[SOA] Ohio Museums Association Annual Meeting April 6-7 - registration open

[Carleton, Janet]

Registration is now open for the Ohio Museums Association Annual Meeting 
April 6-7, 2014
Ohio University Inn & Conference Center
Athens, Ohio

Registration and more info at http://ohiomuseums.org/professional-development/conference/

Student Scholarship deadline: Feb 28

Progressive Museum Tour: visits to area repositories include the Athens County Historical Society, and two located in historic buildings on the grounds of the former Athens Asylum--The Dairy Barn Arts Center and the Kennedy Museum of Art. 

Sessions include: 
- 50 Simple Ideas in 50 Minutes to make your Museum Remarkable
- Academic Collaborations on a Shoestring: Staff & Student Perspectives
- Business Planning & Sustainability: Securing Your Museum's Future
- Community Collaborations: How a Single Book United Canton's Cultural Organizations
- Education Through Collaboration: Creating the Next Generation of Archival Users
- Environmental Controls and Sustainability 
- Expectations and Experiential Learning Opportunities
- From University Students to Museum Professionals: Strengthening the Academic Bridge between Theory and Best Practice
- The History Fund: Grants for Museums, Too
- Investing in Interns: Better Collections Management Through Mentoring Relationships 
- Maintaining the Momentum: Connecting to Collections in Ohio
- Museum Design + Construction 101: How to approach your Project
- Ohio Museums Imagine the Future: in under 7 minutes!
- Re-imagining Access: Strategies for Collections Cataloging 
- Social Media -- What is your policy? 
- That's Not My Story. Why Should I Care?
- The University Art Museum as Learning Space for Language Acquisition

About the Ohio Museums Association
Founded in 1976 by members of the Ohio's museum community, the Ohio Museums Association is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. OMA works with a variety of museums, museum professionals and providers of museum services to strengthen the state's museum, foster excellence in the field and support the museum community.

The Ohio Museums Association serves Ohio arboretums, aquariums, anthropology museums, art museums, art center and galleries, botanical gardens, ethnic museums, general museums, heritage centers, history museums, historic houses, historic parks and sites, historical societies, natural history museums, nature centers, planetariums, science and technology centers, youth and children's museums and zoos.

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