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Washington Museum Association
2006 Annual Conference
Strong Museums, Strong Communities
Hosted by the Museum of Flight
Sponsored by Washington State Historical Society
Museum of Flight
Pre-conference Workshop • Board Meeting • Opening Reception - June 21, 2006

Strong Museums - Strong Communities
WMA Annual Conference
June 22-23, 2006
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PROGRAM
Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Registration: 9:00 – 10:00AM Skyline Room / Coffee and Conversation
3:00 – 6:00PM Skyline Room / Reception follows

Pre-Conference Workshop: 10:00AM – 4:00PM  -  Pre-registration required
Luncheon and evening reception included
 

When to Call a Conservator…….or Not
Skyline Room
Presenter: Beverly Perkins, Field Service Officer, Balboa Art Conservation Center
This workshop is designed to help staff of institutions without a Conservator safely clean, assess, and at times even repair their collection materials.  Conservation issues such as reversibility and stability are discussed.  Participants will learn about adhesives, cleaning products and methods, and metal polishing.  The workshop will also present methods for removing tape and labels from objects.  There will be a variety of hands on activities.

Washington Museum Association Board Meeting: 4:00 – 5:00PM in the Lockwood Board Room - WMA members are welcome

4:00 – 6:00PM  Tour the Museum’s Great Gallery, visit our world class gift shop or enjoy a free ride on the simulators
The Great Gallery is a 3 million-cubic-foot, six-story glass-and-steel exhibit hall currently containing 39 full-size historic aircraft, 23 of which — including the nine-ton Douglas DC-3 — hang from the space-frame ceiling in flight attitude. These aircraft trace the history of the first century of flight.

Put on your leather helmet, goggles and silk scarf and join us for the
Liftoff Reception 6:00 – 8:00PM in the award winning J. Elroy McCaw Personal Courage Wing

A three-story, 88,000-square-foot addition which opened June 6, 2004—the 60th anniversary of D-Day—the J. Elroy McCaw Personal Courage Wing highlights the stories of courage, dedication, heroism and human spirit of those involved in fighter aviation in World War I and World War II. It presents the history, aircraft and memorabilia behind those human stories.

Program continues • Thursday, June 22, 2006 • Next Page

 

 

Award of Excellence Nomination Form
Conference Scholarship Application

Silent Auction Contribution Form

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