2018 Conference

 

Click here to download the 2018 Final Program book.

Click here to download a .pdf of the preliminary program.

 

Session Updates

Wednesday, November 8

8:45  - 10:15 am
The Museum that Cried "Should: - Responding to the Call for Environmental Literacy
This session has been canceled.

8:45 - 10:15 am
Museum as a Site of Resistance
This session will now be held at Franklin Street Works. Please note: transportation will not be provided.

1:45 - 3:15 pm (formerly at 3:45 pm)
Diamonds Are Nice, But...Making Anniversaries Mean Something
This session will now be held at the Bruce Museum. Please note: transportation will not be provided.

3:45 - 5:15 pm

Museum Teaching Lab: Multiple-Visit Programs as a Site for Experimentation
This session will now be held at the Bruce Museum. Please note: transportation will not be provided.

3:45 - 5:15 pm
Whiteness, Museum Education: Developing a Reflective Practice
This session will now be held at Franklin Street Works. Please note: transportation will not be provided.

3:45 - 5:15 pm
The Future of Museum Education: Revisted
This session will now be held at Franklin Street Works. Please note: transportation will not be provided.

5:45 - 7:00 pm (Formerly at 8:45 am, Thursday)
Best Practices: Moving Us Forward or Holding Us Back
This session will now be held at the Bruce Museum. Please note: transportation will not be provided.


Thursday, November 8


8:45 - 10:15 am
Going Out to Welcome In: Authentic Community Engagement through Outreach
This session has been canceled.

8:45 - 10:15 am
Free Membership at Five Years: A Look Back/A Look Forward
This session has been canceled.

8:45 - 10:15 am
Trauma in New England Museums
This session has been canceled.

12:15 - 2:15 pm
Membership, Development, Public Relations, and Marketing PAG Lunch
This session has been canceled. The MDPRM PAG will be hosting an off-site meet-up on Wednesday at the Sign of the Whale at 7 pm. See the NEMA app for details.

2:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Ch-Ch-Changes: How Museum Staff and Volunteers Can Create Positive Change Together
This session has been canceled.

2:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Protest of Power: When the People Curate
This session will now be held at Unite Here Union Hall. Please note: transportation will not be provided.

New Date and Time
Talk Dirty to Me: Cleaning Historic Clothing and Textiles (Friday, 10:45 am - 12:15 pm) is now at Thursday,  2:45 pm - 4:15 pm

Friday, November 9

8:45 - 10:15 am
Queers in the Museum
This session will now be held at the Bruce Museum. Please note: transportation will not be provided.

10:45 - 12:15 pm (formerly 8:45 - 10:15 am)
NEMA's Next 100 Years: Transitional Justice and Expanding Our Positive Footprint
This session will now be held at Unite Here Union Hall. Please note: transportation will not be provided.

10:45 - 12:15 pm
What Really is the Museum of the Future? Global Perspective
This session has been canceled.





Thursday, November 8
10:45 am - 12:15 pm

How Visitor-Centered Are We?
Pre-assigned reading: