Here in Fairbanks the day is at its shortest, the sun rising at 10:57am and setting at 2:39 pm. Outside it’s -17.6 degrees. When it’s this cold there’s no wind, so the snow just stays where it fell, and there are several inches of snow decorating the trees. Cold...
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One more reason to be excited for PDX 2010 "The survey also revealed that Oregon ranked No. 1 in the percentage of adults attending art museums and craft festivals."
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Western Museums Association WMA 2010 in Portland is a GO! Session proposals due January 1. Details here: http://tinyurl.com/ybjjvu3
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We are gearing up for the 2010 annual meeting–which just happens to coincide with WMA’s 75th anniversary! Details about the conference and how you can participate below:
by Allyson Lazar (with hat tip to Ted Greenberg for pointing out the LA Times article) The new "Survey of Public Participation in the Arts" was released on Thursday by the NEA. According to a newly released NEA study, museum attendance is down...
Western Museums Association Join the conversation about dining in museums over at http://tinyurl.com/yayhr5l (or below here on the Wall)!
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I love going to museums – who doesn’t? One thing about many museum trips that I have come to love is the food and dining experience. The bread pudding at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, ...
by Megan McIntyre White Chocolate Bread Pudding at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA. Photo by Joanne G. on Yelp. I love going to museums – who doesn’t? One thing about many museum trips that I have come to love is the food and dining experience. T...
This is the second part of a multi-part video series documenting our October 25 pre-conference workshop on visitor comfort at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park, San Diego. Participants role-played as visitors with either learning differences orphysical disabilities...
by Karen K. Kosasa, Museum Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i Talking about the Tough Stuff at Native Museums #wma09 We owe Noelle our thanks for organizing the panel and soliciting our participation on it. As ...
Western Museums Association New job post up on the WMA job board! http://tinyurl.com/ygzfn5u
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Posting rates: Member $30.00/Non-member$45.00. Rates apply per month up to 75 words; $0.10 each additional word. Internship opportunities may be posted at half price. No deadline, listings are posted when received within about 24 hours. Contact us if you have questions.
This is the third and final in a series of posts. Read Part I and Part II. Interviews During the course of this project, I conducted a series of interviews with administrative and/or front-line educational staff at most of the science centers I visited...
This is Part II of a series. Read Part I. Methods My examination of museums and science centers took me to science museums and centers of varying sizes in both Northern and Southern California...
By Stephanie Weaver On Sunday, October 25 WMA held a pre-conference workshop at San Diego’s Museum of Photographic Arts called “Getting Comfortable with Visitor Comfort.” The goal of the workshop was to help participants and the museum assess how the museum’s experience met visitors’ comfort n...
This series of three posts draws on research I originally undertook in 2001 and 2002...
By Michelle Maxwell The gardens at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, OK ...
Western Museums Association new job posting: http://tinyurl.com/ygzfn5u
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Posting rates: Member $30.00/Non-member$45.00. Rates apply per month up to 75 words; $0.10 each additional word. Internship opportunities may be posted at half price. No deadline, listings are posted when received within about 24 hours. Contact us if you have questions.
