By Aldona Jonaitis Aldona Jonaitis, President First, I want to thank everyone involved for making the annual WMA Conference in San Diego such a successful event. Special thanks go to Elida Zelaya and Valerie Huaco who worked tirelessly to welcome our arrival in San Diego...
Margaret Kadoyama's thirty years in the museum profession embrace extensive experience in audience development, community involvement and education strategic planning. by Margret Kadoyama I was fortunate enough to attend the recent WMA conference in San Diego...
by Allyson Lazar Technology seems to be a key buzz word in the museum world these days. Many people are still a little tech-shy, but that changes day by day...
by Allyson Lazar You’re a registrar or a collection manager in a museum. Maybe you are understaffed because the administration just told you that you had to let go of a couple people–or maybe you’ve always been understaffed. You ...
by Allyson Lazar Last week roughly 400 museum professionals from the Western Region and beyond* gathered in beautiful San Diego for the annual WMA conference. Buzz in the hallways indicated that the sessions were some of the strongest, most relevant, useful and enjoyable yet...
Western Museums Association great conference! from voluneer practices to layoffs; from panoramic imaging to museums of Qatar; from free culture on the web to paying with virtual money on Second Life...Stay Classy San Diego!
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View of the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey from the vantage of the minaret, a piece of a spherical panorama. Photo © Gross Brothers Media LLC
Stephanie Weaver Enjoyed the behind-the-scenes tour at the Old Globe Theater yesterday during #wma09 in Balboa Park: http://bit.ly/Vx3rs
Never fear, there will be more blogs posted about specific sessions coming to WestMuse, but I wanted to take a moment to point everyone in the direction of a fantastic set of conference photos, courtesy of Lydia Johnson and to share a few of the places and moments that have made this conference so...
By Stephanie Almeida This morning I took some time to unplug completely (no blackberry, laptop or iPod) and take a walk along the beach here in San Diego at the WMA Conference...
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Slideshow of glimpses from the conference so far...
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College Students in Museums: Paperless Collaborations, Two Case Studies.
Thank you WMA for such a wonderful program. Here is the student blog site referenced by presenter Deborah Small http://rjsvsar405.blogspot.com/2008/10/m
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What is culture? Culture is defined by Webster’s dictionary as “the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and ...
Western Museums Association William Harris, WMA board member and Senior VP Development & Marketing, California Science Center Foundation, dishes on some of the great content at the WMA meeting so far. 10-27-09, San Diego, Calif.
View of the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey from the vantage of the minaret, a piece of a spherical panorama...
by Allyson Lazar all photos copyright by lidja Ever wonder what 11 trained museum collections professionals can accomplish in one day? The San Diego Air and Space Museum found out when they hosted CSI:Registrars, the RC-WR-sponsored pre-conference volunteer event on Saturday October 24...
