Special ThankS for Your SupporT: Conference Chairs Scholarship Committee Treasurer Susan Leidy, Deputy Director, Currier Maria Cabrera, MA Scott Stevens, Executive Director Museum of Art Trudie Lamb Richmond, CT Museums of Old York Wendy Lull, President, Seacoast Science Secretary Center Conference Sponsors Pieter Roos, Executive Director Michelle Stahl, Executive Director, Directors and Trustees Dinner Newport Restoration Foundation Peterborough Historical Society Museum Search & Reference Opening Lunch Dessert Sponsor PAG Representatives Conference Program Selection Tru Vue, Inc Elaine Clements, Director Andover Historical Society Committee Newcomers Reception Kay Simpson, MA, Chair Tufts University Museum Studies Program Emmie Donadio, Chief Curator Maureen Ahern, NH Middlebury College Museum of Art Jennifer Dubé-Works, ME Welcome and Wake-up Coffee Sponsor Julie Edwards, VT Opportunity Resources, Inc. Ron Potvin, Assistant Director and Curator Emily Robertson, MA Supporting Sponsors John Nicholas Brown Center Douglas Stark, RI Andrew Penziner Productions LLC Kay Simpson, Director of Education and Anne von Stuelpnagel, CT Cherry Valley Group Institutional Advancement CultureCount Springfield Museums Local Committee Scholarship Sponsors At-large Representatives David Blackburn Gaylord Bros., Inc. Neil Gordon, CEO Gina Bowler John Nicholas Brown Center The Discovery Museums, MA Mal Cameron Laura B. Roberts Linda Carpenter University Products Diane Kopec, Independent Museum Professional James Coleman Connie Colom NEMA Staff Michelle Stahl, Executive Director Peterborough Historical Society Lisa Couturier Jane Coughlin Michael Creasey BJ Larson State Representatives Aurore Eaton Heather A. Riggs Connecticut Margaret Garneau Katheryn P. Viens Trudie Lamb Richmond, Director of Public Jeanne Gerulskis Programs A special thank you to Beverly Joyce, President Tom Haynes Mashantucket Pequot Museum Douglas Heuser of Design Solutions for her design of this year’s Beth McCarthy conference logo. Maine David McDonald Robert Wolterstorff, Director Betsy McKinney NEMA Board of Directors Victoria Mansion Cecile Renzi President Massachusetts Michael Schuetz Gail Nessell Colglazier, Executive Director Maria Cabrera, Program Manager, Community Dia Stolnitz American Independence Museum Outreach Cheryl Stinson Museum of Science Susan Strickler First Vice President Joshua Basseches, Deputy Director New Hampshire Host Institutions Peabody Essex Museum Funi Burdick, Executive Director Canterbury Shaker Village, Inc. American Textile History Museum Vice Presidents Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Lowell NHP Susan Funk, Executive Vice President Rhode Island Collections and Conservation Center, Mystic Seaport Eric Hertfelder, Executive Director Historic New England Fort Adams Trust Currier Museum of Art Anne von Stuelpnagel, Director of Exhibitions Vermont FIRST Place Bruce Museum Phelan Reed Fretz, Executive Director Manchester Historic Association ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Nashua Historical Society New England Quilt Museum SEE Science Center Dear Colleagues: We welcome you to Nashua, New Hampshire, a river town that is not only the traditional gateway to the Granite State, but also continues to serve as a center for industry and creativity. With a population of about 87,000, Nashua is the second-largest city in the three northern New England states. With proximity both to Lowell and Boston and to the cities, villages and mountains of New Hampshire, Nashua is an ideal starting point for an exploration of the region’s natural and cultural treasures. This year’s off-site sessions and evening events give you the opportunity to explore central New Hamp- shire’s cultural landscape. It includes the newly expanded McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Con- cord; the stunning addition to the Currier Museum of Art, and the SEE Science Center, both in Manchester; and the Nashua Historical Society, a local museum that is integral to its community. We hope you have the chance to see these, and the many other cultural attractions, large and small, that comprise New Hamp- shire’s vibrant cultural scene. We hope that you will be inspired by the beauty and history of New Hampshire as well as by the NEMA conference and leave invigorated, challenged and anxious to return! Sincerely, Susan Leidy Wendy Lull Michelle Stahl Deputy Director President Executive Director Currier Museum of Art Seacoast Science Center Peterborough Historical Society ConferenCe Program guide —Get the Most out of Your Annual Conference! Diversity. Accountability. Science and Technology. Recession Response. RELEVANCE! The next three days are filled with concurrent sessions on a wide range of subjects, for colleagues new to the field and experienced, working in a wide range of disciplines (see “Conference at a Glance,” pages 14-15). But the NEMA meeting has even more to offer! Don’t miss: oPening SeSSion Career Center Wentworth Ballroom, Wednesday, 10:45 a.m. Webster Room Don’t miss! Keynote presentation: Building Social Capital Wednesday & Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. by Lewis M. Feldstein, President, New Hampshire Charitable Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Foundation. A well run and designed museum can strengthen Looking for employment? Peruse job openings at New the community’s stock of social capital, the networks of trust England museums and leave copies of your resume for their and reciprocity among members of the community. Hear from consideration. In addition, handouts will be available on one of the leading thinkers on this topic. topics such as “writing a winning non-profit resume.” Ford Bell, President of the American Association of Looking for employees? Leave three copies of your job Museums, will describe AAM’s new initiatives, including the advertisement at the NEMA registration desk. second national Museums Advocacy Day. “oPen SPaCe” SeSSion exhibit hall Nashua Ballroom South, Friday, 9:00 a.m. Nashua Ballroom Experiment with this cutting-edge methodology for Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.; Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. harnessing our collective talents and sparking new ideas! The location for coffee breaks and picking up your on-site A facilitator will explain the premise and document the box lunch (pre-registration required). proceedings, but participants will choose the topics for Come, join the party! Wednesday at 5:15 p.m., NEMA is conversation. Now is your chance to explore with colleagues your host for a reception with complimentary refreshments your most compelling observations from the field. and a cash bar. At 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, join us for the famous NEMA Raffle. nema annual meeting Wentworth Ballroom national & regional rePreSentativeS Friday 12:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Ashwood Court Pre-registration required. Learn about funding opportunities and additional resources Join us for a delicious lunch and the election of NEMA Board from the American Association of Museums, the Institute of members. Receive a report of NEMA’s activities during the past Museum and Library Services and others. year. Celebrate New England museum Leaders in Innovation as we honor the winners of NEMA’s new award program, and join us in wishing Executive Director Kate Viens a fond farewell. raffle PrizeS Nashua Ballroom, Thursday, 2:30 p.m. Vendors donate fabulous prizes for the Exhibit Hall Closing laSt but not leaSt: Reception; NEMA raffles a FREE registration to next year’s ConferenCe evaluationS conference, and the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place, Everywhere You Look conveniently located in the heart of the city of Springfield, Help us to plan for next year’s conference; drop your Massachusetts, is adding a night’s stay at next year’s conference completed forms into any evaluation box. We value your hotel. Don’t miss your chance to win! opinions and ideas! It couldn’t be easier! As you peruse the Exhibit Hall, use your raffle card (found in your ticket envelope) to collect Save the date! exhibitors’ initials, then drop it into the Raffle Box. At the For next year’s Massachusetts conference. Closing Reception, listen for your name to be called. Plan to join us November 3-5, 2010, at the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel, conveniently located in the 2009 PubliCation award winnerS heart of this city of culture, sports and the famous Dr. Seuss. Ashwood Court Our conference theme? "Museums Matter, Yes They Do—The Check out the winners of this year’s Publication Awards; see Proof Is in the Pudding, too!” the best in design, production and communication. The Call for Proposals is due February 1, 2010. Please see your registration packet and visit www.nemanet.org. 2 Wednesday november 11 tueSday, november 10 The New Hampshire Membership Speakers: Jascin Leonardo Finger, Curator, Housekeeping and Historical Research Challenge: Strategies for Growing Mitchell House, Archives and Special Collec- for All-Volunteer Historical Societies and Membership that Work tions, Nantucket Maria Mitchell House, MA; Museums at the Nashua Historical Society Balsam Room Andy Grilz, Independent Curator, MA Kate McBrien, Curator of Historic Collections, NEMA is delighted to have had the sup- In 2008, the Finlay Foundation challenged Maine State Museum; Samuel Scott, Associate port of the Association of Historical Soci- New Hampshire museums, historical soci- Curator of Maritime Art, Peabody Essex Mu- eties of New Hampshire in offering this eties, and libraries to find innovative ways seum, MA pre-conference program exclusively for to increase their membership.