has gone into projects ranging from rehousing e l

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g collections and constructing storage units, n - 30) Work, Wealth, and Wisdom: 7:45 am – 5:00 pm Visit to Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob Bus will depart from the o a to cataloging and photographing collections. -

Building a Better Board t t (Ticketed Event) Marriott City Center For more information on how you can help

dinosaur outside carnegie museum e a 31) Straight Talk: A Conversation with 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Rivers of Steel: Pittsburgh’s Big Steel Heritage Bus will depart from the the MAAM Registrar’s Committee, contact s e

Coffey Award Recipients (Ticketed Event) Marriott City Center p l Rachel Shabica, Chair of the MAAM Registrar’s e

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Committee at [email protected]. a d 33) Museum and School Partnerships: k e e

h Where Are We Now? r c 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Katherine Coffey Award Reception Frick Art and s s (Ticketed Event) Historical Center KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 6 THIRD ANNUAL STEPHEN E. WEIL MAAM BUSINESS LUNCHEON 7 MEMORIAL LECTURE KEYNOTE ADDRESS w g

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Jonathan S. Feinstein Janet Sarbaugh w o church brew works . Time Event / Meeting Location . s Thursday, October 25 Friday, October 26 m

m Fun Facts About Pittsburgh! 6:00 am – 7:00 am Health and Wellness Downtown Pittsburgh 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Noon to 2:00 pm i d u 8:30 am – 9:30 am Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall Marriott City Center e a s 8:30 am – 10:00 am Whirlwind Downtown Walking Tour Downtown Pittsburgh t l u Klondike Bars

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m Jonathan Feinstein is an expert in the field of creativity and Janet Sarbaugh is Director of the Arts and Culture Programs America's #1 selling ice cream bar got n

c 8:30 am – 11:00 am MAAM Silent Auction Marriott City Center t i its start right here in Pittsburgh at innovation. He has just published The Nature of Creative at the Heinz Endowments, which annually distributes $8 million i t 8:30 am – Noon Exhibit Hall Open Marriott City Center c

n Development (Stanford University Press, 2006), which presents to what she refers to as southwestern Pennsylvania’s “arts Isaly's, the same store which brought 10:00 am – Noon Museum Tours: m a u l us chipped ham. Now sold nationally by 3) Collecting the 20th Century Heinz History Center a framework for understanding and describing how people ecology.” Under Ms. Sarbaugh’s leadership, the Arts and t s a Breyers/Good Humor in eight flavors. 9:00 am – Noon 4) Transforming Clayton From a Frick Art and go about engaging in creative endeavors. As Professor of Culture Program has focused on three major goals: expanding e u d

i Family Home to a House Museum Historical Center Economics at the Yale School of Management, Dr. Feinstein opportunities for arts learning and participation, building Heinz Ketchup m

m 8:30 am – 10:00 am > > SESSIONS: Marriott City Center s . teaches “The Practice and Management of Creativity and regional creative capital, and advancing Pittsburgh as a

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w 34) Poster Session Innovation” and is also spearheading development of the cultural center.

Pittsburgh tradition. Heinz founder, r w a) Wired Accessibility: The Smithsonian’s new core course on “The Innovator’s Perspective.” Visit his g w Henry Heinz, literally sank his Design Guidelines for Computer Interactives Janet Sarbaugh holds graduate degrees from the University of Website at www.jonathanfeinstein.com. competition in the 1880's when he b) An Update on AASLH’s National North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Carnegie Mellon University. bought the products and equipment Standards Project for Small Museums Dr. Feinstein’s presentation on “Making Creativity Matter She sits on a number of local, state, and national cultural and of a competing company and sank 35) Keeping New Exhibits New: How to Keep in Museums” will focus on best practices for fostering, professional organization boards, and was recognized in 2003 them in the Allegheny River! Exhibits Fresh and Vital Long After the Opening protecting, and spurring creativity and innovation in the by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as Pittsburgh’s “number one 36) Communities of Value: Public, Private, and Professional Values in Museums (Double Session) organizational setting. Though creativity can happen in a cultural force.” 37) Museums to Classroom: Developing flash, its roots extend far back, and individuals must be On-line Resources for Teachers given the time to develop creativity to achieve the level (Continued on p. 8) 10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall Marriott City Center of creativity and innovation of which they are capable. SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS WORKSHOPS TICKETED EVENTS

LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR ARE YOU CULTURALLY COMPETENT? TRACKING THE PAST, PLANNING OPENING RECEPTION AT THE WARHOL WHIRLWIND DOWNTOWN MUSEUM TOURS AND COLLECTIONS PROFESSIONALS EXPLORING DIVERSITY IN YOUR THE FUTURE: USING PASTPERFECT Thursday, October 25 | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm WALKING TOUR ON-SITE INSIGHTS Wednesday, October 24 | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm MUSEUMS AND COMMUNITY AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR Friday, October 26 | 8:30 am to 10:00 am Network with friends and colleagues at The Take advantage of the diversity and Wednesday, October 24 | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm SMALL MUSEUMS Saturday, October 27 | 8:30 am to 10:00 am This workshop will emphasize creative skill Andy Warhol Museum. Mingle with the “stars” richness of Pittsburgh’s world-class Wednesday, October 24 | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm on display while munching on delicious light Tour some of downtown’s finest historic building in management and leadership This workshop will provide a brief survey museums. Consider visiting one of for staff who work cross-functionally in the refreshments prepared by the ultra-hip and buildings and places during this 90-minute of cultural competency by focusing on This workshop will help those small the city’s most famous collections or organization, specifically in the area of ultra-eclectic Big Burrito. The Warhol, which walk with docents from the Pittsburgh diverse staff and audiences (existing and institutions that already have PastPerfect chatting with Pittsburgh colleagues collections. Participants will: gain knowledge opened in 1994 in a renovated seven-floor History and Landmarks Foundation along potential) and emphasizing implications software, or intend to acquire it, to more of key management concepts and practice warehouse on Pittsburgh’s North Side, features Grant Street, once the eastern edge of a about issues of common concern. for effective programming and internal fully use this versatile resource. PastPerfect problem-solving; learn to “lead from the an extensive permanent collection of the frontier town and now Pittsburgh’s grand self-examination of business models and allows museums to accomplish a wide range middle” by improving skills in project art and archives of one of America’s most civic boulevard. You will see H.H. Richardson’s CARNEGIE MUSEUMS SAMPLER best practices. Participants will be better of everyday practices ranging from tracking Friday, October 26 | 2:15 pm to 5:00 pm management, team building, communications, influential 20th-century artists. It is also a monumental courthouse, three historic able to: articulate the relationship between artifacts from acquisition to inventories, to negotiation, and managing change; create primary resource for anyone seeking insights landmarks commissioned by industrial cultural competency and museum practice; tracking monetary transactions, including This overview of the great art and fascinating effective teams; understand personal learning into contemporary art and popular culture. magnate Henry Clay Frick, historic churches advocate for accountability and accessibility donations and membership dues, to tracking natural history collections at the Carnegie styles and responsibilities as a team member; View the temporary exhibit Georgia O’Keefe and city parks, as well as modern skyscrapers in serving existing and potential audiences; operational data used in grants such as Museum of Art and Carnegie Museum of and learn how to manage with constrained and Andy Warhol. that define Pittsburgh’s iconic skyline. identify strengths and growth opportunities in-kind gifts and volunteer hours. Participants Natural History will acquaint you with resources: time, staff, and money. within the organization as they relate to will learn the basics and fine points of Pre-registration Required | Price: No Cost Pre-registration Required | Price: $10 Pittsburgh’s premier cultural institution. Tour the museums’ landmark buildings and t Facilitators: Jeanne Benas, Registrar, increased cultural competence; and develop entering contact information, payments, i learn about Andrew Carnegie’s vision for c Smithsonian – National Museum of American exhibitions, programs, and services intended creating letters for pledges, donations, and KATHERINE COFFEY AWARD RECEPTION k

VISIT TO FALLINGWATER AND KENTUCK his “palace of culture.” Enjoy two special e History, Washington, D.C., and Martha to serve a diverse audience. mail-merges, sending direct e-mails, building

Friday, October 26 | 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm t s KNOB BUS TOUR exhibitions: Carnaval (about carnivals around lists for targeted mailings, and writing e p Morris, Associate Professor, Museum Studies Facilitator: Greg Harris, Director of Visitor Toast this year’s Katherine Coffey Award Sunday, October 28 | 7:45 am to 5:00 pm the world) in the Museum of Natural History, d o reports to track results. Department, George Washington University Services, National Building Museum, e h recipient. Join us for a reception following Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1936 masterpiece of and On A Grand Scale: The Hall of Architecture v s Pre-registration Required | Price: $25 Washington, D.C. Facilitators: Jennifer C. Griffen, Client remarks at The Frick Art Museum, located on at 100 (about the largest collection of plaster

modern architecture, Fallingwater, is e k Services Director, PastPerfect Software Inc., n r Pre-registration Required | Price: $25 five and one-half beautifully landscaped dramatically sited over a waterfall in the casts in America) in the Museum of Art. t o Exton, PA acres of the The Frick Art & Historical Center HOPE FOR THE BEST, BUT PLAN FOR breathtaking Laurel Highlands. In this full- Pre-registration Required | Limited to 24 s w THE WORST: DISASTER PLANNING Pre-registration Required | Price: $25 complex. The Frick Art Museum is an intimately day tour of a site named one of the “fifty FOR EVERYONE scaled museum exhibiting an exquisite places of a lifetime” by National Geographic Price: $30 Saturday, October 27 | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm collection of European paintings, sculpture, Traveler, visit this symbol of the importance and decorative arts from the 12th to the 18th of living in harmony with the natural world DALE CHILHULLY AT THE PHIPPS In this post-Katrina world, it has become 8 centuries, along with outstanding temporary Friday, October 26 | 2:15 pm to 5:00 pm 9

during the height of fall foliage. Over a box w abundantly clear to the museum community g loan exhibits. Highlights from the permanent

(Continued from p. 7) lunch hear a “curator’s choice” lecture on w r that a disaster can strike at any time. The KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Seattle-based artist Dale Chilhully has collection include a portrait by Rubens, a w o an aspect of Wright’s career, and later visit

. installed a series of amazing, monumental, best way to be prepared is to have a good pastoral scene by Boucher, and Italian panel . s nearby Kentuck Knob, a Wright Usonian WELCOME FROM AAM’S NEW CEO and flamboyantly colored glass creations m plan in place and to have good communication paintings by Giovanni de Paolo and Sassetta. m home built in 1954. among staff as well as with outside emergency at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical i d u Ford W. Bell e responders. Join a veteran manager of site The MAAM Board of Governors established Registration limited to 48 | Price: $60 Gardens inspired by the Phipps’ Victorian a s operations with 40 years experience with Friday, October 26 the Katherine Coffey Award in 1972 to glasshouse – one of the oldest in North t l u

the National Trust and as a consultant with Noon – 2:00 pm recognize outstanding contributions to America. Executive Director Richard V. a m RIVERS OF STEEL: PITTSBURGH’S BIG n c the National Park Service who will discuss museums and the museum profession. Piacentini will greet you at the outset of t i STEEL HERITAGE i t different types of risks to a museum and/or The award is named after Katherine Coffey your visit to this dazzling fusion of art and c

n Sunday, October 28 | 8:30 am to 5:00 pm historic site. Learn how to evaluate the (1900-1972) who as director of the Newark nature. While there, visit the Phipps’ recently m a u l relative severity of risks within an institution. The American Association of Museum’s newly appointed President and CEO, Ford Museum where she worked for 43 years, Pittsburgh and steel are intertwined in the opened – part of a $36.6 million expansion – t was one of the nation’s outstanding museum Tropical Forest Conservatory, which employs s

a Methods of incident documentation and minds and imagination of the world. This tour Bell, brings to AAM an impressive record of scholarship, commitment to community e u d communication amongst co-workers and leaders and administrators. Since the first uses structures from the era of Big Steel to cutting-edge eco-technologies that make it i

engagement, proven leadership, and a passion for museums as places of lifelong m emergency responders will be explained, award was given to Hanna Toby Rose of tell the story of the region once known as the the most energy-efficient conservatory in the m s . learning and enjoyment. According to Irene Hirano, AAM Board Chair, “He is quite the Brooklyn Museum, 35 other museum world. The Phipps is now regarded as the and available resources available to staff in steel-making capital of the world. The tour . o w the wake of an emergency will be identified. simply the right leader at the right time as AAM looks to the next 100 years and the professionals from the Mid-Atlantic region features a drive through Pittsburgh’s oldest Green Heart of Pittsburgh. r w Finally, work together in a real-world complex challenges facing our members nationwide.” have been so honored. industrial neighborhoods and buildings g w Pre-registration Required | Limited to 24 exercise in which you will confront an Pre-registration Required | Price: No Cost associated with the 1892 Battle of Homestead. emergency situation. Ford Bell was previously President and CEO of the Minneapolis Heart Institute The country’s oldest Bulgarian club is the site Price: $40 for a hearty lunch. The day will end with a Facilitator: Arthur Dutil, Facilities Manager, Foundation, a prominent research organization, and one of the largest providers (continued on p. 10) tour of U.S.S. Edgar Thompson Works, still in Catholic Religious Order of Marian Priests of heart health education in the United States. He has also served as Clinical operation, and a visit to blast furnaces awaiting and Brothers, Stockbridge, MA. Assistant Professor of Oncology at the University of Minnesota’s College of restoration and interpretation as part of The Pre-registration Required | Price: $25 Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Bell has been passionate about museums all his life and Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area. through his many visits to the University of Minnesota’s Museum of Natural Registration limited to 24 | Price: $60 History (renamed in 1996 after his grandfather, James Ford Bell), he gained his lifelong love of nature and science, factors in his decision to become a veterinarian.

andy warhol museum carnegie museum of art WORKSHOPS TICKETED EVENTS (continued from p. 9) SESSION DESCRIPTIONS MUSEUM TOURS AND 12. & 13. PITTSBURGH’S CULTURAL 18. YOU HAUL IT: MOVING COLLECTIONS INSTITUTIONS AS CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE LARGE AND SMALL ON-SITE INSIGHTS 1. CELL PHONE AUDIO TOURS TURN 7. HEARING PICTURES AND TOUCHING ORDINARY VISITS INTO EXTRAORDINARY SOUNDS: HELPING VISITORS WITH VISION Learn how cultural institutions and museums Moving….whether it is a small collection or a large COLLECTING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY EXPERIENCES IMPAIRMENTS EXPERIENCE EXHIBITS can become catalysts for social change within their one, whether it involves a small staff or a cast of community. Representatives of five Pittsburgh thousands, the word is enough to provoke fear Saturday, October 27 | 10:00 am to Noon Discover the possibilities of using the ubiquitous How can people with vision impairments truly institutions, including the Warhol Museum and the and loathing in most museum registrars. Moving, cell phone technology to create dynamic, engaging, experience museum exhibits? Join a panel of Join curators and archivists at the Senator Children’s Museum, will share how they stepped however, need not be a daunting task – it just takes and inspiring audio tours for a new generation of educators and designers of products for use by outside of their museums’ walls to create a positive planning and communication. Hear from panelists John Heinz History Center, stunningly housed visitors. Panelists from a historic site, art museum, people with disabilities in a challenging discussion impact on the quality of life within their city. representing institutions of different sizes about in a modern addition to a rehabilitated early and conservatory / botanical garden that have of cutting-edge projects that demonstrate how Chair: Jane Werner, Executive Director, Children’s how they moved their collections into new facilities 20th-century ice warehouse, for a lively recently implemented cell phone tours will share multiple, simultaneous, and redundant forms of and what they would do differently if they had it to their experiences developing tours using this information can build comprehension and promote Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. consideration of collecting 20th-century culture. do it again. versatile medium. retention among visitors with vision impairments. Using examples from the Heinz History 14. VISITOR CONNECTIONS: TAILORING TOURS Chair, Registrars Committee: Rachel Shabica, Chair: Marla Shoemaker, Senior Curator of Education, Chair: Susan Little, Accessibility Specialist, U.S. FOR SMALL GROUPS AT HISTORIC SITES Registrar, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC. Center’s Special Collections exhibited in an Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA. Access Board, Washington, DC. environmentally controlled open-storage Meeting the needs of the casual family visit on a Session Chair: Elizabeth Alberding, Collections daily basis is a difficult task for staff at historic sites Manager, The Kelly Collection of American gallery, and in the Library and Archives, you 2. COLLECTIONS CONNECTIONS: 8. THE CHARM BRACELET PROJECT: TALK TO THE EXPERTS HOW A MUSEUM IS BUILDING “CONNECTIVITY” and house museums. Discover how three historic Illustration, Hagerstown, MD. will consider the unusual and unaccustomed sites in Greater Philadelphia have handled hands-on Join this roundtable forum of collections specialists ON PITTSBURGH’S NORTH SIDE collections care and management concerns learning for multi-generational visitors without 19. MUSEUM FIELD TRIPS: WHAT TEACHERS s s associated with collecting the recent past. ready to answer questions about any aspect of Learn how teams of experts from around the world breaking the bank or using a full-time facilitator to REALLY WANT! e s n your institution’s collections. Get advice from a were brought together by the Children’s Museum to guide their activities. s o Issues of conservation and use for 20th- collections manager, a conservator, and a curator explore ways that the cultural, entertainment, and What do teachers want and need most from i i

Chair: Jennifer April, Museum Educator II, museum field trips? A recent study of the National o t century artifacts (man-made materials, about the mysteries (e.g. old loans, contract educational “charms” of Pittsburgh’s North Side n p conservation, loan exhibits) surrounding your neighborhood could be connected. Museum staff, Washington Crossing Historic Park, Washington Gallery of Art’s school tour programs conducted by

i specialized construction techniques, patented Crossing, PA. Randi Korn and Associates will identify which key fallingwater d r collections. This session is particularly recommended designers, and community stakeholders will describe products, etc.) can be challenging when factors – administrative, logistical, curricular, or c for emerging museum professionals with how the Children’s Museum is strengthening and e

s making decisions regarding acquisition and 15. AAM’S BROOKING PAPER: NURTURING perceptual – influence a teacher’s desire and ability collections responsibilities. guiding future development outside of its walls to s e accessioning, budgeting for collections care, enhance family experiences in the city. CREATIVITY IN MUSEUMS to take his/her students on a field trip. c r d Chair: Brenda Reigle, Chief, Collections Care and exhibition. AAM established the Brooking Paper on Creativity Education Committee and Session Chair: Heidi Section, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Chair: Chris Siefert, Deputy Director, Children‘s i p n Commission, Harrisburg, PA. Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. in 2005 to reinforce awareness within the museum Hinish, Head, Teacher, School, and Family Programs, t o Pre-registration Required | Limited to 24 field of how creative, innovative initiatives can National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. i i o s 3. GOOD NEIGHBORS: SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES 9. A ROLE TO PLAY: REGISTRARS IN produce new ways of thinking and seeing. Panelists n s Price: $30 will introduce the work of both 2007 and past 20. CROSSING DEPARTMENTAL LINES:

e FOR MUSEUM-COMMUNITY OUTREACH THE EXHIBIT PROCESS Brooking Paper recipients as a springboard for MUSEUM TEAMWORK IN ACTION s s TRANSFORMING CLAYTON FROM A If your museum serves as a tourist destination How does the registrar fit into the mix of curators, discussion on the importance of taking risks to for a statewide or national audience, learn how exhibit designers and fabricators, educators, How can you encourage staff representing multiple FAMILY HOME TO HOUSE MUSEUM nurture creativity in the museum – for staff, disciplines and areas of museum operation to to better connect to your hometown community. and conservators in the typical museum exhibit volunteers, and visitors alike. Saturday, October 27 | 9:00 am to Noon Representatives from three such organizations process? Panelists will present models of successful work together to reach common goals, deepen that have developed creative ways to connect to installations that included a registrar on their Chair: Ann Fortescue, Director of Education and dedication to the institution’s mission, and create 10 Clayton, the late 19th-century home of Visitor Services, Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, PA. an important team infrastructure for future 11

their neighbors through educational programming exhibit teams. w

g industrialist Henry Clay Frick, was opened and special events will share their insights on projects? A large-scale project at the Westmoreland Chair: Patricia Nutter, Assistant Registrar, National w r 16. PROVEN PROBLEM-SOLVING TECHNIQUES Museum of American Art will serve as a successful as a house museum in 1990. This session the topic and engage the audience in a lively,

Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC. w o FOR MUSEUMS case study on effective teamwork and illustrate how . interactive discussion.

combines a tour of Frick’s mansion with . s a cross-functional team structure can improve staff

Although many perceive problem solving as a m Chair: Amanda Pinney, Manager of Museum Programs, 10. LIGHTS, CAMERAS, ACTION: CREATING performance in programming and operations. m an overview of its history and on-going burden, it can also be a fun and creative process. National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY. A FILM FOR THE HISTORIC SITE CLIENT i d u preservation. In the course of the home’s Join a talented facilitator who will engage and Moderator for Curators Committee: Deb Wool, e From RFP to the recruitment and filming of energize session attendees through the use of three Curator/Director, Delaware Agricultural Museum a

s adaptation from a private residence to 4. & 5. CREATIVE RESILIENCE OR CHANGE re-enactors to world premiere, this session will t

proven techniques used by advertising agencies, and Village, Dover, DE. l u museum, not only were there challenging HAPPENS: CREATIVELY MANAGING CHANGE illustrate lessons and best practices learned from product designers, and artists to analyze – and solve a

m IN THE MUSEUM ENVIRONMENT Session Chair: Judith H. O’Toole, Director/CEO, restoration issues to be faced, but also the making of a successful orientation video for – your problems. n c Westmoreland Museum of American Art, t i interventions necessary to protect the Discover what resilient behaviors can be employed Fort Montgomery State Historic Site in New York. i t Chair: Robert Bullock, Exhibits Coordinator, Greensberg, PA. property from overuse. Participants will in a creative team environment when change Panelists, including the film maker, will share their c n Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, is certain. This double session includes a change- insights into the film-making process and provide m a learn about a 2005 engineering survey Harrisburg, PA. 21. THE COST OF FREE: PROS AND CONS

focused activity, followed by a case study from practical information on the making of a film u l OF WAIVING KIDS’ FEES AT HISTORIC SITES t undertaken to determine how the the National Children’s Museum. Among the topics designed to excite, inspire, and inform audiences. s a chihuly at phipps: gardens & glass e structure is aging, and later discuss some panelists will discuss: Hanging On and Holding Chair: Gregory Smith, Historian, Bureau of Historic Join historic site colleagues in a roundtable u d Professional Committee Council discussion of the recent trend to waive children’s i unique preservation and conservation On, Getting Out of Rut Thinking, and Creating the

Sites, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and m Best Product. fees at a number of regional house museum and m Historic Preservation, Waterford, NY. Sponsored Sessions (17-22) Fun Facts About Pittsburgh!

issues associated with the house s . historic sites. Representatives from several historic

Chair: Wendy Blackwell, Director of Education, . o

w museum’s interpretation. National Children’s Museum, Washington, DC. 11. WORKING WITH ARTISTS TO CREATE properties will discuss their recent fee initiatives to

17. VOLUNTEER MENTORS: HOW r w INNOVATIVE MUSEUM EXPERIENCES increase attendance by families with children (age Pre-registration Required | Limited to 24 PHILADELPHIA BUILT A NO-COST Created by Jim Delligatti at his Uniontown g 12 and under) and share their initial expectations w 6. MUSEUM YOUTH PROGRAMS: DO THEY Meet three young and talented artists who will NETWORK OF CULTURAL MANAGERS Price: $30 MAKE A DIFFERENCE? and the sometimes surprising outcomes. McDonald's, the Big Mac debuted and was challenge your perceptions of how art can create An informal network of Philadelphia area volunteer Historic Site Administrators Committee and test marketed in three other Pittsburgh-area Museum youth programs offered during out-of- memorable visitor experiences in your museum. program administrators in museums and cultural Session Chair: Melodye Moore, Historic Site school time contribute not only to a student’s The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh works closely institutions have met since 1993 to share expertise McDonald's restaurants in 1967. By 1968 it Manager, Staatsburgh State Historic Site, content learning but also to his/her personal with artists, established and emerging, to help specific to volunteer management. Learn how to Staatsburg, NY. was a mainstay on McDonald's menus and social development. Educators and program bring its mission to life to “inspire joy, creativity set up such a network to maximize professional evaluators from the National Gallery of Art’s and curiosity.” development and collaboration with peers in any throughout the country. (continued on p. 12) “High School Seminar” will report out on research Chair: Lois Winslow, Director of Education, field with a minimum of time and expense. on youth development in community-based Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Moderator for External Affairs Committee: Mary programs and will share evaluation results from Ellen Hern, Associate Director, External Relations, current museum youth programs. Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA. Chair: Elisa Patterson, Coordinator, High School Session Chair: Lois Kuter, Volunteer Coordinator, and Community Programs, National Gallery of Art, Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia, PA. Landover, MD. clayton, frick art & historical center SESSION DESCRIPTIONS SESSION DESCRIPTIONS 22. TOP TEN GREAT IDEAS FROM 27. PARTNERING WITH NON-TRADITIONAL 32. GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FROM INSTITUTE 36. & 38. COMMUNITIES OF VALUE: THE 2007 SMALL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION COLLECTORS TO CREATE LOAN EXHIBITIONS OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND PROFESSIONAL VALUES ANNUAL CONFERENCE Fabulous objects are hidden away in the nether Join IMLS staff as they demystify the programs IN MUSEUMS Couldn’t attend this year’s Small Museum Association reaches of private, corporate, and foundation behind the acronyms: Museums for America, Join fellow museum professionals – panelists Annual Conference in Ocean City, Maryland? No collections around the world. How do you find these National Leadership Grants, 21st Century Museum and attendees together – and take time out for a problem! Two SMA board members who did attend collections, access them, and get such lenders to Professionals, Museum Grants for African American short “retreat” from the day-to-day demands of have developed a list of the meeting’s top ten help you mount an exhibition? Attend this session History and Culture, and Native American Museum museum work to consider the rich intellectual and great ideas. Attend this session and learn about and learn what the requirements are for borrowing Program, as well as the Conservation Assessment ethical basis of the work that we do. Move beyond resources targeted for small museums, solutions from a non-institutional lender, what the positive Program and the Museum Assessment Program. the abstractions of our differing professional, to institutional challenges that will not break the outcomes are for such loans, and take away some Information on the grant programs, how to write personal, and institutional values to consider four bank, and crowd-pleasing program ideas that do cautionary advice on what not to do. a competitive grant, and a road map to IMLS core questions that underlie our motivations, not require a large staff. Chair: Elizabeth Alberding, Collections Manager, resources will be presented. guiding principles, and professional dilemmas. Session Co-Chairs: Marianne Della Croce, Collections The Kelly Collection of American Illustration, Chair: Mary Estelle Kennedy, Associate Deputy Chair: Annie Storr, Program Head, Art Education, Manager, Planting Fields Foundation, Oyster Bay, Hagerstown, MD. Director for Museum Services, IMLS, Washington, DC. Cocoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC. NY, and Michael DiPaolo, Executive Director, Lewes Historical Society, Lewes, DE. 28. REACHING NEW AUDIENCES THROUGH 33. MUSEUM AND SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS: 37. MUSEUMS TO CLASSROOM: DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE HISTORY AND SCIENCE EXHIBITS WHERE ARE WE NOW? ONLINE RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS 23. EVALUATING LEARNING OUTCOMES Learn how the National Canal Museum, once a Are museums and schools working together Join educators from The Walters Art Museum, The FROM MUSEUM EXHIBITS largely static history museum, reopened in 2006 as towards goals that benefit both parties? What Guggenheim, MoMA, and the Whitney to learn how s s

How do we know whether our exhibits are successful? an exciting, interactive science and history center are these benefits, and more importantly, what they developed K-12 online resources. Four different e s n Though the importance of museums as educational for families. This session will provide an in-depth benefits are being received by students? This forum approaches will be presented to demonstrate how s o institutions is well-established, the process of review of the process, funded by a $1.6 million grant seeks to answer these questions by asking Session teachers use museum sites to supplement their i i o t 7th street bridge evaluating general audience learning outcomes from the National Science Foundation, to create participants to identify successful museum–school instruction: arts integration, arts theory, observation n p remains an under-explored area. Join faculty and exhibits that explore scientific concepts behind partnerships and to contribute to a 21st Century of teachers in the classroom, and delivery of teacher i graduate students from the Corcoran College of Art America’s historic towpaths. definition of the ideal museum–school partnership. resources via the internet. d r c and Design in reviewing a series of experimental Chair: Ed Mooney, Curator of Exhibits, National Chair: Kim Fortney, Vice President/ Head of Session Chair: Amanda Kodeck, Manager of School e s studies they conducted in 2007 to gauge audience Canal Museum, Easton, PA. Education, Heritage Center of Lancaster County, Programs, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. s e viewing behavior, learning outcomes, and overall c r

d Lancaster, PA. satisfaction with a major exhibition. 29. PUTTING IT TOGETHER: CREATIVITY 39. BUILDING MAAM: ROUNDTABLE i p n Chair: Heather Tillberg-Webb, Assistant Professor, AND INNOVATION IN MUSEUMS DISCUSSION OF NEW INITIATIVES t o i Elizabethtown College, Washington, DC. Join in a lively discussion about the concepts of Poster Sessions (# 34 A-B) What’s up with MAAM these days? Exciting things i o s n

s creativity (the ability to produce inventive and are happening! Learn about the Building Museums 24. THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY: MUSEUMS e valuable work or concepts) and innovation (bringing 34 (A) WIRED ACCESSIBILITY: THE Symposium, which has met great success during s s ENTER INTO INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS these ideas into use) and their impact on our work SMITHSONIAN’S DESIGN GUIDELINES the past three years and will take place again in International partnerships, though often expensive, in museums and our communities. Bring home a FOR COMPUTER INTERACTIVES Washington, DC, from February 28 to March 1, 2008. have long-lasting benefits. They frequently “toolkit” of useful tips and planning ideas to help Help shape Creating Exhibits, a new critical issues Is your museum committed to serving visitors who contribute to changing the world view of not only transfer these concepts into your career as a forum on exhibitions and the visitor experience, possess a broad range of abilities and disabilities? the museums and individuals involved, but also museum professional. still in development and scheduled to take place 12 Do you want to introduce new technologies into 13 of the host nations. Panelists from exchanges in Philadelphia from April 5-7, 2008. Chair: Leslie Bedford, Director, Leadership in your exhibitions or conduct an accessibility check w g involving a private, specialized museum, a National

Museum Education Program, Bank Street College, on existing interactives? At this poster session, staff Facilitation: MAAM Board members and Aaron w r Park Service property, and AAM will share insights New York, NY. Goldblatt, Partner, Metcalfe Architecture and Design,

from the Smithsonian will introduce their institution’s w o

. from their partnerships and speak about current new guidelines for accessibility and universal design Philadelphia, PA. . s

exchange opportunities available to museum staff m 30. WORK, WEALTH, AND WISDOM: BUILDING for in-gallery computer interactives.

m in the MAAM region. A BETTER BOARD 40. MUSEUMS FOR ALL: RESPONDING TO i d u Chair: Dana Allen-Greil, Project Manager, New Chair: Rachel Shabica, Registrar, The Textile THE NEEDS OF YOUR DISABLED COMMUNITY e heinz history center If you have ever wished for a better board, come to Media, National Museum of American History, a

s Museum, Washington, DC. this session and find out how imaginative, patient, Washington, DC. How do you make connections between your t l u and persistent directors transform their boards museum and the disabled community? Members Fun Facts About Pittsburgh! a m 25. & 26. AAM LISTENING SESSION FOR from headaches into assets. Explore tactics for 34 (B) AN UPDATE ON AASLH’S NATIONAL of the Western Pennsylvania Museum Council n c MAAM’S EMERGING PROFESSIONALS t i dealing with current boards, strategies for reshaping STANDARDS PROJECT FOR SMALL MUSEUMS will explain how their “Museums For All” initiative i t As an emerging museum professional, participate in boards, and qualities to look for in potential has bridged the gap between the need for greater The American Association of State and Local History c n

• The pull-tab was developed by Alcoa and a lively, facilitated dialogue and let your voice be board members. accessibility, available resources, and their museums. m

a received a three-year IMLS grant to plan, formulate, heard. This double session will be facilitated by u l was first used by Iron City Brewery in 1962. Chair: To Be Announced. and pilot an incremental standards program Chair: Lenore Adler, Program Specialist, Outreach, t

Wendy Luke, founder of Luke Weil & Associates. In s targeted to small and mid-sized history museums – Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA.

a Session Facilitator: Peter Joel, Partner, Joel and For many years, pull-tabs were only used in the first session, we will listen and learn about the e especially those with budgets less than $500,000. u d challenges you face in your career, the resources Sinclair Associates, LLP, Washington, DC. i this area.

Attend this update poster session and learn from a m you need to be successful, and how MAAM can m member of the national task force what progress s . better support you. In the second session, you 31. STRAIGHT TALK: A CONVERSATION WITH • In 1913 the first automobile service station, COFFEY AWARD RECIPIENTS has been made in developing the standards. . o w will join MAAM’s board members in small group

built by Gulf Refining Company, opened in Chair: Prudence Haines, Executive Director, Shofuso, r

w discussions to further explore your development The Katherine Coffey Award was established in as an emerging museum professional. Come 1972 to honor museum professionals in the Mid- Japanese House, Philadelphia, PA. g

w Pittsburgh at Baum Boulevard and St. Clair collaborate with your colleagues. It is your career! Atlantic Association of Museums region for their Street in East Liberty. Designed by J. H. Giesey. 35. KEEPING NEW EXHIBITS NEW: HOW TO Introductory Remarks: Anita Blackaby, Director distinguished achievements. Join Edie Walsh, Chair of the 2007 Katherine Coffey Award Nominating KEEP EXHIBITS FRESH AND VITAL LONG AFTER • A Pittsburgh city councilman during the first of Special Projects, Pennsylvania Historical and THE OPENING Museum Commission. Committee, and three former Coffey recipients World War, Robert Garland devised the nation's for what promises to be some illuminating and The planning has been intense. The design is beautiful. irreverent musings on the field. Past recipients first daylight savings plan, instituted in 1918. The content is rich. You’ve done your homework and will address the following subjects: “Learning planned well. How can you keep this new exhibit Partnerships: the Mentor/Mentee Relationship,” fresh, current, sustainable? Join this panel of veteran “Static Museum Careers Are Gone Forever,” and exhibit designers and discover how you can keep “Crafting a Learning Environment in Museums.” staff energized about your exhibit and visitors Chair: Edie Walsh, Administrator, History and coming back again and again. Museum Grant Program, Pennsylvania Historical Chair: Polly McKenna-Cress, Chair, Museum Studies and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA. Program, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.

rivers of steel: big steel heritage SESSION DESCRIPTIONS SESSION DESCRIPTIONS MAAM VIP

MAAM EXECUTIVE PENNSYLVANIA Wendy Blackwell Annie Storr DIRECTOR Gerald Margolis Director of Education Program Head, Art Education Deputy Director NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Degree Programs e

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Washington, D.C. THE COCORAN x

Graham Hauck MUSEUM OF ARCHEOLOGY Washington, D.C. e 1255 23rd Street, NW & ANTHROPOLOGY Sarah Blannett c Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA Education Associate for Deb Wool u Washington, DC Contemporary Immigrant Curator/Director t i

Perspectives DELAWARE AGRICULTURAL v Members-At-Large LOWER EASTSIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM MUSEUM & VILLAGE e

New York, NY Dover, DE d MAAM BOARD OF Laurie Baty i

DIRECTORS Deputy Director of Collections r Petra ten-Doesschate Chu

NATIONAL LAW e Professor of Art History, Director MA Executive Committee ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM Annual Meeting c

Program of Museum Professions t Washington, D.C.

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY Local Arrangements o PRESIDENT

South Orange, NJ r Anita Blackaby Barbara Cohen-Stratyner Committee Director of Special Projects Curator of Exhibitions , Charlie Fox b PA HISTORICAL & MUSEUM COMMISSION THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR Ann Fortescue, Co-Chair Historic Site Administrator Director of Education and o

Harrisburg, PA THE PERFORMING ARTS a SOMERSET HISTORICAL CENTER Visitor Services

New York, NY r Somerset, PA SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER VICE PRESIDENT d Pittsburgh, PA Kim Fortney John Lovell Heidi Hinish a Assistant Director

Deputy Director/Head of Education n Head, Teacher, School, and Bureau of Historic Sites Chrisoula Perdziola, Co-Chair

HERITAGE CENTER OF d Family Programs Executive Director e LANCASTER COUNTY NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION t

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA c Lancaster, PA AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION a Washington, DC o Waterford, NY MUSEUM COUNCIL d Pittsburgh, PA m SECRETARY Andrew Marietta e Martha Morris m Bruce Craig Regional Coordinator Michael Cahall h Director of Research Associate Professor i t t COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY SERVICES MUSEUM STUDIES DEPARTMENT Assistant Professor of History SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR OF NEW YORK STATE MCANULTY COLLEGE AND GRADUATE t e EDUCATION AND MUSEUM STUDIES GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY e

v SUNY ONEONTA SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. e

a Oneonta, NY

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY s s Petra ten-Doesschate Chu Pittsburgh, PA TREASURER Lisa Mason-Chaney Professor of Art History, Director MA Carole Wharton Curator/Assistant Director Program of Museum Professions Deborah H. Filipi SAVE THE DATE! President HAMMOND-HARWOOD HOUSE Executive Director SETON HALL UNIVERSITY LC WHARTON, LLC Annapolis, MD South Orange, NJ PA FEDERATION OF MUSEUMS 14 Washington, D.C. AND HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS 15 Doug Miller Harrisburg, PA w

g Annie Storr

CHAIR, PROFESSIONAL Historic Site Administrator w r Program Head, Art Education COMMITTEE COUNCIL PENNSBURY MANOR Charlie Fox w o Degree Programs . Lisa Mason-Chaney Morrisville, PA Historic Site Administrator . s Events, THE CORCORAN Two m Curator/Assistant Director Washington, D.C. SOMERSET HISTORICAL CENTER m

HAMMOND-HARWOOD HOUSE Melodye Moore Somerset, PA i d u Historic Site Manager Annapolis, MD James Turk e STAATSBURGH STATE HISTORIC SITE Colleen Kalchthaler a s Infinite Opportunities! Curator of Cultural History t Staatsburg, NY Assistant Director

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT l u NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM

C. Douglass Alves, Jr. CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISM a

m Trenton, NJ Director Audrey Nieson VISIT PITTSBURGH n

c Building Museums t i CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM Interpretive Programs Coordinator Pittsburgh, PA i t Washington, DC | February 28 - March 1, 2008 Bureau of Historic Sites

Solomons Island, MD c

n MAAM 2007 ANNUAL

NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION Lourdes Karas m a The fourth annual Building Museums Symposium AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION President

MEETING u l Waterford, NY WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA t State Representatives holds targeted sessions and workshops for s a John Lovell, Chair MUSEUM COUNCIL e DELAWARE u d anyone involved in the planning or implementation Assistant Director Claudia B. Ocello Pittsburgh, PA

i Deb Wool Bureau of Historic Sites Associate Director, Education m of new construction, renovation, or expansion Curator m

and Public Programs Cecile Shellman s

. NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION DELAWARE AGRICULTURAL projects for museums. AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION SAVE ELLIS ISLAND, INC. Director of Education and . o w MUSEUM & VILLAGE Waterford, NY Mt. Olive, NJ Public Programs r

w Dover, Delaware AUGUST WILSON CENTER FOR g

w Creating Exhibitions John Pentangelo AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Annual Meeting Curator/Development Coordinator Pittsburgh, PA Philadelphia, PA | April 5-7, 2008 Jack Rasmussen USS CONSTELLATION MUSEUM Director and Curator Program Committee A critical issues forum which brings together Baltimore, MD Pamela St. John AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Director of Education practitioners for in-depth study, discussion and KATZEN ARTS CENTER Brenda Reigle, Chair Patricia Raynor THE FRICK ART AND HISTORICAL CENTER Washington, D.C. Chief, Collections Care Section Loan Coordinator Pittsburgh, PA debate on exhibitions and the visitor experience. PA HISTORICAL AND NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM NEW YORK MUSEUM COMMISSION SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Lois Winslow Diane Pardue Harrisburg, PA Washington, D.C. Director of Education Chief, Museum Services Division PITTSBURGH CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Visit our website at STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MUSEUM Anita Blackaby Bonnie Sanford Pittsburgh, PA ELLIS ISLAND, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Director of Special Projects Curator for more information. New York, NY PA HISTORICAL & MEADOWCROFT ROCKSHELTER & www.midatlanticmuseums.org MUSEUM COMMISSION MUSEUM OF RURAL LIFE Harrisburg, PA Avella, PA SAVE THE DATE MAAM VIP Exhibit Design and Development Fabrication

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