8:00-9:00

Special Breakfasts
Directors–Board Room • Registrars–Rotunda Room • Educators–Syre Classroom

Registration (continues throughout conference)

Concurrent Sessions

Reaching Way Out: Museum Programs for the Teenage Years
Lure the ellusive teen. Serve at-risk youth and young adults. Broaden your museum community with programs that are cool enough for the most rare museum visitor the teenager!

Kimberly Keith, Associate Director of Community & Public Programs, The Museum of Glass
Mary Jo Maute, Education Assistant, Whatcom Museum of History & Art

Community & Cultural Heritage Tourism: Finding the Fit
We are part of the fastest growing area of smart and sustainable tourism. Consider the demo- and psychographics of the cultural tourist; the interconnections of theater, local cuisine, festivals, and natural and untapped resources; and your potential in this intersection of the economic, educational, historical, and cultural.

Troy Luginbill, Director/Curator, Lynden Pioneer Museum
Barbara H. Brandt, Founder/Principal, The Write Connection

The Museum's Unwanted Community: New Tools in Pest Management
Implement a system for monitoring insect activity, including how to keep records and identify insects found. Learn about procedures for nonchemical management by habitat modification and isolation, methods of arresting damage to infected objects, and when to call for help.

Nancy Jackson, Collections Manager, Washington State Historical Society
Connie Estep, Curator, Columbia River Exhibit of History, Science, & Technology

Break

Concurrent Sessions

Collecting and Deaccessioning in our Modern Community:
Opportunities and Issues
Thinking beyond "old stuff," museums need to actively pursue the acquisition of artifacts from today's world. But how do you decide what will be relevant in the future? How do you find contemporary historical artifacts? What guidelines should your museum create for collecting recent history? On the other hand, many museums are now discovering the need to pursue an active program of deaccessioning and disposal. What steps do you need to follow to ensure you do it wisely? What about using eBay or selling stuff at auction? What do good deaccessioning forms look like (or accessioning forms for that matter)?

Elizabeth Furlow, Curator, Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)
Mary Montgomery, Librarian & Curator of Textiles, Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)
Matthew Houle, Registrar & Information Technology Coordinator, Curator, Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)

Taking Care of Your Internal Community:
Human Resource Issues for Museums of All Sizes
This session will cover a variety of issues including common employment challenges of hiring, evaluating and firing employees, sexual harassment and other forms of discrimination, FMLA, FLSA and L&I claims, and legal issues with museum volunteers. Reference handouts will be provided and written questions are encouraged to facilitate the direction of the session. No museum is too large or too small to attend this session!

Kimberly Somers, Director of Human Resources, Whatcom Transit Authority Bob Gruhn, WMA General Counsel
Facilitator: Karen Marshall, Director, Skagit County Historical Museum

Inquiry in Action: Building the WSHS History Lab
– An Educational Technology Case Study
What do an artifact database, a website, and a learning center have in common? They are all used to teach historical thinking. Highlighting trials and triumphs of the recently opened History Lab learning center and the WMA website (now in development), this session is designed to share effective ways of developing and using technology for both in-house and educational outreach.

Stephanie Lile, Project Manager, Washington State Historical Society History Lab
Steve Crowell, Director, Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum

WMA Meeting
Election of Officers and Trustees, WMA News

Conversations at Lunch

Point/Counterpoint Involving Communities:
Sometimes the Good, Sometimes the Bad, Sometimes a Great Notion

Success stories, war stories, and cautionary tales of museum/community projects and the results that ensued. Is the reward worth the grief?

Glenn Mason, Cultural Images, Portland
Chris Erlich, Director, Gig Harbor Historical Society Museum
Facilitator: George Thomas, Museum Consultant

Preview of WMA Conference 2002

Bill Galvani, Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport

Closing Remarks Karen Marshall, President, WMA

Silent Auction Ends