With over 1,000 members, VAM brings together individuals and institutions of our Virginia and D.C. museum community to further education and training, foster development, and provide support for museums and museum staff.
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- Location:
- Richmond, VA, 23219
- Phone:
- 804-788-5820
- Mon - Fri:
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Events
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- VAM Happy Hour - Richmond
Trevi's Lounge at the Omni Richmond...
Wednesday, November 18 at 5:00pm - Rethinking the Front Desk
Frontier Culture Museum
Friday, April 24 at 10:00am - VAM Conference 2009
The Founder's Inn and Spa
Saturday, March 21 at 1:00pm - Homestead Series IV: Creating ...
The Homestead
Wednesday, December 3 at 9:00am - Developing a Furnishings Plan
Morven Park
Monday, November 24 at 10:00am - Interpretive Training: Do As I...
Virginia Historical Society
Wednesday, October 22 at 10:00am - Interpretive Training: Do As I...
Virginia Historical Society
Wednesday, October 22 at 10:00am - Museums Going Green
National Museum of the Marine Corps...
Monday, September 22 at 10:00am
Notes
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- A New Donor Metric? 12:09pm Nov 1
- Check it Out: The Uncataloged Museum 7:55am Oct 16|1 Comment
- More Data from the AASLH Online conference 12:20pm Aug 27
Virginia Association of Museums A great time was had by all at the Happy Hour! I'm so glad we are doing them again! Hurray! Can't wait until the next one!
Virginia Association of Museums
Join us TOMORROW for VAM's Richmond-Region Happy Hour!
We'll be at Trevi's Lounge at the Omni Hotel in downtown Richmond on Wednesday, November 18th at 5:00 p.m. You'll get to meet and network with other Richmond region museum professionals.
Drink specials just for VAM Members:
-- $2 beers: Coors Lite, Bud Lite, Mil...ler Lite and Budweiser
-- $4.50 rail drinks
-- VAM Cocktails: $6 Apple Martinis and Margheritas
-- Sampler of 3 wines for $15
-- Complimentary light hors d'oeuvres
** PLEASE RSVP to Jenny Brockwell, Director of Member Services and Development at jbrockwell@vamuseums.org. A parking garage can be found across from the hotel on 12th Street. After 4:00 p.m., the rate is $4.
We hope to see you all at Trevi's Lounge at the Omni on
November 18th!
Sincerely,
Jenny Brockwell
Virginia Association of Museums
804-788-5820
Partake! Mix! Mingle! Network!
Time:5:00PM Wednesday, November 18th
Location:Trevi's Lounge at the Omni Richmond Hotel
Virginia Association of Museums VAM staff is attending a webinar on using social networks to promote events. We are gearing up for Conference 2010! We want to see y'all here in Richmond March 14 - 16th at the Omni Richmond Hotel!
Virginia Association of Museums Is your museum finding innovative ways to cope with this poor economy? If you are, I want to hear from you for an article I'm working on for the Winter edition of the VAM Voice Newsmagazine. Contact: Heather Widener, Publications Coordinator for VAM at hwidener@vamuseums.org.
Should the effectiveness of a nonprofit be measured in terms of whether or not it is merging or collaborating with other nonprofits? An interesting concept for discussion... - Heather
Virginia Association of Museums
Sharing a great link: http://www.virginia.org/newsletter/Histo
Virginia Association of Museums
Check out our 2010 TimeTravelers' Passport cover - oh and did you know the program will be new, improved, and expanded next year? http://www.vamuseums.org/ProgramsandServ
Jennifer came across this blog, the Uncataloged Museum, and thought it would be of interest to our members! Enjoy!Heather
Virginia Association of Museums
VAM is gearing up for our 2010 Annual Conference in Richmond, at the Omni Hotel! Save the dates - March 14 - 16, 2010. It's just around the corner, and keep navigating, because our theme is "Museums Driving Change." Find out more at http://www.vamuseums.org/AnnualConferenc
Is anyone in Virginia doing a project like this? http://hold.cstx.govThis community in Texas decided to start a program to help local folks preserve community history. They invite people to bring in photos and documents that relate to the history of the town...
I'm sitting in my living room, listening with fascination to the first AASLH online conference...
There is a session going on right now about a consumer survey done in the state of Connecticut. Those surveyed were core visitors to museums in that state, making up almost 5,000 respondents...
Take a moment to respond to this VAM Survey. Data will be used for an upcoming VAM Voice Newsmagazine article, and all responses are strictly anonymous!Thanks,Heather
