Past Conferences

2025
41st Annual SMA Conference: “Make It Happen”
Monday, February 17 to Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, Gaithersburg, MD
2025 Conference Program
2024
40th Annual SMA Conference: “Telling Tough Stories”
Monday, February 19 to Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Omni Richmond Hotel, Richmond, VA
2024 Conference Program
2023
39th Annual SMA Conference: “Curating a Culture of Care”
Monday, February 20 - Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Hotel Du Pont, Wilmington, Delaware
2023 Conference Program
2022
38th Annual SMA Conference: “Seizing the Moment: Opportunities for Radical Change”
Friday, June 3 - Sunday, June 5 2022
The Hotel, University of Maryland College Park
2022 Conference Program
2021
37th Annual SMA Conference: “Museums Respond to Crises.”
Friday, September 20 - Friday, March 5
Series of Webinars
2020
36th Annual SMA Conference: “Honoring the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage: Museums as Catalysts of Social Change”
Sunday, February 16 - Tuesday, February 18, 2020
The Hotel, University of Maryland College Park
2020 Conference Program
2019
35th Annual SMA Conference: “Catch Me If You Can” Museum Leadership Flying into the 21st Century
Sunday, February 17 - Tuesday, February 19, 2019
The Hotel, University of Maryland College Park
2019 Conference Program
2016
32nd Annual SMA Conference: Museums & More
Sunday, February 14 - Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, Ocean City, MD
2016 Conference Program
2015
Museums in Harmony
Sunday, February 15 - Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Ocean City, MD
Click here to download a PDF of the Final 2015 Conference Program.
2014
Small Museums: Past, Present, & The Future
Sunday, February 16 - Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Ocean City, MD
Click here to download a PDF of the Final 2014 Conference Program