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August 19 - 22, 2009
Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Hosted by the River Road African American Museum, Donaldsonville, LA
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
All conference sessions will be held at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center unless otherwise noted. Please click the links below to view session information by day:
Daily Schedule:
Wednesday, August 19
Thursday, August 20
Friday, August 21
Thursday, August 2008
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Desk OPEN
8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Exhibitors’ Hall OPEN
8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Career Resource Center OPEN
7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Standing Professional Committee Breakfast Meetings
- Directors’ Roundtable
- Curators, Registrars, Archivists and Exhibit Specialists
- Disaster Task Force
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
AAAM Annual Business Meeting
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions A
- Partnerships for Historically Black Organizations with Public Museums
This panel will explore the partnerships between public museums and African American institutions in staging exhibits and programming. Partnerships between public museums and independent black institutions can lead to funding opportunities for new exhibits, and this panel will illustrate two recent models.
- Moving from Mission to Money: How Strong Organizations Retain Mission in a Changing Economic Environment
The importance of self-reflection, broad thinking and planning for contingencies is critical in competition in a diverse funding market. Participants will gain current information on federal funding and foundation grants, social enterprise, funding opportunities and application scenarios.
- Your Community as Your Greatest Asset
This panel argues for turning to your community – whatever its size and location - as resources that are fundamental to organizational success and sustainability. The presenters highlight community case studies that address community-centered youth programs and leadership development, community-derived oral histories for significant research content and interpretive “voices”, and community-based volunteer and docent training and management.
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Opening Day Luncheon - Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jessica B. Harris
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS B
- Partnerships for Heritage Tourism
The B.B. King Museum and the Heritage Trails Office of the State of Mississippi are working together to preserve and promote Mississippi’s music heritage. Presenters will share their stories how these two programs are changing the face of communities and heritage tourism around the state of Mississippi, and program staff from NEH will talk about funding opportunities for heritage projects.
- Imaging a Virtual Museum: Possibilities and Practicalities
Participants at this interactive workshop will have the opportunity to share and discuss their thoughts and experineces related to the development and maintenance of virtual museums. The workshop is designed for those who want to learn more about vitrual museums and for those who have had some experience with virtual museums.
Cultural Breakthroughs….The Theater
This panel highlights the marketing and audience development activities that were useful to public school children in a small community. Through sharing the experiences of the Executive Director of the Riley House, the director of FAMU’s Essential Theater, and the 5-7 member cast, participants can walk away with a realistic understanding of the methods they can utilize to engage their communities in programs that interpret various historical periods.
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Dessert Break – Exhibitors' Hall
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS C
- From the Page to the Stage
“From the Page to the Stage” addresses the how-to’s of developing living history interpretation from research, with a clear-cut process for discovering storylines, developing characters, and the importance of utilizing historically accurate costumes and artifacts. Museums administrators, docents and volunteers will learn new techniques for first and third person interpretation including the relevance of script development.
- Museum Security – A to Z
This session will provide participants with an interactive, hands-on opportunity to learn how to defend their institutions against attacks and intrusions. It will also provide a basic exploration of the definitions, concepts and issues regarding museum security.
- Getting the Job Done!
Former graduates, professors and community members of the only Museum Studies Program located at an HBCU will lead a discussion on the effectiveness of partnerships between museums and the communities that they serve. This session will explore the topics of public programming, professional development and the use of community resources.
6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
EVENING RECEPTION
“Old South Baton Rouge”
Louisiana State Museum
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