36th Annual SMA Conference
Honoring the 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage: Museums as Catalysts of Social Change
Sunday, February 16 - Tuesday, February 18, 2019
Please note: This is a tentative schedule with confirmed sessions. Specific times will be announced soon.
Sunday
Registration
Wine and Cheese Reception
Eat & Engage Dinner
Battle Decks!
Workshops
- Accessibility Lab
- Articulate Your Mission: Writing a Case for Donor Support
- Beyond Just a Welcome: Facilitating Informal Learning Environments
- What is Digital Curation and Why Should I Care
RegistrationBreakfast
Keynote Address
Sessions
- Building Meaningful Relationships in Communities: Latinx Outreach and Engagement
- Change the Stereotype, Change the Narrative: Best Practices for Storytelling at Historic House Museums
- The Distinguished Women of Riversdale: In Their Own Words
- Evaluation for Everyone: Techniques for Gathering Data so You Can Continue to Learn, Improve, and Live Your Mission
- Expanding Your Career: No-Cost Professional Development Opportunities
- Heritage Areas: A Resource for Social Change
- Interpreting Women at Historic House Museums
- Lesbian Histories and Queering the Historic House
- Like, Subscribe, Follow: Next Level Strategy for Social Media Mastery
- The Management and Deaccession Toolbox: Making the Right Decision for Your Collection
- Preserving What Inspires: Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
- Slavery Is Not A 4-Letter Word
- Small Is A Strength: Creating High-Tech Museum Experiences in a Small, Rural, Museum through Strategic Community Partnerships
- Telling the Invisible Stories at Historic Sites and Museums
- Time to Think Big: Inspire! Grants for Small Museums
- Walking in Our Visitors Footsteps: The Visitor Experience from A to Z
- What Teachers Want: Developing Effective Education Programs at Museums & Historic Sites
- Who runs the World? Girls: The She the People Politics Camp is creating future leaders through Politics and History.
- Women in the Arts: Everywhere But the Pinnacle
- Women’s Suffrage: 400 years in the Making from Slavery to the Present
Tuesday
Registration
Light Breakfast
Plenary Address
Sessions
- Appealing to a Wider Audience
- Community: A Pillar Not a Project, The First Steps Toward Institutional Community Engagement Reform
- HR=Human: Inclusive in Policy and Practice
- Learning S'more About Museum Day Camps
- Making Anniversaries Meaningful in Museums
- Making History Our-Story: An On-going Case Study from an Open-air Museum
- Multi-Sensory Mapping: Design for an Inclusive Visitor Experience
- Museum Roadmaps: Strategic Plans that Work
- Stepping into Mental Wellness: New Social Awareness for Museums
- Targeting Diversity and Inclusivity Through Creative Programs Based on Traditional Exhibits: Steps Taken and Lessons earned