History, Specialized
Located in the former Heddon factory at 414 West St. in Dowagiac MI., the Heddon Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the Heddon family's many contributions to the fishing tackle industry as well as the city of Dowagiac.
Botanical Garden, Church, Culture, History
This is the church where Rev. George Bennard first introduced the final version of "The Old Rugged Cross" in 1913. It is being restored to its 1913 church era appearance & condition.
History
As we gather for the Oregon Museums Association 2024 Annual Conference in Coos Bay, the conference theme “Ebb & Flow” acknowledges the nearby coastline while providing a metaphor to reflect on the work of Oregon’s museums today
It can feel like the sands are shifting as museums face challenges and opportunities like changing patterns of visitorship, evolving technologies, revised funding strategies, and peoples’ desire for community.
The 2024 conference will explore contemporary issues facing museums, so that together we can take the helm to identify solutions and successfully steer our work forward
Whether you are an emerging professional just getting your feet wet, in the mid-career flow, or an established leader navigating the depths of museum work, we invite you to join us at The Mill Casino Hotel in Coos Bay, September 8-10, 2024.
For more information, please email connect@oregonmuseums.org.
Museums exist to cultivate connections. Museums educate visitors, preserve objects, tell stories, create intrigue, and generate curiosity while providing an accessible, relevant, credible space for these exchanges to occur.
It’s a tall order to cultivate varied connections within our communities, which requires continued reflection, learning, resources, change, and intentional engagement. As we approach the United States’s 250th anniversary, let’s reflect on how museums are sites for conversations and civic involvement, how representation can connect rather than fragment people, how museum professionals create a sense of shared identity, and even how museums are simply powerful, tangible, places within our communities.
How are you cultivating connections
We hope you will join us at the 2024 Annual Conference hosted by the Utah Museums Association in partnership with the Utah Division of Arts & Museums.
For more information, please call 202-251-0549 or email info@utahmuseums.org.
FAM 2024 Annual Conference & Exposition will be held
October 13 – 16 in Daytona Beach!!
Please hold these dates. Watch our FAM website for more conference details.
Please join us in Tonopah for NMA’s 2024 conference – Hitting The Lode! Museums Collaborating.
This will be an excellent opportunity for attendees to dig deep as we learn, inspire and exchange ideas about museum practice in the Silver State and beyond
The 2024 Annual Meeting celebrates the coming together of Nevada’s many diverse institutions in the name of collaboration and support of best practices. Attendance to the Annual Meeting is open to museum professionals, leaders, and supporters with the intent that the conference inspires deep thinking, future partnerships and dynamic conversations
Registration now open!
For more information, please email membership@nevadamuseums.org.
CAM is hard at work planning for the 2025 conference, set to take place from February 18–22, 2025 in San Francisco. We look forward to highlighting best practices and innovative ideas from California's museum community
The California Association of Museums is excited to continue offering in-person programming for 2025. We will not be requiring proof of COVID vaccination/s, but highly encourage vaccination and boosters. For the health and safety of our colleagues, masks are also encouraged (but not required). Capacity and spaces will be thoughtfully considered in the planning of this event.
For more information, please email programs@calmuseums.org.