A Site History of WMA CONFERENCES
The following is a summary of primary host institutions and conference meeting locations if different from the host institution. (Links provided to online information about that particular conference.)

2009 Washington State University
2008 Clark County HIstorical Museum
2007 Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
2006 Seattle - Museum of Flight
2005 Yakima – Yakima Valley Museum
2004 Seattle – Nordic Heritage Museum
2003 Spokane — Northwest Museum of Art & Culture
2002 Keyport — Naval Undersea Museum
2001 Bellingham — Whatcom Museum of History & Art
2000 Lacey — Lacey Community Center & South Sound Heritage Association
1999 Wenatchee — North Central Washington Museum
1998 Tacoma — Washington State History Museum
1997 Yakima - Yakima Valley Museum
1996 Seattle — Nordic Heritage Museum
1995 Ilwaco — Ilwaco Heritage Museum
1994 Tri-Cities — WSU Richland Extension Campus & Tri-Cities Museum Coalition
1993 Tacoma - Washington State Historical Society
1992 Wenatchee — North Central Washington Museum
1991 Pullman — Washington State University Museum of Art
1990 Yakima — Yakima Valley Historical Museum
1989 Port Angles — Clallam County Historical Museum
1988 Spokane — Museum of Native American Cultures
1987 Goldendale — Maryhill Museum of Art 1986 Seattle — Nordic Heritage Museum
1985 Wenatchee — North Central Washington Museum
1984 Olympia — Washington State Capital Museum
1983 Spokane — Cheney Cowles Museum
1982 Bellingham - Whatcom Museum of History & Art
1981 Yakima — Yakima Valley Museum  

Origins Note: 1980 First Organizational Meeting to create the WMA in Ellensburg; 1979 Concept of creating a state-wide museum organization developed