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June 13, 2001
Pre-Conference Workshops • WMA Board
Meeting • Opening Reception
June 14 &15, 2001
Annual Conference
Museums Reaching Out:
Cultivating Community
Hosted by
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cooperation with:
The Lynden Pioneer Museum, Allied Arts,
Mindport Museum, The Bellingham Antique
Radio Museum, The Center for Pacific Northwest
Studies & State Archives at Western
Washington University, The Washington Trust
for Historic Preservation, The American
Association of Museums, and The Heritage
Resource Center
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June 14 |
| 8:00
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Registration
(Registration continues throughout
conference)
All programs
at the Whatcom Museum (Bellingham),
unless otherwise noted.
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Whatcom Museum |
| 9:00 |
Welcoming
Remarks
Karen Marshall,
President, Washington Museum
Association Tom Livesay, Director,
Whatcom Museum
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Rotunda Room |
| 9:30-10:00
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2001
WMA Awards Ceremony
Lisa Hill
Festa, Nordic Heritage Museum
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Rotunda Room |
| 10:00-10:45
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Keynote
Speaker: Dr. Harold Skramstad
Museums
and Communities: What Does It
All Mean?
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Rotunda
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Dr. Skramstad
will bring years of experience
to bear on this popular topic.
A past vice president of AAM,
Dr. Skramstad has served as
a member and chair of many committees
and commissions concerned with
the interrelation of governments,
communities, and museums and
other humanities institutions.
He has published widely on issues
relating to the educational
role of museums and the public
role of the humanities.
Dr. Harold
K. Skramstad, Jr. was president
of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield
Village, Dearborn, Michigan,
from 1981 to 1996. Prior to
that, he served as director
of the Chicago Historical Society
from 1974 to 1980, and, prior
to that, in several senior administrative
posts at the Smithsonian Institution's
National Museum of American
History.
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Progressive Lunch at Allied
Arts, Mindport Museum,
and The Radio Museum
Tour downtown Bellingham's cultural
hot spots, mingle with colleagues,
and eat! |
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Silent
Auction Begins |
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General Session:
Susy Watts
Learning in Museums Through
Thematic and Conceptual Presentation
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Presenting objects through
a thematic framework is a strategy
increasingly used in museum
exhibitions, galleries, and
public programs. This session
explores how themes and concepts
influence the learning process
in museums.
Susy Watts is a Museum Consultant
for strategic planning, education,
and interactive galleries; she
recently designed ArtQuest,
a 4,000 sq. foot interactive
gallery in Nashville, and serves
on the National Education Committee
for the AAM. You may have seen
her recent article, "The
Family in the Museum: Learning
How They Learn," in Museum
News, Nov./Dec., 2000
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Break
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2:20-3:30
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General Session: Susan
Skramstad
Fundraising: It's All
About Relationships
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The key to successful fundraising
lies in staff/board relationships
and a clear understanding of
roles and responsibilities.
How can boards be motivated
to do what they are supposed
to do and not micromanage issues
they should leave alone? Where
do responsibilities fall and
how do you balance individual
initiative and directed teamwork?
Susan Skramstad was Vice Chancellor
for Institutional Advancement
at the University of MichiganDearborn,
responsible for all fundraising,
alumni relations, and sponsored
research for facultyand a successfully
completed $24 million capital
campaign. Currently, along with
her husband Harold, she is consultant
to non-profits on issues of
change, planning, board and
staff development and, of course,
the fundraising which underlies
it all.
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Break |
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General
Session: Panel Discussion
The AAM's Museums and Community
Dialogue
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A
national initiative was established
by the AAM Board of Directors
to explore the potential for renewed,
dynamic engagement between communities
and museums. It is a broad based,
collaborative process consisting
of National Task force meetings,
nine Community Dialogues in communities
across the country, and continuing
conversations with community leaders
and museum professionals The dialogues
are building on each other to
yield a developing group of issues
and a cumulative understanding
of the values and practices that
characterize museum-community
development. Bellingham was the
site of a Community Dialogue in
April, 2001. Join the local project
co-chairs and community members
as they explore creative strategies
for effective community-museum
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Bus
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Front
Entrance Whatcom Museum |
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Salmonchanted
Evening
History Cruise on the
Island Caper with
a talk by Richard Vanderway,
Educator, Whatcom Museum;
a sumptuous feast featuring
fresh salmon; entertainment
by Frank Orr, Roving Fiddler;
and socializing on beautiful
Bellingham Bay.
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