MPMA CORPUS CHRISTI MEETING ANNOUNCED NEW Updated… See complete program for 10/2-6 Workshop: 2012MPMAConferenceProgram
The annual meeting for the Mountain Plains Museum Association will be hosted by the museums in Corpus Christi from October 2 – 6, 2012. This is a rare opportunity for those associated with museums in the Texas Tropical Trail Region. The meeting includes workshops and educational sessions on topics of interest to all museum people. Lest you think this is all about big cities and big museums, the majority of those who attend this meeting are from small towns and small museums. The previous meeting was held in Helena, Montana and the meeting before that was in Rapid City, South Dakota.
The American Association of Museums is the national professional association for museums and museum staff, boards, and volunteers. All who are associated with museums will hopefully already be familiar with the AAM and the wealth of information available through their web site www.aam-us.org. The regional affiliate for AAM is the Mountain Plains Museums Associations which encompasses museums in 10 states including Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota.
One of the goals of the Texas Tropical Trail Region is to help museums in south Texas learn from each other. The MPMA meeting is a golden opportunity to significantly expand your network. It is also important that we put our tourism hat on and show what a vibrant museum community we have in south Texas. You can learn more by visiting the MPMA web site www.mpma.net.
The Texas Tropical Trail Region board is making available five $300 scholarships to individuals from south Texas who otherwise might not be able to attend.
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