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Coach
House & State Capitol Museum, 211 West 21st
Avenue, Olympia (map)
| 8:30
- 4:00pm |
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Web
Sites for Museums: Pre-conference
workshop that focuses on starting a Web site,
creating Web pages and making the most of
the Internet. Click
here for workshop handouts & resources. |
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| 3:30
- 5:00pm |
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Board
of Trustees Meeting: All members
welcome. Held at State Capitol Museum conference
room. |
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| 4:30
- 6:30pm |
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Evening
Reception: Sponsored by the State
Capitol Museum and Washington State Historical
Society. |
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Lacey
Community Center, 6729 Pacific Avenue SE, Lacey
(map)
| 8:00am |
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Registration:
Coffee & conversations. Check in Silent
Auction items. |
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| 9:00
- 9:15am |
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Opening
Remarks & Welcome:
Karen
Marshall, acting President, WMA
Derek
Valley, Chair, Local Arrangements Committee
Annamary
Fitzgerald, President, South Sound Heritage
Assn |
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| 9:15am |
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Keynote
Speaker:
Lt Governor Brad Owen
Education
and the Role of Museums Lt Governor
Brad Owen
Lt.
Governor Brad Owen is an enthusiastic supporter
of children and the arts. The mission of his
newsletter, Capitol Letter, is "bringing
communities together for our children," and
he regularly features articles on the arts
and children. |
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| 10:00am |
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Introduction
of Guests: Karen Marshall, acting
President, WMA
Join
the WMA Board of Directors in welcoming Melissa
Rosengard, Executive Director, Western Museum
Assn.
"Break
Around the Lake"
The
Ecology of Woodland Creek, Lisa Dennis-Perez,
Water Resources Specialist, City of Lacey
Silent
Auction bidding begins |
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| 10:30
- 11:45am |
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General
Session:
Change
& Challenge: Technology Past, Present
& Future
Lorin Catudio
Lorin
Catudio currently works as a Web site designer
for his company, LCSS (Lorin Catudio Software
Services). Lorin's educational and historical
interests have led him to become actively
involved in technology issues in schools and
museums. He has created Web sites for Rose
Hill Elementary and the Marymoor Museum. He
is also very interested in understanding how
the evolution of technology impacts and redefines
people and society. Lorin has 16 years experience
in software, working in project management,
technical marketing, programming and technical
writing. He has also taught database, C and
Visual Basic programming at Bellevue Community
College. |
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| 11:45
- 12:00pm |
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"Break
Around the Lake" |
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| Noon |
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Conversations
at Lunch: Choose a topic of your
choice and join in the conversation.
| Web
Site Questions |
Lorin
Catudio |
| School
Programs |
Mary
Jo Maute |
| Museum
Festivals |
Keith
Williams |
| Making
the Most of Charitable Contributions |
Ellen
Ferguson |
| Digitizing
your Photograph Collection |
David
Lynx |
| Creative
& Entertaining Educational Programs
for Adults |
Pat
Doran |
| Tips
for Attracting Young Board Members |
George
Thomas |
| Creative
& Entertaining Educational Programs
for Youth |
Pat
Wald |
| News
Q&A with the Office of Archaeology
and Historic Preservation |
Rob
Whitlam, State Archaeologist |
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| 1:00
- 1:30pm |
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"Break
Around the Lake" |
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| 1:30
- 2:45pm |
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Concurrent
Sessions:
Teacher
Talk: Connecting Your Museum to New Educational
Standards and School Curriculums
Museums
are an important resource for schools, but
with budget cutbacks for field trips and constant
changes in statewide curriculum objectives,
it is imperative that heritage organizations
are knowledgeable not only about local curriculum
but about educational reforms across the state.
Learn about the latest standards and how they
should be incorporated into your educational
programs. Discover that it's not as scary
to implement as it sounds, just stimulating
and fun.
Presenters:
Janet
Oakley, Educator, Skagit County Historical
Museum
Steve
Crowell, Lead Curator, Paul H. Karshner Memorial
Museum
Working
Together: The Role of Regional Museum Consortiums
in Preserving and Interpreting History
How
can heritage organizations work together in
a climate of competitive funding and diversified
audiences? This session will examine the efforts
of the South Sound Heritage Association and
League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations
to promote the common goals of heritage education,
cultural tourism and community outreach.
Session
Chair: Drew W. Crooks, Historian,
Lacey Museum
Panelists:
Carla
Wulfsberg, Museum Coordinator, Henderson House
Musem
Susan
Rohrer, Educational Coordinator, Washington
State Capitol Museum
Louise
Lindgren, Senior Planner for Historic Preservation,
Snohomish County
Memory
Book Projects for Heritage Organizations
Collecting
as many of our elder's stories as possible
to pass on to future generations is critical
for preserving the essence of a community's
spirit. Small heritage organizations can develop
a simple, cost-effective "Memory Book" project
to encourage community elders to contribute
their memoirs for inclusion in a variety of
educational formats.
Presenters:
Pat
Filer, Director, Log House Museum, Southwest
Seattle Historical Society
Cathy
Fulton, owner, Capturing Memories |
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| 2:45
- 3:00pm |
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"Break
Around the Lake" |
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| 3:15
- 4:30pm |
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Concurrent
Sessions
Forward
Thinking: Endowments and Sustained Support
Museums
and historical societies across the state
are being asked to do more with less all the
time. Public expectation and giving are at
an all-time high. Yet, many of our colleagues
shy away from building their own sustained
support programs through endowment/foundation
building. If we are truly "forward thinking",
then why don't we all have endowments in place
and why aren't we taking advantage of the
the largest transfer of wealth from one generation
to the next? This session will address just
how such forward thinking is working, from
a long-term, short-term and startup position.
Session
Chair: Steve Anderson, Director,
Renton Museum
Panelists:
Charles
Payton, Museum Advisor, King County Cultural
Resources Division
Jerry
Ramsey, Ph.D., Foundation donor/creator, Ramsey
Fund for Fort Nisqually
Keith
Williams, Ph.D., Director, North Central Washington
Museum
Making
Your Museum a Good Teacher
Small
museums are hungry for ideas on how we can
better meet the needs of schools and school-aged
children, but we frequently have limited expertise,
time and financial resources. This session
will provide an opportunity for small museums,
especially those that do not have an educator
on staff, to learn how they can improve the
"educational quality" of their exhibits and
programs. A panel of professional educators
will provide concrete examples of how museums
can improve the educational quality of their
exhibits and programs. From these examples,
the educators will make some general suggestions
about how small museums can make improvements.
Session
Chair: Chris Erlich, Director,
Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Society &
Museum
Panelists:
Stephanie
Lile, Washington State History Museum Education
Coordinator
David
Lynx, Curator of Education, Yakima Valley
Museum
The
Shape of an Idea: An Exhibit Design Workshop
This
is a participatory program which will look
at the successes and failures of existing
interpretive exhibitions, analyze the unique
quality of communication in museum exhibitions,
and explore the nature of presenting ideas
and objects in space. Hypothetical topics,
spaces, and objects will form the basis for
a mini-workshop on creating effective and
entertaining educational exhibits...by
allowing the subject matter to dictate the
form of your exhibition.
Workshop
Leader: Andy Granitto, Curator
of Exhibits and Programs, Yakima Valley Museum |
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| 6:00
- 8:30pm |
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Progressive
Dinner, Olympia and Tumwater
Enjoy
delicious foods and beverages throughout this
fun evening of exploration! You'll visit the
Bigelow House, Olympia's oldest residence,
delight on light hors d'oeuvres and hear lovely
piano music played on a 1871 square Steinway;
delve into the Hands-On Children's Museum,
where you can learn about line, shape and
proportion as you create your own three-dimensional
self-portrait as you munch on London Broil,
Thai chicken and smoked salmon; taste a bit
of Germany at the Henderson House Museum,
home of William Naumann, German immigrant
and brewmaster for the Olympia Brewing Company
featuring German desserts; and step back in
time at the 1858 Historic Crosby House and
Pioneer Log Cabin, with fresh fruit tarts,
lemonade and demonstrations of pioneer homecrafts. |
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Lacey
Community Center, 6729 Pacific Avenue SE,
Lacey (map)
| 8:00am |
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Registration:
On-site breakfasts: Registrars &
Education Committees |
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| 9:00
- 9:45am |
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Opening
Remarks & Welcome
Keynote
Speaker: Thomas "Les" Purce
Museums
and Community-Based Education
Incoming
president of the Evergreen State College,
Olympia. Currently, Purce is Vice President
for Extended University Affairs at Washington
State University, where he is in charge
of community-based education, cooperative
extension services and distance-learning
programs. |
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| 9:45
- 10:15am |
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"Break
Around the Lake" |
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| 10:15
- 11:00am |
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Point/Counterpoint
General Session:
Save
It or Use It? Preservation vs. Education
Speakers:
Carla
Wulfsberg, Museum Coordinator, Henderson
House Musem
Susan
Rohrer, Educational Coordinator, Washington
State Capitol Museum
Louise
Lindgren, Senior Planner for Historic
Preservation, Snohomish County |
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| 11:00
- noon |
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Save
It or Use It? Break-Out Discussion Groups
Choose
one of these or create your own group!
1)
Issues in Developing Educational Collections:
What is the collection and how does
it relate to the permanent collection?
2)
Collecting Priorities: What's the educational
purpose? Should the public benefit?
How is the public going to benefit?
3)
Interactive Exhibits: What does it matter:
using artifacts or replicas? How can
you maintain and kid-proof interactives?
4)
School Outreach Boxes: Using artifacts
in the classroom.
5)
Restoration vs. Conservation: Should
an artifact be returned to its original
appearance and condition or stabilized
to prevent the chance of further deterioration. |
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| Noon
- 2:00pm |
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WMA
Awards and Membership Meeting Luncheon
20th
Anniversary Celebration
Join
us as we celebrate our 20th anniversary,
congratulate our scholarship winners
and honor recipients of the 2000 WMA
awards. You'll also hear the latest
WMA business news. |
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| 2:00
- 2:15pm |
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"Break
Around the Lake"
WMA
Silent Auction Closes
Items
need to be paid for (cash or check only)
and picked up at this time! |
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| 2:15
- 4:45pm |
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Take
a Tour! Museums of the South Sound Heritage
Association |
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| 5:00pm |
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"Commuter"
Coffee/Dinner Gathering
At
Mehfil, House of Exotic Indian Food,
810 Sleater Kinney Road, Lacey (map),
in the Fred Meyer complex, with easy
access to I-5. Avoid Friday's rush hour
and join colleagues for a quick caffeine
infusion or a more leisurely dining
experience. Mehfil's offers a moderately
priced extensive menu, from Chawal Bhandar
to Samunders Se! |
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