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Collections Stewardship
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Artifact Protection in Daylit Spaces: An Analytic Approach
Location: Room 243
Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Malcolm Collum – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Gary J. Woodall – Gary Steffy Lighting Design Inc.
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Champagne Dreams, Beer Budget: Innovative Solutions For Packing and Shipping Museum Collections
Location: Room 354/355
Allison Dixon – Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian; Kimberly Robinson – National Park Service
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Managing Emergencies in Cultural Heritage: Sharing Knowledge and Strengthening Networks in the Americas
Location: Room 244
Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; David J. de la Torre – Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) Community Arts International (CAI); Samuel F. Franco – ICOM LAC / Regional Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean; Beatriz Haspo – APOYOnline - Association for Heritage Preservation of the Americas; Corine Wegener – Smithsonian Institution
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Developing a Critical Engagement with Ethics for 21st-Century Exhibitions
Location: Room 348/349
Ian Kerrigan – 9/11 Memorial & Museum; Janet Marstine – University of Leicester; Joanna Groarke – The New York Botanical Garden; Emilie Johnson – Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Ian Kerrigan – 9/11 Memorial & Museum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Mistakes Were Made
Location: Room 354/355
Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Ashley Rogers – Whitney Plantation; Chris Taylor – Minnesota Historical Society; Patrick Wittwer – Visitor Experience Group
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
The (ICEE) Business Case for Exhibition Exchange
Location: Room 252/253
Isabel Salgado – La Caixa Foundation; Lourdes Ramos – Museum of Latino American Art; Antonio Rodriguez – Consultant; Hillary Spencer – Nomad Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Collection Ranking: Making Deaccessions Work for You
Location: Room 243
Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Melissa de Bie – History Colorado; Alisa DiGiacomo – History Colorado; Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Jennifer Gallatin Rigsby – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Preventing Curatorial Apocalypse: Lessons Learned from Renovating Museums
Location: Room 245
Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Michael Henry – Smithsonian Institution; Malcolm Collum – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Colin MacKillop – Quinn Evans Architects; Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Gary J. Woodall – Gary Steffy Lighting Design Inc.
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
The Future of Repatriation in Museums: Cultivating a Community of Practice
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Anne Amati – University of Denver Museum of Anthropology; Anne Amati – University of Denver Museum of Anthropology; Jayne-Leigh Thomas – Indiana University
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Ethnic Fraud and Representation in Museums
Location: Room 344
Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder – Oklahoma History Center, Kiowa Tribal Museum, & Wallraf Richartz Museum; Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder – Oklahoma History Center, Kiowa Tribal Museum, & Wallraf Richartz Museum; Mario A. Caro – Massachusetts Institute of Technology; America Meredith – First American Art Magazine; Nancy Marie Mithlo – University of California Los Angeles
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
High Elevation: Planning to Move Museum Collections
Location: Room 243
Laura Elliff Cruz – Denver Art Museum; Melissa Bechhoefer – Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Melissa de Bie – History Colorado; Laura Elliff Cruz – Denver Art Museum
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Protecting Artifacts While Enhancing the Museum Experience
Location: Room 240/241
Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Malcolm Collum – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Michael Henry – Smithsonian Institution; Colin MacKillop – Quinn Evans Architects; Gary J. Woodall – Gary Steffy Lighting Design Inc.
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Show Me the Money: Tips and Techniques for Writing a Successful IMLS Grant Application
Location: Room 352
Jill S. Connors-Joyner – Institute of Museums and Library Services; Mark Isaksen – Institute of Museum and Library Services; Linda Blanshay – Museum of Tolerance; Marian Carpenter – John and Mable Ringling Art Museum; Lisa Sasaki – Smithsonian
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
The Insider’s Guide to Accreditation: Preparation, Pointers, and Pitfalls
Location: Room 252/253
Martha Sharma – American Alliance of Museums; William U. Eiland – Georgia Museum of Art; CJ Roberts – Tampa Bay History Center; Martha Sharma – American Alliance of Museums
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P25 - Should We Display Human Remains in Museums?
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Lia Tarle – Simon Fraser University
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Beyond the Elevator Pitch: How to Write a Persuasive NEA Grant
Location: Room 252/253
Wendy Clark – National Endowment for the Arts; Wendy Clark – National Endowment for the Arts; Ron j. Bechet – Xavier University of Louisiana; Monica Ramirez-Montagut – Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans; Tina Freeman – Photographer
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
CANCELLED: Curation Agreements Toolkit: Everything You Should Have, But Don’t
Location: Room 240/241
Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program; Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Come Tag With Us! How SFMOMA Increased Online Access Through Tagging
Location: Room 243
Marla A. Misunas – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Julie Charles – SFMOMA; Marla A. Misunas – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Layna White – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Franco’s Body: Whose Heritage Is It?
Location: Room 245
William U. Eiland – Georgia Museum of Art; William U. Eiland – Georgia Museum of Art; France Desmarais – ALIPH - International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas; Corine Wegener – Smithsonian Institution
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
Is Rapid-Response Collecting a Trend or the New Sustainable Standard for Collections?
Location: Room 335/336
Kate Mirand Calleri – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Kate Mirand Calleri – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Oasa DuVerney – Brooklyn Children's Museum
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Forget the Best: Good and Better Approaches to Preservation
Location: Room 243
Samantha J. Forsko – Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts; Samantha J. Forsko – Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts; Joseph Shores – The Historic New Orleans Collection
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
75 Ideas for Engaging Current and New Historic House Museum Audiences Through Temporary Exhibitions
Location: Room 348/349
Lise Dube-Scherr – International Arts & Artists; Susan Goganian – Historic Beverly; Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Zachary X. Wnek – Latah County Historical Society
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
9 Ways Your Museum Can Fail to Comply with NAGPRA, and What You Can Do About It
Location: Room 252/253
Sarah E. Glass – National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service; Sarah E. Glass – National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Inclusion: Rich Experience Design for All
Location: Room 344
Corey Timpson – Corey Timpson Design Inc.; Corey Timpson – Corey Timpson Design Inc.; Carrie Christoffersen – Newseum; Anil Lewis – National Federation of the Blind; John Olson – 3DPhotoWorks LLC
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
NEH Supports Museums: The Latest on Opportunities for Exhibitions and Interpretation, Preservation, and Infrastructure Funding
Location: Room 240/241
Jill Austin – National Endowment for the Humanities; Jill Austin – National Endowment for the Humanities; Sarah Lepinski – National Endowment for the Humanities
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
The Next Big Thing: Global Developments and the Power of Museum Education
Location: Room 352
Jelena Trkulja – Qatar Museums; Jelena Trkulja – Qatar Museums; Alexandra Bounia – UCL Qatar; Celeste Fetta – Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Dealing with Disaster: Creating a Community of Grant Advisors
Location: Room 335/336
Catherine Kirby – Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative; Lori Foley – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Catherine Kirby – Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Not-So-Good Vibrations: When Visitors Lead to Deterioration of Historic Buildings
Location: Room 243
Danielle Swanson – Tenement Museum; Danielle Swanson – Tenement Museum
Generously supported by
Committee on Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Ethics and the Changing Landscape of Evaluation and Research in Museums
Location: Room 335/336
Rose C. Jones – Perot Museum of Nature and Science; Rose C. Jones – Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Brace for Impact! Ideas for Measuring Museum Value
Location: Room 345
Stephen D. Ashton – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Stephen D. Ashton – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Emily Johnson – Utah Division of Arts and Museums; Katy B. Knight – Bean Life Science Museum at Brigham Young University
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Crafting Connections: Case Studies of Mission-Aligned Adult Programming
Location: Room 350/351
Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; Jacqueline Stahlmann – Walker Art Center; Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; January Parkos Arnall – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Beth Redmond-Jones – San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat); Kyle Sater – Adler Planetarium
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Impact of Awe on Memories of Art and Science Museums
Location: Room 346/347
Aaron Price – Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago; Alice Anderson – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Jana Greenslit – Museum of Science and Industry; Aaron Price – Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago; Marley Steele-Inama – Denver Zoo
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Museums as Catalysts for Empathy-Building and Social Change
Location: Room 353
Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Jeanine Pollard – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Kate Whitman – Atlanta History Center; Wei Ying Wong – Woodland Park Zoo
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Pushing Interpretive Boundaries and Staying Relevant in a Crowded Market
Location: Room 338/339
Samuel A. McKelvey – Menokin Foundation; Samuel A. McKelvey – Menokin Foundation
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:30 am
Advancing 3-D Digitization and Metadata Conventions
Location: Room 335/336
Leigh A. Grinstead – LYRASIS; Leigh A. Grinstead – LYRASIS
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
The Powerful (and Power-Shifting) Potential of Museum Participation
Location: Room 338/339
Rachael Coghlan, PhD – Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre and DESIGN Canberra festival; Rachael Coghlan, PhD – Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre and DESIGN Canberra festival
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
#Museums: Go Viral with Museum Hack
Location: Room 356/357
Tasia Duske – Museum Hack; Anna Bianco; Hayley Milliman – Museum Hack
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Artificial Intelligence and Leadership: Using Big Data Analytics to Inform Strategy and Operations
Location: Room 238/239
Angie Judge – Dexibit; Angie Judge – Dexibit; Shanita R. Brackett – National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC); Tracy Lamm – Space Center Houston; Diana Pan – Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Fueling Curiosity through Shared Authority in the Experimental Museum
Location: Room 243
Matthew R. Welch – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Alice Anderson – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Eric Bruce – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Dakota Hoska – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Michael Lapthorn – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Matthew R. Welch – Minneapolis Institute of Art
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Mistakes Were Made
Location: Room 354/355
Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Ashley Rogers – Whitney Plantation; Chris Taylor – Minnesota Historical Society; Patrick Wittwer – Visitor Experience Group
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
New Stories in Old Places: How Historic Sites Are Telling a Fuller Story
Location: Room 353
Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation; Stephanie L. Boyle – Dumbarton House - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) Museum & Headquarters; Catherine H. Hughes – Conner Prairie; Mark Osterman – Vizcaya Museum and Gardens; Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Partnership Power: Essential Museum Strategies for Today's Networked World
Location: Room 245
Marsha L. Semmel – Marsha Semmel Consulting, Inc.; Nik Honeysett – Balboa Park Online Collaborative; Deborah F. Schwartz – Brooklyn Historical Society; Auntaneshia Staveloz – Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
The (ICEE) Business Case for Exhibition Exchange
Location: Room 252/253
Isabel Salgado – La Caixa Foundation; Lourdes Ramos – Museum of Latino American Art; Antonio Rodriguez – Consultant; Hillary Spencer – Nomad Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
The Loyalty Equation: Developing Relationships That Deliver
Location: Room 350/351
Suzette A. Sherman – Museum New Mexico Foundation; Ashley L. Alexander – Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Ryan Auster – Museum of Science, Boston; Kristin Prestegaard – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Suzette A. Sherman – Museum New Mexico Foundation
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Thinking Outside the Classroom: Innovation in Educational Partnerships
Location: Room 346/347
Ann G. Woodruff – Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans; Ann G. Woodruff – Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans; Ellen Balkin – Ogden Museum of Southern Art; Greg P. Lambousy – New Orleans Jazz Museum; Marina Schoen – Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans; Monica Pasos
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Beyond Alzheimer's Disease: Extending Inclusion and Access
Location: Room 352
Brittny Bevel – Tampa Museum of Art Inc.; Brittny Bevel – Tampa Museum of Art Inc.
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
31st Annual Excellence in Exhibition
Location: Room 354/355
Stacey Swigart – Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent; Stacey Swigart – Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent; Sheri Levinsky-Raskin – Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum; Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; Lonny Schwartz – The Design Minds, Inc.; Marley Steele-Inama – Denver Zoo
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Sustain and Excel!
Location: Room 244
Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Carl G. Hamm – Alexander Haas; Kathleen M. Spiess – The Morton Arboretum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
A Scientist Walks into an Art Museum... Partnering with Diverse Content Experts
Location: Room 353
Kelsey N. VanVoorst – Conner Prairie; Chelsea Farrar – University of Arizona Museum of Art; Anna Johnson – Pacific Science Center; Kelsey N. VanVoorst – Conner Prairie
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Artful Aging: What Museums and Arts Educators Can Learn from each other about Creative Aging
Location: Room 345
Sonnet Takahisa – Newark Museum; Ed Friedman – Lifetime Arts, Inc.; Lindsay Lewis – Aroha Philanthropies; Annie M. Montgomery – Lifetime Arts, Inc.; Sonnet Takahisa – Newark Museum
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Building Community Through Spaces for Families
Location: Room 346/347
Julia A. Forbes – High Museum of Art; Mike Denison – Roto; Marianna Adams – Audience Focus, Inc.; Julia A. Forbes – High Museum of Art; Beth Redmond-Jones – San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat)
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Connecting the Dots: A Game Show for Museum Professionals
Location: Room 338/339
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Contextual Inquiry Research with Diverse Audiences: A Different Approach to Museum Evaluation
Location: Room 343
Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Valerie Fletcher – Institute for Human Centered Design; Ashley Grady – Smithsonian Institution; Beth Ziebarth – Smithsonian Institution
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Dancing Not Drowning: Putting Applied Data to Work for the Business of Museums
Location: Room 252/253
Robert Stein – Shedd Aquarium; Jane Alexander – Cleveland Museum of Art; Keith Laba – Arizona Science Center; Andrew Simnick – Art Institute of Chicago; Robert Stein – Shedd Aquarium
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Fake News, Flat Planets and Hot Winters
Location: Room 335/336
Rose C. Jones – Perot Museum of Nature and Science; Beka Economopoulos – The Natural History Museum; Jacqueline Genovesi – The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Shiralee Hudson Hill – Art Gallery of Ontario; Rose C. Jones – Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Howdy Partner! Museum-University Partnerships Impact Relationships with Schools and Communities
Location: Room 350/351
Colleen Incandela – Adler Planetarium; Kyla Cook – The Field Museum; David Ensminger – Loyola University Chicago; Colleen Incandela – Adler Planetarium; Wendy Quinlan – The Field Museum; Sarah Wehlage – Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Social Media 101 and 201
Location: Room 356/357
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Robin Cembalest – Robin Cembalest Editorial Strategies; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Monica O. Montgomery – Museum Hue; Mark B. Schlemmer – New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Prototyping Innovation: Iterative Digital Transformation at the Henry Ford
Location: Room 348/349
Matt Elliott – The Henry Ford; Lilly Preston – Bluecadet
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Labs, Salons, and Experiments for Creative Museum Change
Location: Room 335/336
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Americo Castilla – Fundación TyPA; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Museums and Millennials: How to Engage the Coveted Patron Generation
Location: Room 350/351
Jaclyn Spainhour – Hunter House Victorian Museum; Jaclyn Spainhour – Hunter House Victorian Museum
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Show Me the Money: Tips and Techniques for Writing a Successful IMLS Grant Application
Location: Room 352
Jill S. Connors-Joyner – Institute of Museums and Library Services; Mark Isaksen – Institute of Museum and Library Services; Linda Blanshay – Museum of Tolerance; Marian Carpenter – John and Mable Ringling Art Museum; Lisa Sasaki – Smithsonian
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Study and Improve Visitor Experiences Using Timing and Tracking, Part 1
Location: Room 356/357
Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Beverly Serrell – Serrell & Associates; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Partnering with the Community to Create Collaborative Socially Engaged Exhibitions
Location: Room 340/341
Miriam Taylor – Newcomb Art Museum; Monica Ramirez-Montagut – Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans; Dolfinette V. Martin – Operation Restoration; Rontherin Ratliff – Level Artist Collective; Syrita Steib-Martin – Operation Restoration
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Toolkit for Starting an Accessibility Task Force at Your Institution
Location: Room 343
Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Beth Dion – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Sonja Potter – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Brooke Rosenblatt – Freer|Sackler
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Tools for Aligning Visitor Experience and Design Intent
Location: Room 348/349
Kris Nesbitt – Shedd Aquarium; Lindsay Maldonado – Shedd Aquarium; Kris Nesbitt – Shedd Aquarium
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P19 - Aesthetic Dissonance: Viewing Fine Art in a Science Museum
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Tiffany Malone – Museum of Science and Industry Chicago; Jana Greenslit – Museum of Science and Industry
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P02 - Community Engagement Through Audience-Designed Programs
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Beth A. Twiss Houting – Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P03 - Community Relationships and Conservation Leadership
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Lisa-Anne D. Kelly – Chicago Zoological Society; Sarah Breen Bartecki – Chicago Zoological Society
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P05 - Learning About Visitors to the New Nordic Museum
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Dorothy Svgdik – University of Washington Museology Graduate Program; Elaine Carter – University of Washington
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P13 - Looking In|Reaching Out: The Yin Yang of Outreach
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Stephanie Downey – RK&A
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P21 - Making It Real: Climate Change in Traveling Exhibitions
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Victoria Coats – Oregon Museum of Science & Industry; Suzanne Perin – University of Alaska Fairbanks
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P25 - Should We Display Human Remains in Museums?
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Lia Tarle – Simon Fraser University
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Collaborative Management: A Holistic Approach to Visitor Experience
Location: Room 244
Axel Estable – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Stephen D. Ashton – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Ashley Clouse – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Gary Hyatt – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Lorie Millward – Thanksgiving Point
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Dimensions of Curation: Honoring Objects and Audiences Through Collaboration
Location: Room 240/241
Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; W. James Burns – Arizona Historical Society; Adam Scher – Virginia Museum of History and Culture; Pat Villeneuve – Department of Art Education
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
How Culturally Specific Museums Are Revolutionizing Visitor Expectations
Location: Room 345
Joy Bailey-Bryant – Lord Cultural Resources; Joy Bailey-Bryant – Lord Cultural Resources; Marion A. Gill – Princeton University; Angela Thorpe – North Carolina African American Heritage Commission; Brenda Tindal – International African American Museum
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Occuplay Museums: Should Museums Become More Playful?
Location: Room 338/339
Megan Dickerson – The New Children's Museum; Megan Dickerson – The New Children's Museum
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Small Museum Lab: Connecting with Your Visitors
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Janice B. Klein – EightSixSix Consulting; Janice B. Klein – EightSixSix Consulting; Jeannette Rooney – Indiana Historical Society
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Stories from the OF/BY/FOR ALL First Wave
Location: Room 343
Lauren Benetua – OF/BY/FOR ALL; Tina Menendez – HistoryMiami Museum; Hatuey Ramos-Fermín – The Laundromat Project; Emily E. Reynolds – Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center; Nina Simon – Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Using Audience Research To Build Diverse Engagement
Location: Room 340/341
Megan Lantz – American Alliance of Museums; Frederic Bertley – COSI; Cecilia Garibay – Garibay Group; Magda Martinez – City of Philadelphia Mural Arts; Chris Taylor – Pilchuck Glass School
Tuesday, May 21
2:30 pm
Meet the Mini Masters: Early Childhood Learning in the Museum
Location: Room 353
Chantell M. Nabonne – New Orleans Museum of Art
Tuesday, May 21
2:30 pm
Onetime Visitors to Lifelong Friends: The Benefits of Merging Visitor Services with Membership
Location: Room 244
Andrea G. Nalls – Tampa Bay History Center; Emanuel A. Leto – Tampa Bay History Center; Andrea G. Nalls – Tampa Bay History Center
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Fresh Approaches to Audience Engagement
Location: Room 345
Tim Hallman – Asian Art Museum; Rebecca Gilliam – Minnetrista; Tim Hallman – Asian Art Museum; Nicole Krom – Visitor Experience Group; Peggy Martin – Minneapolis Institute of Art
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
CANCELLED: Curation Agreements Toolkit: Everything You Should Have, But Don’t
Location: Room 240/241
Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program; Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Examining and Applying Data for Action: A CARE Training on How to Understand and Use Evaluation and Research Results
Location: Room 348/349
Sarah Cohn – Aurora Consulting; Sheila Brommel – Minnesota Historical Society; Emily Craig – Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Elizabeth Kollmann – Museum of Science, Boston; Marley Steele-Inama – Denver Zoo
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
From Their Mouths: (Not-So-Secret) Critical Approaches to Cultural Representation
Location: Room 350/351
Swarupa Anila – Detroit Institute of Arts; Swarupa Anila – Detroit Institute of Arts; Geoff Emberling – Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan; Cecilia Garibay – Garibay Group; Rebecca R. Hart – Denver Art Museum; Kenneth Morris – Detroit Institute of Arts
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
How to Cancel Popular Programs and Still Make Friends and Money
Location: Room 338/339
Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Jennifer Carlquist – Boscobel House and Gardens; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Robin Nicholson – The Frick Pittsburgh
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Made for Instagram? — Exhibition Design in the Age of Social Media
Location: Room 354/355
Victoria Lewis – The New York Botanical Garden; Victoria Lewis – The New York Botanical Garden; Ariel Handelman – The New York Botanical Garden; Anna Toledano – Stanford University; Stacy Wakeford – Canadian Museum of Nature
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Study and Improve Visitor Experiences Using Timing and Tracking, Part 2
Location: Room 356/357
Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Beverly Serrell – Serrell & Associates
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
In Their Own Words: Immigrant Storytelling in Museum Galleries
Location: Room 343
Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Aldulhadi Al-Karfawi – Penn Museum; Yaroub Saad Al Obaidi – University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology and Anthropology; Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Kevin Schott – University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Launching a New Program
Location: Room 353
Kathleen Cooke – Dallas Museum of Art; Stacey Lizotte – Dallas Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
A Better Product Through Design Thinking
Location: Room 354/355
Lauren Telchin Katz – Smithsonian National Museum of American History; Lauren Telchin Katz – Smithsonian National Museum of American History; Clare Brown – National Museum of American History / Smithsonian Institution; Naomi C. Crellin – Hargrove; Josh Sarver – COSI; Sandra Smith – Senator John Heinz History Center
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Inclusion: Rich Experience Design for All
Location: Room 344
Corey Timpson – Corey Timpson Design Inc.; Corey Timpson – Corey Timpson Design Inc.; Carrie Christoffersen – Newseum; Anil Lewis – National Federation of the Blind; John Olson – 3DPhotoWorks LLC
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museum Educators as Teacher Educators: Research and Reflections on Best Practices for Providing Teacher Professional Development
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Lora J. Cooper – Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Christine Baron – Teachers College, Columbia University; Sarah Cahil – Mystic Seaport Museum; Lora J. Cooper – Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation; K. Allison Wickens – George Washington's Mount Vernon
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
The Next Big Thing: Global Developments and the Power of Museum Education
Location: Room 352
Jelena Trkulja – Qatar Museums; Jelena Trkulja – Qatar Museums; Alexandra Bounia – UCL Qatar; Celeste Fetta – Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Touch Tours: Bringing a Museum to Life for the Blind
Location: Room 343
Sahil Patel – Houston Museum of Natural Science; Matti Hammett – Houston Museum of Natural Science; Sahil Patel – Houston Museum of Natural Science; Julia K. Russell – Houston Museum of Natural Science
Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Ethics and the Changing Landscape of Evaluation and Research in Museums
Location: Room 335/336
Rose C. Jones – Perot Museum of Nature and Science; Rose C. Jones – Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Champagne Dreams, Beer Budget: Innovative Solutions For Packing and Shipping Museum Collections
Location: Room 354/355
Allison Dixon – Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian; Kimberly Robinson – National Park Service
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Crafting Connections: Case Studies of Mission-Aligned Adult Programming
Location: Room 350/351
Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; Jacqueline Stahlmann – Walker Art Center; Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; January Parkos Arnall – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Beth Redmond-Jones – San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat); Kyle Sater – Adler Planetarium
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Decolonizing Development: Fundraising as an Agent of Social Transformation
Location: Room 343
Johnnetta Betsch Cole – Cook Ross, Inc. and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Arthur G. Affleck, III – American Alliance of Museums; Mark J. Auslander – Michigan State University Museum; Chong-Anna Canfora – Michigan State University Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Evaluative Thinking with Teens in the Museum
Location: Room 352
Dyeemah Simmons – Whitney Museum of American Art; Susan McCullough – Queens College; Dyeemah Simmons – Whitney Museum of American Art
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Generation X: Leading Change, Facing Change
Location: Room 240/241
Megan Smith – National Museum of American History; Megan Smith – National Museum of American History; Janeen Bryant – Facilitate Movement; Ryan Hill – Self-Employed; Victoria McKay – BSA Foundation; Stephanie Parrish – Portland Art Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Managing Emergencies in Cultural Heritage: Sharing Knowledge and Strengthening Networks in the Americas
Location: Room 244
Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; David J. de la Torre – Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) Community Arts International (CAI); Samuel F. Franco – ICOM LAC / Regional Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean; Beatriz Haspo – APOYOnline - Association for Heritage Preservation of the Americas; Corine Wegener – Smithsonian Institution
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Public Policy and Advocacy: Championing Museums in Volatile Times
Location: Room 340/341
Barry Szczesny – American Alliance of Museums; Margaret Benjamin – Museum Trustee Association; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Barry Szczesny – American Alliance of Museums
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:30 am
Advancing 3-D Digitization and Metadata Conventions
Location: Room 335/336
Leigh A. Grinstead – LYRASIS; Leigh A. Grinstead – LYRASIS
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
#Museums: Go Viral with Museum Hack
Location: Room 356/357
Tasia Duske – Museum Hack; Anna Bianco; Hayley Milliman – Museum Hack
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Artificial Intelligence and Leadership: Using Big Data Analytics to Inform Strategy and Operations
Location: Room 238/239
Angie Judge – Dexibit; Angie Judge – Dexibit; Shanita R. Brackett – National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC); Tracy Lamm – Space Center Houston; Diana Pan – Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Developing a Critical Engagement with Ethics for 21st-Century Exhibitions
Location: Room 348/349
Ian Kerrigan – 9/11 Memorial & Museum; Janet Marstine – University of Leicester; Joanna Groarke – The New York Botanical Garden; Emilie Johnson – Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Ian Kerrigan – 9/11 Memorial & Museum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
How the Museum Field Can Be More Inclusive of the Transgender Community
Location: Room 340/341
Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center; Blair Denniberg – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Alison Kennedy – Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens; Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Partnership Power: Essential Museum Strategies for Today's Networked World
Location: Room 245
Marsha L. Semmel – Marsha Semmel Consulting, Inc.; Nik Honeysett – Balboa Park Online Collaborative; Deborah F. Schwartz – Brooklyn Historical Society; Auntaneshia Staveloz – Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
The (ICEE) Business Case for Exhibition Exchange
Location: Room 252/253
Isabel Salgado – La Caixa Foundation; Lourdes Ramos – Museum of Latino American Art; Antonio Rodriguez – Consultant; Hillary Spencer – Nomad Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Working Better Together: Museums, Consultants, and Freelancers
Location: Room 240/241
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Dina Bailey – International Coalition of Sites of Conscience; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Claudia B. Ocello – Museum Partners Consulting, LLC; Sharon L. Vatsky – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Beyond Alzheimer's Disease: Extending Inclusion and Access
Location: Room 352
Brittny Bevel – Tampa Museum of Art Inc.; Brittny Bevel – Tampa Museum of Art Inc.
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Collection Ranking: Making Deaccessions Work for You
Location: Room 243
Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Melissa de Bie – History Colorado; Alisa DiGiacomo – History Colorado; Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Jennifer Gallatin Rigsby – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Sustain and Excel!
Location: Room 244
Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Carl G. Hamm – Alexander Haas; Kathleen M. Spiess – The Morton Arboretum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
A Scientist Walks into an Art Museum... Partnering with Diverse Content Experts
Location: Room 353
Kelsey N. VanVoorst – Conner Prairie; Chelsea Farrar – University of Arizona Museum of Art; Anna Johnson – Pacific Science Center; Kelsey N. VanVoorst – Conner Prairie
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Artful Aging: What Museums and Arts Educators Can Learn from each other about Creative Aging
Location: Room 345
Sonnet Takahisa – Newark Museum; Ed Friedman – Lifetime Arts, Inc.; Lindsay Lewis – Aroha Philanthropies; Annie M. Montgomery – Lifetime Arts, Inc.; Sonnet Takahisa – Newark Museum
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Connecting the Dots: A Game Show for Museum Professionals
Location: Room 338/339
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Contextual Inquiry Research with Diverse Audiences: A Different Approach to Museum Evaluation
Location: Room 343
Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Valerie Fletcher – Institute for Human Centered Design; Ashley Grady – Smithsonian Institution; Beth Ziebarth – Smithsonian Institution
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Creating an Inclusive Museum Field Trip
Location: Room 344
Abigail K. Diaz – Wisconsin Maritime Museum; Megan E. Becker – Penn Museum; Abigail K. Diaz – Wisconsin Maritime Museum; Jennifer Edginton – Kenosha Public Museums; Leila Makdisi – Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Fail to Succeed: Using Adversity to Build Personal and Institutional Resilience
Location: Room 240/241
Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association; Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Social Media 101 and 201
Location: Room 356/357
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Robin Cembalest – Robin Cembalest Editorial Strategies; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Monica O. Montgomery – Museum Hue; Mark B. Schlemmer – New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
The Future of Repatriation in Museums: Cultivating a Community of Practice
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Anne Amati – University of Denver Museum of Anthropology; Anne Amati – University of Denver Museum of Anthropology; Jayne-Leigh Thomas – Indiana University
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Understanding Everyday Bias
Location: Room 340/341
Natanya Khashan; Eric Peterson – Cook Ross, Inc.
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
When the Other Shoe Drops: Essential Steps to Effective Crisis Communication
Location: Room 238/239
Matthew McLendon – The Fralin Museum of Art at The University of Virginia; Matthew McLendon – The Fralin Museum of Art at The University of Virginia; Saralyn Reece Hardy – Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas; Kristen A. Shepherd – Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL; Lynnette J. Werning – Blue Water Communications
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
A New Deal for Museum Digital Skills: Making the Case for a Context-Centred, Values-Led, and Use-Focused Digital Literacy Framework for Museums
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Ross Parry – School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK; Ross Parry – School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK; Carolyn D. Royston – Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Ethnic Fraud and Representation in Museums
Location: Room 344
Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder – Oklahoma History Center, Kiowa Tribal Museum, & Wallraf Richartz Museum; Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder – Oklahoma History Center, Kiowa Tribal Museum, & Wallraf Richartz Museum; Mario A. Caro – Massachusetts Institute of Technology; America Meredith – First American Art Magazine; Nancy Marie Mithlo – University of California Los Angeles
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Labs, Salons, and Experiments for Creative Museum Change
Location: Room 335/336
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Americo Castilla – Fundación TyPA; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Show Me the Money: Tips and Techniques for Writing a Successful IMLS Grant Application
Location: Room 352
Jill S. Connors-Joyner – Institute of Museums and Library Services; Mark Isaksen – Institute of Museum and Library Services; Linda Blanshay – Museum of Tolerance; Marian Carpenter – John and Mable Ringling Art Museum; Lisa Sasaki – Smithsonian
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Study and Improve Visitor Experiences Using Timing and Tracking, Part 1
Location: Room 356/357
Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Beverly Serrell – Serrell & Associates; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Survival of the Funded: Small Museums and Stewardship
Location: Room 238/239
Rebekah Beaulieu – Florence Griswold Museum; Rebekah Beaulieu – Florence Griswold Museum; Benjamin Futa – Allen Centennial Garden; James Pearson – Southeast Museum of Photography; Karen E. Stone – St. Mary's County Government; Roy F. Young, II – George Washington's Mount Vernon
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Toolkit for Starting an Accessibility Task Force at Your Institution
Location: Room 343
Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Beth Dion – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Sonja Potter – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Brooke Rosenblatt – Freer|Sackler
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P12 - Help You, Help Them: Museum Professional Empathy Training
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Laura-Edythe S. Coleman – Johns Hopkin University Advanced Academic Programs Museum Studies; Phillips Abigail – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P06 - Museums as Gateways to America
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Samantha Rijkers – New-York Historical Society
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Dimensions of Curation: Honoring Objects and Audiences Through Collaboration
Location: Room 240/241
Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; W. James Burns – Arizona Historical Society; Adam Scher – Virginia Museum of History and Culture; Pat Villeneuve – Department of Art Education
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Museum Professionals at Play: Inviting Play at All Museums and for All Ages
Location: Room 356/357
Kyrie Kellett – Mason Bee Interpretive Planning; Kyrie Kellett – Mason Bee Interpretive Planning; Aaron Alcorn – Living Computers: Museum + Labs; Hollie Barattolo – The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Cynthia Raso – Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center; Natalie Ruhe Thomas – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Stories from the OF/BY/FOR ALL First Wave
Location: Room 343
Lauren Benetua – OF/BY/FOR ALL; Tina Menendez – HistoryMiami Museum; Hatuey Ramos-Fermín – The Laundromat Project; Emily E. Reynolds – Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center; Nina Simon – Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Tuesday, May 21
2:30 pm
Onetime Visitors to Lifelong Friends: The Benefits of Merging Visitor Services with Membership
Location: Room 244
Andrea G. Nalls – Tampa Bay History Center; Emanuel A. Leto – Tampa Bay History Center; Andrea G. Nalls – Tampa Bay History Center
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
CANCELLED: Curation Agreements Toolkit: Everything You Should Have, But Don’t
Location: Room 240/241
Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program; Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Fostering Universal Ethics and Compassion: A Summit with The Dalai Lama
Location: Room 352
Elif Gokcigdem – Empathy-Building Through Museums; Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Elif Gokcigdem – Empathy-Building Through Museums; Ruth G. Shelly – Portland Children's Museum; John Wetenhall – George Washington University Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
From Their Mouths: (Not-So-Secret) Critical Approaches to Cultural Representation
Location: Room 350/351
Swarupa Anila – Detroit Institute of Arts; Swarupa Anila – Detroit Institute of Arts; Geoff Emberling – Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan; Cecilia Garibay – Garibay Group; Rebecca R. Hart – Denver Art Museum; Kenneth Morris – Detroit Institute of Arts
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Study and Improve Visitor Experiences Using Timing and Tracking, Part 2
Location: Room 356/357
Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Beverly Serrell – Serrell & Associates
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
Is Rapid-Response Collecting a Trend or the New Sustainable Standard for Collections?
Location: Room 335/336
Kate Mirand Calleri – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Kate Mirand Calleri – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Oasa DuVerney – Brooklyn Children's Museum
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Reprogramming the Past: Web Design for Teens as a Doorway to Exploring Women’s History
Location: Room 346/347
Lena Sawyer – New-York Historical Society; Rugan Lewis – New-York Historical Society; Lena Sawyer – New-York Historical Society
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Launching a New Program
Location: Room 353
Kathleen Cooke – Dallas Museum of Art; Stacey Lizotte – Dallas Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
A Better Product Through Design Thinking
Location: Room 354/355
Lauren Telchin Katz – Smithsonian National Museum of American History; Lauren Telchin Katz – Smithsonian National Museum of American History; Clare Brown – National Museum of American History / Smithsonian Institution; Naomi C. Crellin – Hargrove; Josh Sarver – COSI; Sandra Smith – Senator John Heinz History Center
Generously supported by
Curators Committee (CURCOM)
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Artifact Protection in Daylit Spaces: An Analytic Approach
Location: Room 243
Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Malcolm Collum – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Gary J. Woodall – Gary Steffy Lighting Design Inc.
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Champagne Dreams, Beer Budget: Innovative Solutions For Packing and Shipping Museum Collections
Location: Room 354/355
Allison Dixon – Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian; Kimberly Robinson – National Park Service
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Designers Deconstruct Success
Location: Room 348/349
Ian Kerrigan – 9/11 Memorial & Museum; Ian Kerrigan – 9/11 Memorial & Museum; Jonathan Alger – C&G Partners; Heidi L. Eitel – Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; Shannon Harris – Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Michael A. Horvath – Museum Of Science, Boston; Jenny-Sayre Ramberg – Ramberg Works, Inc.; Cynthia Torp – Solid Light, Inc.
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Museums as Catalysts for Empathy-Building and Social Change
Location: Room 353
Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Jeanine Pollard – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Kate Whitman – Atlanta History Center; Wei Ying Wong – Woodland Park Zoo
Monday, May 20
9:30 am
Advancing 3-D Digitization and Metadata Conventions
Location: Room 335/336
Leigh A. Grinstead – LYRASIS; Leigh A. Grinstead – LYRASIS
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Developing a Critical Engagement with Ethics for 21st-Century Exhibitions
Location: Room 348/349
Ian Kerrigan – 9/11 Memorial & Museum; Janet Marstine – University of Leicester; Joanna Groarke – The New York Botanical Garden; Emilie Johnson – Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Ian Kerrigan – 9/11 Memorial & Museum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Fueling Curiosity through Shared Authority in the Experimental Museum
Location: Room 243
Matthew R. Welch – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Alice Anderson – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Eric Bruce – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Dakota Hoska – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Michael Lapthorn – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Matthew R. Welch – Minneapolis Institute of Art
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
How the Museum Field Can Be More Inclusive of the Transgender Community
Location: Room 340/341
Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center; Blair Denniberg – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Alison Kennedy – Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens; Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Mistakes Were Made
Location: Room 354/355
Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Ashley Rogers – Whitney Plantation; Chris Taylor – Minnesota Historical Society; Patrick Wittwer – Visitor Experience Group
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
New Stories in Old Places: How Historic Sites Are Telling a Fuller Story
Location: Room 353
Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation; Stephanie L. Boyle – Dumbarton House - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) Museum & Headquarters; Catherine H. Hughes – Conner Prairie; Mark Osterman – Vizcaya Museum and Gardens; Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Partnership Power: Essential Museum Strategies for Today's Networked World
Location: Room 245
Marsha L. Semmel – Marsha Semmel Consulting, Inc.; Nik Honeysett – Balboa Park Online Collaborative; Deborah F. Schwartz – Brooklyn Historical Society; Auntaneshia Staveloz – Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
The (ICEE) Business Case for Exhibition Exchange
Location: Room 252/253
Isabel Salgado – La Caixa Foundation; Lourdes Ramos – Museum of Latino American Art; Antonio Rodriguez – Consultant; Hillary Spencer – Nomad Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Working Better Together: Museums, Consultants, and Freelancers
Location: Room 240/241
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Dina Bailey – International Coalition of Sites of Conscience; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Claudia B. Ocello – Museum Partners Consulting, LLC; Sharon L. Vatsky – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Co-Creating Our Future/Now and Centering Black Artists: Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s ColorLab Art Studio
Location: Room 345
Hana E. Elwell – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Hana E. Elwell – Brooklyn Children's Museum; DeeArah Wright – Brooklyn Children's Museum
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Collection Ranking: Making Deaccessions Work for You
Location: Room 243
Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Melissa de Bie – History Colorado; Alisa DiGiacomo – History Colorado; Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Jennifer Gallatin Rigsby – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
31st Annual Excellence in Exhibition
Location: Room 354/355
Stacey Swigart – Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent; Stacey Swigart – Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent; Sheri Levinsky-Raskin – Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum; Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; Lonny Schwartz – The Design Minds, Inc.; Marley Steele-Inama – Denver Zoo
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Connecting the Dots: A Game Show for Museum Professionals
Location: Room 338/339
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Fail to Succeed: Using Adversity to Build Personal and Institutional Resilience
Location: Room 240/241
Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association; Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Prototyping Innovation: Iterative Digital Transformation at the Henry Ford
Location: Room 348/349
Matt Elliott – The Henry Ford; Lilly Preston – Bluecadet
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Ethnic Fraud and Representation in Museums
Location: Room 344
Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder – Oklahoma History Center, Kiowa Tribal Museum, & Wallraf Richartz Museum; Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder – Oklahoma History Center, Kiowa Tribal Museum, & Wallraf Richartz Museum; Mario A. Caro – Massachusetts Institute of Technology; America Meredith – First American Art Magazine; Nancy Marie Mithlo – University of California Los Angeles
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Labs, Salons, and Experiments for Creative Museum Change
Location: Room 335/336
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Americo Castilla – Fundación TyPA; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Protecting Artifacts While Enhancing the Museum Experience
Location: Room 240/241
Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Malcolm Collum – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Michael Henry – Smithsonian Institution; Colin MacKillop – Quinn Evans Architects; Gary J. Woodall – Gary Steffy Lighting Design Inc.
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Study and Improve Visitor Experiences Using Timing and Tracking, Part 1
Location: Room 356/357
Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Beverly Serrell – Serrell & Associates; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Partnering with the Community to Create Collaborative Socially Engaged Exhibitions
Location: Room 340/341
Miriam Taylor – Newcomb Art Museum; Monica Ramirez-Montagut – Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans; Dolfinette V. Martin – Operation Restoration; Rontherin Ratliff – Level Artist Collective; Syrita Steib-Martin – Operation Restoration
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Toolkit for Starting an Accessibility Task Force at Your Institution
Location: Room 343
Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Beth Dion – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Sonja Potter – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Brooke Rosenblatt – Freer|Sackler
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P19 - Aesthetic Dissonance: Viewing Fine Art in a Science Museum
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Tiffany Malone – Museum of Science and Industry Chicago; Jana Greenslit – Museum of Science and Industry
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P15 - Building a Responsive Gallery Guide Using Computer Vision
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Morgan Rehnberg – Fort Worth Museum of Science and History; Douglas A. Roberts – Forth Worth Museum of Science and History
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P20 - Collect, Collaborate, and Connect: The Sweet Spot
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Betsy Nahum-Miller – Library of Congress
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P10 - Making the Stonewall Story Vibrant Today
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Christy Wallover – Newseum
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P25 - Should We Display Human Remains in Museums?
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Lia Tarle – Simon Fraser University
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
>15M Tourists, <2M Locals: Creating Sustainable Authenticity in the French Quarter by Expanding the Local Impact of a Museum
Location: Room 243
Daniel Hammer – The Historic New Orleans Collection; John H. Lawrence – The Historic New Orleans Collection; Jenny Schwartzberg – The Historic New Orleans Collection
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Come to the Table: A Discussion with the Smithsonian Food History Project
Location: Room 352
Ashley Rose Young – National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Valeska M. Hilbig – Smithsonian/National Museum of American History; Theresa McCulla – National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Kathy Sklar – Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Dimensions of Curation: Honoring Objects and Audiences Through Collaboration
Location: Room 240/241
Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; W. James Burns – Arizona Historical Society; Adam Scher – Virginia Museum of History and Culture; Pat Villeneuve – Department of Art Education
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Occuplay Museums: Should Museums Become More Playful?
Location: Room 338/339
Megan Dickerson – The New Children's Museum; Megan Dickerson – The New Children's Museum
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Creating Inclusive Representation at a Small Museum
Location: Room 343
Regina Lynch – Akron Art Museum; Ryan D. Grover – Biggs Museum of American Art; Regina Lynch – Akron Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Beyond the Elevator Pitch: How to Write a Persuasive NEA Grant
Location: Room 252/253
Wendy Clark – National Endowment for the Arts; Wendy Clark – National Endowment for the Arts; Ron j. Bechet – Xavier University of Louisiana; Monica Ramirez-Montagut – Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans; Tina Freeman – Photographer
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
CANCELLED: Curation Agreements Toolkit: Everything You Should Have, But Don’t
Location: Room 240/241
Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program; Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Franco’s Body: Whose Heritage Is It?
Location: Room 245
William U. Eiland – Georgia Museum of Art; William U. Eiland – Georgia Museum of Art; France Desmarais – ALIPH - International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas; Corine Wegener – Smithsonian Institution
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
From Their Mouths: (Not-So-Secret) Critical Approaches to Cultural Representation
Location: Room 350/351
Swarupa Anila – Detroit Institute of Arts; Swarupa Anila – Detroit Institute of Arts; Geoff Emberling – Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan; Cecilia Garibay – Garibay Group; Rebecca R. Hart – Denver Art Museum; Kenneth Morris – Detroit Institute of Arts
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
In Their Own Words: Immigrant Storytelling in Museum Galleries
Location: Room 343
Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Aldulhadi Al-Karfawi – Penn Museum; Yaroub Saad Al Obaidi – University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology and Anthropology; Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Kevin Schott – University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
Is Rapid-Response Collecting a Trend or the New Sustainable Standard for Collections?
Location: Room 335/336
Kate Mirand Calleri – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Kate Mirand Calleri – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Oasa DuVerney – Brooklyn Children's Museum
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Firestorm: The Museum's Response to a Major Disaster
Location: Room 245
Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Eric Stanley – Museums of Sonoma County
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museums With No Walls Are The Future
Location: Room 340/341
Nic Brierre Aziz – The New Orleans Museum of Art; Nic Brierre Aziz – The New Orleans Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
75 Ideas for Engaging Current and New Historic House Museum Audiences Through Temporary Exhibitions
Location: Room 348/349
Lise Dube-Scherr – International Arts & Artists; Susan Goganian – Historic Beverly; Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Zachary X. Wnek – Latah County Historical Society
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
9 Ways Your Museum Can Fail to Comply with NAGPRA, and What You Can Do About It
Location: Room 252/253
Sarah E. Glass – National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service; Sarah E. Glass – National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
A Better Product Through Design Thinking
Location: Room 354/355
Lauren Telchin Katz – Smithsonian National Museum of American History; Lauren Telchin Katz – Smithsonian National Museum of American History; Clare Brown – National Museum of American History / Smithsonian Institution; Naomi C. Crellin – Hargrove; Josh Sarver – COSI; Sandra Smith – Senator John Heinz History Center
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museum Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye for Sustained Community Engagement
Location: Room 338/339
Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Janeen Bryant – Facilitate Movement; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates; Evelyn Orantes – Evelyn Orantes Consulting
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
NEH Supports Museums: The Latest on Opportunities for Exhibitions and Interpretation, Preservation, and Infrastructure Funding
Location: Room 240/241
Jill Austin – National Endowment for the Humanities; Jill Austin – National Endowment for the Humanities; Sarah Lepinski – National Endowment for the Humanities
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Activating Material Culture to Foster Pluralism
Location: Room 340/341
Jovanna Scorsone – Aga Khan Museum; Wendy Ng – Royal Ontario Museum; Jovanna Scorsone – Aga Khan Museum
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Dealing with Disaster: Creating a Community of Grant Advisors
Location: Room 335/336
Catherine Kirby – Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative; Lori Foley – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Catherine Kirby – Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative
Generously supported by
Development & Membership (DAM)
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Crafting Connections: Case Studies of Mission-Aligned Adult Programming
Location: Room 350/351
Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; Jacqueline Stahlmann – Walker Art Center; Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; January Parkos Arnall – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Beth Redmond-Jones – San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat); Kyle Sater – Adler Planetarium
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Decolonizing Development: Fundraising as an Agent of Social Transformation
Location: Room 343
Johnnetta Betsch Cole – Cook Ross, Inc. and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Arthur G. Affleck, III – American Alliance of Museums; Mark J. Auslander – Michigan State University Museum; Chong-Anna Canfora – Michigan State University Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
No Walls in This Museum! A University Gallery Thrives with Binational Student Staff
Location: Room 344
Melissa Barba – UTEP- Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Melissa Barba – UTEP- Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Sarah Aguilar – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Rafael A. Marquez – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Gianna Salas – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Public Policy and Advocacy: Championing Museums in Volatile Times
Location: Room 340/341
Barry Szczesny – American Alliance of Museums; Margaret Benjamin – Museum Trustee Association; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Barry Szczesny – American Alliance of Museums
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Creative Collaborations: A Partnership in Three Acts
Location: Room 345
Tracy Kennan – New Orleans Museum of Art; A.J. Allegra – The NOLA Project; Tracy Kennan – New Orleans Museum of Art
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
#Museums: Go Viral with Museum Hack
Location: Room 356/357
Tasia Duske – Museum Hack; Anna Bianco; Hayley Milliman – Museum Hack
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Artificial Intelligence and Leadership: Using Big Data Analytics to Inform Strategy and Operations
Location: Room 238/239
Angie Judge – Dexibit; Angie Judge – Dexibit; Shanita R. Brackett – National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC); Tracy Lamm – Space Center Houston; Diana Pan – Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Fundraising Campaigns: Follow the Basics and Best Practices to Success
Location: Room 244
Judith M. Gibbs; Judith M. Gibbs; Ann Fortescue – Springfield Museum of Art; Colleen Kelly – Georgia O'Keeffe Museum; Marise McDermott – Witte Museum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
The Loyalty Equation: Developing Relationships That Deliver
Location: Room 350/351
Suzette A. Sherman – Museum New Mexico Foundation; Ashley L. Alexander – Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Ryan Auster – Museum of Science, Boston; Kristin Prestegaard – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Suzette A. Sherman – Museum New Mexico Foundation
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Beyond Alzheimer's Disease: Extending Inclusion and Access
Location: Room 352
Brittny Bevel – Tampa Museum of Art Inc.; Brittny Bevel – Tampa Museum of Art Inc.
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Walking on the Wild Side: Innovation through a Museum Venture Fund
Location: Room 338/339
Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum; Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Sustain and Excel!
Location: Room 244
Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Carl G. Hamm – Alexander Haas; Kathleen M. Spiess – The Morton Arboretum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Dancing Not Drowning: Putting Applied Data to Work for the Business of Museums
Location: Room 252/253
Robert Stein – Shedd Aquarium; Jane Alexander – Cleveland Museum of Art; Keith Laba – Arizona Science Center; Andrew Simnick – Art Institute of Chicago; Robert Stein – Shedd Aquarium
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Fail to Succeed: Using Adversity to Build Personal and Institutional Resilience
Location: Room 240/241
Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association; Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Social Media 101 and 201
Location: Room 356/357
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Robin Cembalest – Robin Cembalest Editorial Strategies; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Monica O. Montgomery – Museum Hue; Mark B. Schlemmer – New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
When the Other Shoe Drops: Essential Steps to Effective Crisis Communication
Location: Room 238/239
Matthew McLendon – The Fralin Museum of Art at The University of Virginia; Matthew McLendon – The Fralin Museum of Art at The University of Virginia; Saralyn Reece Hardy – Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas; Kristen A. Shepherd – Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL; Lynnette J. Werning – Blue Water Communications
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Museums and Millennials: How to Engage the Coveted Patron Generation
Location: Room 350/351
Jaclyn Spainhour – Hunter House Victorian Museum; Jaclyn Spainhour – Hunter House Victorian Museum
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P13 - Looking In|Reaching Out: The Yin Yang of Outreach
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Stephanie Downey – RK&A
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P09 - Volunteer Groups: The Greatest Assets You May Be Overlooking
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Michelle Mileham – Tracy Aviary
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P14 - Welcoming Generations X, Y, and Z to Museum Boards
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Christina Carr – Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Fresh Approaches to Audience Engagement
Location: Room 345
Tim Hallman – Asian Art Museum; Rebecca Gilliam – Minnetrista; Tim Hallman – Asian Art Museum; Nicole Krom – Visitor Experience Group; Peggy Martin – Minneapolis Institute of Art
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
How to Cancel Popular Programs and Still Make Friends and Money
Location: Room 338/339
Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Jennifer Carlquist – Boscobel House and Gardens; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Robin Nicholson – The Frick Pittsburgh
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
We’re All in It Together: Strategies and Tactics for Gaining Increased Funding Engaging Museum-Wide Staff
Location: Room 244
Barbara A. Engelskirchen – National Museum of Mexican Art; Nancy Villafranca – Chicago History Museum
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Get on Board: Engaging Board Members in Fundraising
Location: Room 238/239
Jenny Burch – Knight Ridge Consulting LLC; Jamie Clements – Museum of New Mexico Foundation; Emily J. Marino – Arnot Health Foundation, Inc.
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museums With No Walls Are The Future
Location: Room 340/341
Nic Brierre Aziz – The New Orleans Museum of Art; Nic Brierre Aziz – The New Orleans Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Planning for Sustainable Success: Building a Development Plan
Location: Room 244
Donna McGinnis – Naples Botanical Garden; Kate Brueggemann – Adler Planetarium; Donna McGinnis – Naples Botanical Garden
Generously supported by
Diversity Committee (DIVCOM)
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Brace for Impact! Ideas for Measuring Museum Value
Location: Room 345
Stephen D. Ashton – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Stephen D. Ashton – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Emily Johnson – Utah Division of Arts and Museums; Katy B. Knight – Bean Life Science Museum at Brigham Young University
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Crafting Connections: Case Studies of Mission-Aligned Adult Programming
Location: Room 350/351
Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; Jacqueline Stahlmann – Walker Art Center; Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; January Parkos Arnall – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Beth Redmond-Jones – San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat); Kyle Sater – Adler Planetarium
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Decolonizing Development: Fundraising as an Agent of Social Transformation
Location: Room 343
Johnnetta Betsch Cole – Cook Ross, Inc. and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Arthur G. Affleck, III – American Alliance of Museums; Mark J. Auslander – Michigan State University Museum; Chong-Anna Canfora – Michigan State University Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Getting Your Board on Board!
Location: Room 245
Marilee Jennings – Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose; Tonya Matthews – American Alliance of Museums; Joe Hastings – Explora; Marilee Jennings – Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose; Elizabeth Pierce – Cincinnati Museum Center
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Meet the New Boss.... Not the Same as the Old Boss.
Location: Room 238/239
Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum; Sharon Ament – Museum of London; Concetta Anne Bencivenga – New York Transit Museum; Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Museums as Catalysts for Empathy-Building and Social Change
Location: Room 353
Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Jeanine Pollard – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Kate Whitman – Atlanta History Center; Wei Ying Wong – Woodland Park Zoo
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
No Walls in This Museum! A University Gallery Thrives with Binational Student Staff
Location: Room 344
Melissa Barba – UTEP- Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Melissa Barba – UTEP- Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Sarah Aguilar – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Rafael A. Marquez – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Gianna Salas – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Public Policy and Advocacy: Championing Museums in Volatile Times
Location: Room 340/341
Barry Szczesny – American Alliance of Museums; Margaret Benjamin – Museum Trustee Association; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Barry Szczesny – American Alliance of Museums
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Pushing Interpretive Boundaries and Staying Relevant in a Crowded Market
Location: Room 338/339
Samuel A. McKelvey – Menokin Foundation; Samuel A. McKelvey – Menokin Foundation
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
#Museums: Go Viral with Museum Hack
Location: Room 356/357
Tasia Duske – Museum Hack; Anna Bianco; Hayley Milliman – Museum Hack
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Facing Change: Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion
Location: Room 344
Brooke Leonard – American Alliance of Museums; Lonnie Bunch, III – National Museum of African American History and Culture; Laura Lott – American Alliance of Museums; Elizabeth Pierce – Cincinnati Museum Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
How the Museum Field Can Be More Inclusive of the Transgender Community
Location: Room 340/341
Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center; Blair Denniberg – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Alison Kennedy – Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens; Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
New Stories in Old Places: How Historic Sites Are Telling a Fuller Story
Location: Room 353
Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation; Stephanie L. Boyle – Dumbarton House - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) Museum & Headquarters; Catherine H. Hughes – Conner Prairie; Mark Osterman – Vizcaya Museum and Gardens; Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Partnership Power: Essential Museum Strategies for Today's Networked World
Location: Room 245
Marsha L. Semmel – Marsha Semmel Consulting, Inc.; Nik Honeysett – Balboa Park Online Collaborative; Deborah F. Schwartz – Brooklyn Historical Society; Auntaneshia Staveloz – Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Working Better Together: Museums, Consultants, and Freelancers
Location: Room 240/241
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Dina Bailey – International Coalition of Sites of Conscience; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Claudia B. Ocello – Museum Partners Consulting, LLC; Sharon L. Vatsky – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Beyond Alzheimer's Disease: Extending Inclusion and Access
Location: Room 352
Brittny Bevel – Tampa Museum of Art Inc.; Brittny Bevel – Tampa Museum of Art Inc.
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Co-Creating Our Future/Now and Centering Black Artists: Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s ColorLab Art Studio
Location: Room 345
Hana E. Elwell – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Hana E. Elwell – Brooklyn Children's Museum; DeeArah Wright – Brooklyn Children's Museum
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Sustain and Excel!
Location: Room 244
Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Carl G. Hamm – Alexander Haas; Kathleen M. Spiess – The Morton Arboretum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Artful Aging: What Museums and Arts Educators Can Learn from each other about Creative Aging
Location: Room 345
Sonnet Takahisa – Newark Museum; Ed Friedman – Lifetime Arts, Inc.; Lindsay Lewis – Aroha Philanthropies; Annie M. Montgomery – Lifetime Arts, Inc.; Sonnet Takahisa – Newark Museum
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Connecting the Dots: A Game Show for Museum Professionals
Location: Room 338/339
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Contextual Inquiry Research with Diverse Audiences: A Different Approach to Museum Evaluation
Location: Room 343
Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Valerie Fletcher – Institute for Human Centered Design; Ashley Grady – Smithsonian Institution; Beth Ziebarth – Smithsonian Institution
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Creating an Inclusive Museum Field Trip
Location: Room 344
Abigail K. Diaz – Wisconsin Maritime Museum; Megan E. Becker – Penn Museum; Abigail K. Diaz – Wisconsin Maritime Museum; Jennifer Edginton – Kenosha Public Museums; Leila Makdisi – Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Social Media 101 and 201
Location: Room 356/357
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Robin Cembalest – Robin Cembalest Editorial Strategies; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Monica O. Montgomery – Museum Hue; Mark B. Schlemmer – New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Understanding Everyday Bias
Location: Room 340/341
Natanya Khashan; Eric Peterson – Cook Ross, Inc.
Monday, May 20
4:00 pm
From Access to Success: Lessons from a Diversity Initiative in Art Handling
Location: Room 243
George Luna-Peña – The Broad; George Luna-Peña – The Broad; Lance Bad Heart Bull – The Broad; Vanessa Garcia – The Broad; Alicia Teele – The Broad
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
An Intergenerational Arts Program for the LGBTQIA+ Community
Location: Room 343
Eli Burke – Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson; Eli Burke – Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson; Carissa DiCindio – University of Arizona
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Museum Teen Force: Creating a 21st-Century Museum
Location: Room 340/341
Triana Patel – Asian Art Musuem; Richard P. Collins – Museum of African Diaspora; PJ Gubatina Policarpio – Contemporary Jewish Museum; Triana Patel – Asian Art Musuem; Tina Wiley – de Young Museum
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Creating Inclusive Spaces by Breaking Language Barriers
Location: Room 346/347
Esther Tang – California Academy of Sciences; Cindy Valencia – California Academy of Sciences; Elizabeth Antonellis – Harvard Museums of Science and Culture – Peabody Museum; Theresa Sotto – Hammer Museum; Esther Tang – California Academy of Sciences
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Ethnic Fraud and Representation in Museums
Location: Room 344
Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder – Oklahoma History Center, Kiowa Tribal Museum, & Wallraf Richartz Museum; Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder – Oklahoma History Center, Kiowa Tribal Museum, & Wallraf Richartz Museum; Mario A. Caro – Massachusetts Institute of Technology; America Meredith – First American Art Magazine; Nancy Marie Mithlo – University of California Los Angeles
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Labs, Salons, and Experiments for Creative Museum Change
Location: Room 335/336
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Americo Castilla – Fundación TyPA; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Museums and Millennials: How to Engage the Coveted Patron Generation
Location: Room 350/351
Jaclyn Spainhour – Hunter House Victorian Museum; Jaclyn Spainhour – Hunter House Victorian Museum
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
TrendsWatch 2019: Your Annual Glimpse of the Future
Location: Room 338/339
Elizabeth Merritt – American Alliance of Museums; Elizabeth Merritt – American Alliance of Museums
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Partnering with the Community to Create Collaborative Socially Engaged Exhibitions
Location: Room 340/341
Miriam Taylor – Newcomb Art Museum; Monica Ramirez-Montagut – Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans; Dolfinette V. Martin – Operation Restoration; Rontherin Ratliff – Level Artist Collective; Syrita Steib-Martin – Operation Restoration
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Toolkit for Starting an Accessibility Task Force at Your Institution
Location: Room 343
Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Beth Dion – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Sonja Potter – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Brooke Rosenblatt – Freer|Sackler
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P02 - Community Engagement Through Audience-Designed Programs
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Beth A. Twiss Houting – Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P03 - Community Relationships and Conservation Leadership
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Lisa-Anne D. Kelly – Chicago Zoological Society; Sarah Breen Bartecki – Chicago Zoological Society
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P16 - Creating Critical Dialogue with Black Feminism and Museums
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Amber C. Coleman – Virginia Commonwealth University
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P11 - Healing Wounds: Inclusion and State History Museum Exhibits
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Elaine Carter – University of Washington
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P12 - Help You, Help Them: Museum Professional Empathy Training
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Laura-Edythe S. Coleman – Johns Hopkin University Advanced Academic Programs Museum Studies; Phillips Abigail – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P05 - Learning About Visitors to the New Nordic Museum
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Dorothy Svgdik – University of Washington Museology Graduate Program; Elaine Carter – University of Washington
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P01 - Lions, Cars, Plants, Oh My! Access Programs at Your Museum
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Maura Nelson – United States Botanic Garden; Caroline Braden – The Henry Ford
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P13 - Looking In|Reaching Out: The Yin Yang of Outreach
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Stephanie Downey – RK&A
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P07 - Sustainability: Go Green and Save $$$ and Mother Nature
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Leslie K. Tom – The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American Museum
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P09 - Volunteer Groups: The Greatest Assets You May Be Overlooking
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Michelle Mileham – Tracy Aviary
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P14 - Welcoming Generations X, Y, and Z to Museum Boards
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Christina Carr – Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Collaborative Management: A Holistic Approach to Visitor Experience
Location: Room 244
Axel Estable – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Stephen D. Ashton – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Ashley Clouse – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Gary Hyatt – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Lorie Millward – Thanksgiving Point
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
>15M Tourists, <2M Locals: Creating Sustainable Authenticity in the French Quarter by Expanding the Local Impact of a Museum
Location: Room 243
Daniel Hammer – The Historic New Orleans Collection; John H. Lawrence – The Historic New Orleans Collection; Jenny Schwartzberg – The Historic New Orleans Collection
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Conversation and Collaboration: Making Your Collection Relevant through the Lens of Social Justice
Location: Room 346/347
Amanda Melancon – LBJ Presidential Library; Emily K. Cayton – The Contemporary Austin; Mallory Lineberger – LBJ Presidential Library; Sheila Mehta – Round Rock High School; Kait Nader – The GRAMMY Museum
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Designing for Empathy: Pitfalls and Potential
Location: Room 335/336
Elif Gokcigdem – Empathy-Building Through Museums; Elif Gokcigdem – Empathy-Building Through Museums; Jon Carfagno – Hickory Museum of Art; Anne Fullenkamp – Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh; Elaine Heumann Gurian – Elaine Heumann Gurian LLC; Emlyn Koster – North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
How Culturally Specific Museums Are Revolutionizing Visitor Expectations
Location: Room 345
Joy Bailey-Bryant – Lord Cultural Resources; Joy Bailey-Bryant – Lord Cultural Resources; Marion A. Gill – Princeton University; Angela Thorpe – North Carolina African American Heritage Commission; Brenda Tindal – International African American Museum
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Is That Hung White? Getting Real about Diversity in Exhibitions
Location: Room 354/355
Stacey B. Mann – Independent Consultant; Stacey B. Mann – Independent Consultant; Nafisa Isa – Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center; Joanne Jones-Rizzi – Science Museum of Minnesota; Erika Katayama – San Diego Museum of Man; Jaron Keener – Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Museum Professionals at Play: Inviting Play at All Museums and for All Ages
Location: Room 356/357
Kyrie Kellett – Mason Bee Interpretive Planning; Kyrie Kellett – Mason Bee Interpretive Planning; Aaron Alcorn – Living Computers: Museum + Labs; Hollie Barattolo – The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Cynthia Raso – Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center; Natalie Ruhe Thomas – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Occuplay Museums: Should Museums Become More Playful?
Location: Room 338/339
Megan Dickerson – The New Children's Museum; Megan Dickerson – The New Children's Museum
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Stories from the OF/BY/FOR ALL First Wave
Location: Room 343
Lauren Benetua – OF/BY/FOR ALL; Tina Menendez – HistoryMiami Museum; Hatuey Ramos-Fermín – The Laundromat Project; Emily E. Reynolds – Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center; Nina Simon – Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Words of Welcome/Palabras de Bienvenida/歡迎辭
Location: Room 344
Anna Simmons – California Academy of Sciences; Tamara Schwarz – California Academy of Sciences; Anna Simmons – California Academy of Sciences; Krista Ulman – California Science Center; Vicki Wawerchak – Monterey Bay Aquarium
Tuesday, May 21
2:30 pm
Meet the Mini Masters: Early Childhood Learning in the Museum
Location: Room 353
Chantell M. Nabonne – New Orleans Museum of Art
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Creating Inclusive Representation at a Small Museum
Location: Room 343
Regina Lynch – Akron Art Museum; Ryan D. Grover – Biggs Museum of American Art; Regina Lynch – Akron Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Unpack Culturally Responsive Practice with Native American Collections
Location: Room 340/341
Hayley Nicholas – Denver Art Museum; Hayley Nicholas – Denver Art Museum; Luisa Zamora – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Fresh Approaches to Audience Engagement
Location: Room 345
Tim Hallman – Asian Art Museum; Rebecca Gilliam – Minnetrista; Tim Hallman – Asian Art Museum; Nicole Krom – Visitor Experience Group; Peggy Martin – Minneapolis Institute of Art
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Building Relevant Public and Educational Programs Using an Equity Lens
Location: Room 344
David Rue – Seattle Art Museum; David Rue – Seattle Art Museum; Nico Wheadon – The Studio Museum in Harlem; Lauren Argentina Zelaya – Brooklyn Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
CANCELLED: Curation Agreements Toolkit: Everything You Should Have, But Don’t
Location: Room 240/241
Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program; Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Fostering Universal Ethics and Compassion: A Summit with The Dalai Lama
Location: Room 352
Elif Gokcigdem – Empathy-Building Through Museums; Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Elif Gokcigdem – Empathy-Building Through Museums; Ruth G. Shelly – Portland Children's Museum; John Wetenhall – George Washington University Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
From Their Mouths: (Not-So-Secret) Critical Approaches to Cultural Representation
Location: Room 350/351
Swarupa Anila – Detroit Institute of Arts; Swarupa Anila – Detroit Institute of Arts; Geoff Emberling – Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan; Cecilia Garibay – Garibay Group; Rebecca R. Hart – Denver Art Museum; Kenneth Morris – Detroit Institute of Arts
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
How to Cancel Popular Programs and Still Make Friends and Money
Location: Room 338/339
Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Jennifer Carlquist – Boscobel House and Gardens; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Robin Nicholson – The Frick Pittsburgh
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Many Voices: Seeking Impactful Engagement in the Strategic Planning Process
Location: Room 238/239
Claire Ruud – Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Claire Ruud – Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Anne Breckenridge Barrett – Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona; Lisa Key – Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Heidi Reitmaier – Art Gallery of Ontario
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
What’s Next: How to Build and Grow Successful Museum Experiences for Visitors on the Autism Spectrum
Location: Room 346/347
Jennifer Kalter – New York Transit Museum; Marie Clapot – The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Jennifer Kalter – New York Transit Museum
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
In Their Own Words: Immigrant Storytelling in Museum Galleries
Location: Room 343
Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Aldulhadi Al-Karfawi – Penn Museum; Yaroub Saad Al Obaidi – University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology and Anthropology; Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Kevin Schott – University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
Is Rapid-Response Collecting a Trend or the New Sustainable Standard for Collections?
Location: Room 335/336
Kate Mirand Calleri – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Kate Mirand Calleri – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Oasa DuVerney – Brooklyn Children's Museum
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Firestorm: The Museum's Response to a Major Disaster
Location: Room 245
Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Eric Stanley – Museums of Sonoma County
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Funding Something New: Accessibility in Action
Location: Room 343
Nicole Smith – Kennedy Center; Nicole Smith – Kennedy Center
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Going Beyond English
Location: Room 335/336
Anna Simmons – California Academy of Sciences; Ryan Byarlay – Gensler; Anna Simmons – California Academy of Sciences; Esther Tang – California Academy of Sciences
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museums With No Walls Are The Future
Location: Room 340/341
Nic Brierre Aziz – The New Orleans Museum of Art; Nic Brierre Aziz – The New Orleans Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Reprogramming the Past: Web Design for Teens as a Doorway to Exploring Women’s History
Location: Room 346/347
Lena Sawyer – New-York Historical Society; Rugan Lewis – New-York Historical Society; Lena Sawyer – New-York Historical Society
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Achieving Engagement with Diverse Audiences: A Tactical Guide
Location: Room 345
Ceci Dadisman – The FORM Group; Ceci Dadisman – The FORM Group; Kristie Swink Benson – High Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Inclusion: Rich Experience Design for All
Location: Room 344
Corey Timpson – Corey Timpson Design Inc.; Corey Timpson – Corey Timpson Design Inc.; Carrie Christoffersen – Newseum; Anil Lewis – National Federation of the Blind; John Olson – 3DPhotoWorks LLC
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museum Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye for Sustained Community Engagement
Location: Room 338/339
Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Janeen Bryant – Facilitate Movement; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates; Evelyn Orantes – Evelyn Orantes Consulting
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
The Next Big Thing: Global Developments and the Power of Museum Education
Location: Room 352
Jelena Trkulja – Qatar Museums; Jelena Trkulja – Qatar Museums; Alexandra Bounia – UCL Qatar; Celeste Fetta – Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Activating Material Culture to Foster Pluralism
Location: Room 340/341
Jovanna Scorsone – Aga Khan Museum; Wendy Ng – Royal Ontario Museum; Jovanna Scorsone – Aga Khan Museum
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Touch Tours: Bringing a Museum to Life for the Blind
Location: Room 343
Sahil Patel – Houston Museum of Natural Science; Matti Hammett – Houston Museum of Natural Science; Sahil Patel – Houston Museum of Natural Science; Julia K. Russell – Houston Museum of Natural Science
Education Committee (EDCOM)
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Crafting Connections: Case Studies of Mission-Aligned Adult Programming
Location: Room 350/351
Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; Jacqueline Stahlmann – Walker Art Center; Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; January Parkos Arnall – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Beth Redmond-Jones – San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat); Kyle Sater – Adler Planetarium
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Evaluative Thinking with Teens in the Museum
Location: Room 352
Dyeemah Simmons – Whitney Museum of American Art; Susan McCullough – Queens College; Dyeemah Simmons – Whitney Museum of American Art
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Impact of Awe on Memories of Art and Science Museums
Location: Room 346/347
Aaron Price – Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago; Alice Anderson – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Jana Greenslit – Museum of Science and Industry; Aaron Price – Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago; Marley Steele-Inama – Denver Zoo
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Meet the New Boss.... Not the Same as the Old Boss.
Location: Room 238/239
Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum; Sharon Ament – Museum of London; Concetta Anne Bencivenga – New York Transit Museum; Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Museums as Catalysts for Empathy-Building and Social Change
Location: Room 353
Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Jeanine Pollard – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Kate Whitman – Atlanta History Center; Wei Ying Wong – Woodland Park Zoo
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
No Walls in This Museum! A University Gallery Thrives with Binational Student Staff
Location: Room 344
Melissa Barba – UTEP- Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Melissa Barba – UTEP- Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Sarah Aguilar – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Rafael A. Marquez – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Gianna Salas – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Public Policy and Advocacy: Championing Museums in Volatile Times
Location: Room 340/341
Barry Szczesny – American Alliance of Museums; Margaret Benjamin – Museum Trustee Association; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Barry Szczesny – American Alliance of Museums
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Pushing Interpretive Boundaries and Staying Relevant in a Crowded Market
Location: Room 338/339
Samuel A. McKelvey – Menokin Foundation; Samuel A. McKelvey – Menokin Foundation
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:30 am
Advancing 3-D Digitization and Metadata Conventions
Location: Room 335/336
Leigh A. Grinstead – LYRASIS; Leigh A. Grinstead – LYRASIS
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Creative Collaborations: A Partnership in Three Acts
Location: Room 345
Tracy Kennan – New Orleans Museum of Art; A.J. Allegra – The NOLA Project; Tracy Kennan – New Orleans Museum of Art
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
How to Foster Authentic Museum Engagement Through Online K-12 Teacher Training
Location: Room 352
Colleen Wilson – The Barnes Foundation; Colleen Wilson – The Barnes Foundation
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
#Museums: Go Viral with Museum Hack
Location: Room 356/357
Tasia Duske – Museum Hack; Anna Bianco; Hayley Milliman – Museum Hack
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Artificial Intelligence and Leadership: Using Big Data Analytics to Inform Strategy and Operations
Location: Room 238/239
Angie Judge – Dexibit; Angie Judge – Dexibit; Shanita R. Brackett – National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC); Tracy Lamm – Space Center Houston; Diana Pan – Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Fueling Curiosity through Shared Authority in the Experimental Museum
Location: Room 243
Matthew R. Welch – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Alice Anderson – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Eric Bruce – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Dakota Hoska – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Michael Lapthorn – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Matthew R. Welch – Minneapolis Institute of Art
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
How the Museum Field Can Be More Inclusive of the Transgender Community
Location: Room 340/341
Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center; Blair Denniberg – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Alison Kennedy – Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens; Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Mistakes Were Made
Location: Room 354/355
Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Ashley Rogers – Whitney Plantation; Chris Taylor – Minnesota Historical Society; Patrick Wittwer – Visitor Experience Group
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
New Stories in Old Places: How Historic Sites Are Telling a Fuller Story
Location: Room 353
Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation; Stephanie L. Boyle – Dumbarton House - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) Museum & Headquarters; Catherine H. Hughes – Conner Prairie; Mark Osterman – Vizcaya Museum and Gardens; Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Partnership Power: Essential Museum Strategies for Today's Networked World
Location: Room 245
Marsha L. Semmel – Marsha Semmel Consulting, Inc.; Nik Honeysett – Balboa Park Online Collaborative; Deborah F. Schwartz – Brooklyn Historical Society; Auntaneshia Staveloz – Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Switching Gears: Managing the Twists and Turns of a Museum Career
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Ami Davis – Ami Davis Consulting; Ami Davis – Ami Davis Consulting; Melanie A. Adams – Minnesota Historical Society; Beth Maloney – Baltimore Museum of Industry; Jason L. Porter – Museum of Pop Culture
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Thinking Outside the Classroom: Innovation in Educational Partnerships
Location: Room 346/347
Ann G. Woodruff – Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans; Ann G. Woodruff – Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans; Ellen Balkin – Ogden Museum of Southern Art; Greg P. Lambousy – New Orleans Jazz Museum; Marina Schoen – Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans; Monica Pasos
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Working Better Together: Museums, Consultants, and Freelancers
Location: Room 240/241
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Dina Bailey – International Coalition of Sites of Conscience; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Claudia B. Ocello – Museum Partners Consulting, LLC; Sharon L. Vatsky – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Beyond Alzheimer's Disease: Extending Inclusion and Access
Location: Room 352
Brittny Bevel – Tampa Museum of Art Inc.; Brittny Bevel – Tampa Museum of Art Inc.
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Co-Creating Our Future/Now and Centering Black Artists: Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s ColorLab Art Studio
Location: Room 345
Hana E. Elwell – Brooklyn Children's Museum; Hana E. Elwell – Brooklyn Children's Museum; DeeArah Wright – Brooklyn Children's Museum
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Walking on the Wild Side: Innovation through a Museum Venture Fund
Location: Room 338/339
Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum; Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Collection Ranking: Making Deaccessions Work for You
Location: Room 243
Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Melissa de Bie – History Colorado; Alisa DiGiacomo – History Colorado; Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Jennifer Gallatin Rigsby – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
31st Annual Excellence in Exhibition
Location: Room 354/355
Stacey Swigart – Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent; Stacey Swigart – Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent; Sheri Levinsky-Raskin – Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum; Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; Lonny Schwartz – The Design Minds, Inc.; Marley Steele-Inama – Denver Zoo
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Sustain and Excel!
Location: Room 244
Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Carl G. Hamm – Alexander Haas; Kathleen M. Spiess – The Morton Arboretum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
A Scientist Walks into an Art Museum... Partnering with Diverse Content Experts
Location: Room 353
Kelsey N. VanVoorst – Conner Prairie; Chelsea Farrar – University of Arizona Museum of Art; Anna Johnson – Pacific Science Center; Kelsey N. VanVoorst – Conner Prairie
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Artful Aging: What Museums and Arts Educators Can Learn from each other about Creative Aging
Location: Room 345
Sonnet Takahisa – Newark Museum; Ed Friedman – Lifetime Arts, Inc.; Lindsay Lewis – Aroha Philanthropies; Annie M. Montgomery – Lifetime Arts, Inc.; Sonnet Takahisa – Newark Museum
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Building Community Through Spaces for Families
Location: Room 346/347
Julia A. Forbes – High Museum of Art; Mike Denison – Roto; Marianna Adams – Audience Focus, Inc.; Julia A. Forbes – High Museum of Art; Beth Redmond-Jones – San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat)
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Connecting the Dots: A Game Show for Museum Professionals
Location: Room 338/339
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Contextual Inquiry Research with Diverse Audiences: A Different Approach to Museum Evaluation
Location: Room 343
Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Valerie Fletcher – Institute for Human Centered Design; Ashley Grady – Smithsonian Institution; Beth Ziebarth – Smithsonian Institution
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Creating an Inclusive Museum Field Trip
Location: Room 344
Abigail K. Diaz – Wisconsin Maritime Museum; Megan E. Becker – Penn Museum; Abigail K. Diaz – Wisconsin Maritime Museum; Jennifer Edginton – Kenosha Public Museums; Leila Makdisi – Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Fail to Succeed: Using Adversity to Build Personal and Institutional Resilience
Location: Room 240/241
Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association; Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Fake News, Flat Planets and Hot Winters
Location: Room 335/336
Rose C. Jones – Perot Museum of Nature and Science; Beka Economopoulos – The Natural History Museum; Jacqueline Genovesi – The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Shiralee Hudson Hill – Art Gallery of Ontario; Rose C. Jones – Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Howdy Partner! Museum-University Partnerships Impact Relationships with Schools and Communities
Location: Room 350/351
Colleen Incandela – Adler Planetarium; Kyla Cook – The Field Museum; David Ensminger – Loyola University Chicago; Colleen Incandela – Adler Planetarium; Wendy Quinlan – The Field Museum; Sarah Wehlage – Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Moving Every Body: Embodied Engagement in Museums and Gardens
Location: Room 352
Zoe Silverman – Independent; Zoe Silverman – Independent; Janna Doherty – Museum of Science; Brian Hogarth – Bank Street College, Graduate School of Education; Lindsay Lindberg – UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, Urban Schooling Division; Alexandra O. Torres-Gypson – United States Botanic Garden
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Social Media 101 and 201
Location: Room 356/357
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Robin Cembalest – Robin Cembalest Editorial Strategies; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Monica O. Montgomery – Museum Hue; Mark B. Schlemmer – New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
An Intergenerational Arts Program for the LGBTQIA+ Community
Location: Room 343
Eli Burke – Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson; Eli Burke – Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson; Carissa DiCindio – University of Arizona
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Museum Teen Force: Creating a 21st-Century Museum
Location: Room 340/341
Triana Patel – Asian Art Musuem; Richard P. Collins – Museum of African Diaspora; PJ Gubatina Policarpio – Contemporary Jewish Museum; Triana Patel – Asian Art Musuem; Tina Wiley – de Young Museum
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Prototyping Innovation: Iterative Digital Transformation at the Henry Ford
Location: Room 348/349
Matt Elliott – The Henry Ford; Lilly Preston – Bluecadet
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Creating Inclusive Spaces by Breaking Language Barriers
Location: Room 346/347
Esther Tang – California Academy of Sciences; Cindy Valencia – California Academy of Sciences; Elizabeth Antonellis – Harvard Museums of Science and Culture – Peabody Museum; Theresa Sotto – Hammer Museum; Esther Tang – California Academy of Sciences
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Distance Learning Outside of the K12 Classroom: Connecting Live with Adults
Location: Room 353
Charlotte J. Martin – Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum; Kate Fitzgerald – The National WWII Museum; Chrissy Gregg – The National WWII Museum; Charlotte J. Martin – Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Labs, Salons, and Experiments for Creative Museum Change
Location: Room 335/336
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Americo Castilla – Fundación TyPA; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Show Me the Money: Tips and Techniques for Writing a Successful IMLS Grant Application
Location: Room 352
Jill S. Connors-Joyner – Institute of Museums and Library Services; Mark Isaksen – Institute of Museum and Library Services; Linda Blanshay – Museum of Tolerance; Marian Carpenter – John and Mable Ringling Art Museum; Lisa Sasaki – Smithsonian
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Study and Improve Visitor Experiences Using Timing and Tracking, Part 1
Location: Room 356/357
Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Beverly Serrell – Serrell & Associates; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Volunteer Recruitment, Retention, and Recognition: 60 Ideas in 60 Minutes
Location: Room 345
Jennifer Woods – Seattle Art Museum; Richard Harker – Historic Oakland Foundation; Renee E. Birk – John G Shedd Aquarium; Crystal Lee Stone – Exploratorium; Jennifer Woods – Seattle Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Partnering with the Community to Create Collaborative Socially Engaged Exhibitions
Location: Room 340/341
Miriam Taylor – Newcomb Art Museum; Monica Ramirez-Montagut – Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans; Dolfinette V. Martin – Operation Restoration; Rontherin Ratliff – Level Artist Collective; Syrita Steib-Martin – Operation Restoration
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Toolkit for Starting an Accessibility Task Force at Your Institution
Location: Room 343
Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Beth Dion – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Sonja Potter – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Brooke Rosenblatt – Freer|Sackler
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P15 - Building a Responsive Gallery Guide Using Computer Vision
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Morgan Rehnberg – Fort Worth Museum of Science and History; Douglas A. Roberts – Forth Worth Museum of Science and History
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P24 - Candids, Plandids, & the future of Installation Photography
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Betsy Willett – MIT List Visual Arts Center
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P02 - Community Engagement Through Audience-Designed Programs
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Beth A. Twiss Houting – Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P03 - Community Relationships and Conservation Leadership
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Lisa-Anne D. Kelly – Chicago Zoological Society; Sarah Breen Bartecki – Chicago Zoological Society
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P17 - If Walls Could Talk: Oral Histories as Educational Tools
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Jennifer Elliott – Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P05 - Learning About Visitors to the New Nordic Museum
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Dorothy Svgdik – University of Washington Museology Graduate Program; Elaine Carter – University of Washington
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P01 - Lions, Cars, Plants, Oh My! Access Programs at Your Museum
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Maura Nelson – United States Botanic Garden; Caroline Braden – The Henry Ford
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P06 - Museums as Gateways to America
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Samantha Rijkers – New-York Historical Society
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P18 - Ship to Shore: Visitor Questions Drive Science Interactions
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Jennifer A. Collins – Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HIstory
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P08 - Using Digital Comics to Engage Children in Science Skills
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Wren Thompson – New York Hall of Science; Martin Weiss – New York Hall of Science; Laycca Umer – New York Hall of Science
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P09 - Volunteer Groups: The Greatest Assets You May Be Overlooking
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Michelle Mileham – Tracy Aviary
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Collaborative Management: A Holistic Approach to Visitor Experience
Location: Room 244
Axel Estable – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Stephen D. Ashton – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Ashley Clouse – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Gary Hyatt – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Lorie Millward – Thanksgiving Point
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Historical Thinking with Objects
Location: Room 353
Joseph Milillo – The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Joseph Milillo – The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
>15M Tourists, <2M Locals: Creating Sustainable Authenticity in the French Quarter by Expanding the Local Impact of a Museum
Location: Room 243
Daniel Hammer – The Historic New Orleans Collection; John H. Lawrence – The Historic New Orleans Collection; Jenny Schwartzberg – The Historic New Orleans Collection
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Come to the Table: A Discussion with the Smithsonian Food History Project
Location: Room 352
Ashley Rose Young – National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Valeska M. Hilbig – Smithsonian/National Museum of American History; Theresa McCulla – National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Kathy Sklar – Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Conversation and Collaboration: Making Your Collection Relevant through the Lens of Social Justice
Location: Room 346/347
Amanda Melancon – LBJ Presidential Library; Emily K. Cayton – The Contemporary Austin; Mallory Lineberger – LBJ Presidential Library; Sheila Mehta – Round Rock High School; Kait Nader – The GRAMMY Museum
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Designing for Empathy: Pitfalls and Potential
Location: Room 335/336
Elif Gokcigdem – Empathy-Building Through Museums; Elif Gokcigdem – Empathy-Building Through Museums; Jon Carfagno – Hickory Museum of Art; Anne Fullenkamp – Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh; Elaine Heumann Gurian – Elaine Heumann Gurian LLC; Emlyn Koster – North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Dimensions of Curation: Honoring Objects and Audiences Through Collaboration
Location: Room 240/241
Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; Ann Rowson Love – Florida State University/Liaison to The Ringling Museum; W. James Burns – Arizona Historical Society; Adam Scher – Virginia Museum of History and Culture; Pat Villeneuve – Department of Art Education
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
How Culturally Specific Museums Are Revolutionizing Visitor Expectations
Location: Room 345
Joy Bailey-Bryant – Lord Cultural Resources; Joy Bailey-Bryant – Lord Cultural Resources; Marion A. Gill – Princeton University; Angela Thorpe – North Carolina African American Heritage Commission; Brenda Tindal – International African American Museum
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Is That Hung White? Getting Real about Diversity in Exhibitions
Location: Room 354/355
Stacey B. Mann – Independent Consultant; Stacey B. Mann – Independent Consultant; Nafisa Isa – Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center; Joanne Jones-Rizzi – Science Museum of Minnesota; Erika Katayama – San Diego Museum of Man; Jaron Keener – Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Museum Professionals at Play: Inviting Play at All Museums and for All Ages
Location: Room 356/357
Kyrie Kellett – Mason Bee Interpretive Planning; Kyrie Kellett – Mason Bee Interpretive Planning; Aaron Alcorn – Living Computers: Museum + Labs; Hollie Barattolo – The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Cynthia Raso – Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center; Natalie Ruhe Thomas – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Occuplay Museums: Should Museums Become More Playful?
Location: Room 338/339
Megan Dickerson – The New Children's Museum; Megan Dickerson – The New Children's Museum
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Stories from the OF/BY/FOR ALL First Wave
Location: Room 343
Lauren Benetua – OF/BY/FOR ALL; Tina Menendez – HistoryMiami Museum; Hatuey Ramos-Fermín – The Laundromat Project; Emily E. Reynolds – Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center; Nina Simon – Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Words of Welcome/Palabras de Bienvenida/歡迎辭
Location: Room 344
Anna Simmons – California Academy of Sciences; Tamara Schwarz – California Academy of Sciences; Anna Simmons – California Academy of Sciences; Krista Ulman – California Science Center; Vicki Wawerchak – Monterey Bay Aquarium
Tuesday, May 21
2:30 pm
Meet the Mini Masters: Early Childhood Learning in the Museum
Location: Room 353
Chantell M. Nabonne – New Orleans Museum of Art
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Creating Inclusive Representation at a Small Museum
Location: Room 343
Regina Lynch – Akron Art Museum; Ryan D. Grover – Biggs Museum of American Art; Regina Lynch – Akron Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Unpack Culturally Responsive Practice with Native American Collections
Location: Room 340/341
Hayley Nicholas – Denver Art Museum; Hayley Nicholas – Denver Art Museum; Luisa Zamora – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Beyond the Elevator Pitch: How to Write a Persuasive NEA Grant
Location: Room 252/253
Wendy Clark – National Endowment for the Arts; Wendy Clark – National Endowment for the Arts; Ron j. Bechet – Xavier University of Louisiana; Monica Ramirez-Montagut – Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans; Tina Freeman – Photographer
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Building Relevant Public and Educational Programs Using an Equity Lens
Location: Room 344
David Rue – Seattle Art Museum; David Rue – Seattle Art Museum; Nico Wheadon – The Studio Museum in Harlem; Lauren Argentina Zelaya – Brooklyn Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
CANCELLED: Curation Agreements Toolkit: Everything You Should Have, But Don’t
Location: Room 240/241
Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program; Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Come Tag With Us! How SFMOMA Increased Online Access Through Tagging
Location: Room 243
Marla A. Misunas – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Julie Charles – SFMOMA; Marla A. Misunas – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Layna White – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Examining and Applying Data for Action: A CARE Training on How to Understand and Use Evaluation and Research Results
Location: Room 348/349
Sarah Cohn – Aurora Consulting; Sheila Brommel – Minnesota Historical Society; Emily Craig – Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Elizabeth Kollmann – Museum of Science, Boston; Marley Steele-Inama – Denver Zoo
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Fostering Universal Ethics and Compassion: A Summit with The Dalai Lama
Location: Room 352
Elif Gokcigdem – Empathy-Building Through Museums; Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Elif Gokcigdem – Empathy-Building Through Museums; Ruth G. Shelly – Portland Children's Museum; John Wetenhall – George Washington University Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Franco’s Body: Whose Heritage Is It?
Location: Room 245
William U. Eiland – Georgia Museum of Art; William U. Eiland – Georgia Museum of Art; France Desmarais – ALIPH - International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas; Corine Wegener – Smithsonian Institution
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
From Their Mouths: (Not-So-Secret) Critical Approaches to Cultural Representation
Location: Room 350/351
Swarupa Anila – Detroit Institute of Arts; Swarupa Anila – Detroit Institute of Arts; Geoff Emberling – Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan; Cecilia Garibay – Garibay Group; Rebecca R. Hart – Denver Art Museum; Kenneth Morris – Detroit Institute of Arts
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
How to Cancel Popular Programs and Still Make Friends and Money
Location: Room 338/339
Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Jennifer Carlquist – Boscobel House and Gardens; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Robin Nicholson – The Frick Pittsburgh
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Made for Instagram? — Exhibition Design in the Age of Social Media
Location: Room 354/355
Victoria Lewis – The New York Botanical Garden; Victoria Lewis – The New York Botanical Garden; Ariel Handelman – The New York Botanical Garden; Anna Toledano – Stanford University; Stacy Wakeford – Canadian Museum of Nature
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Study and Improve Visitor Experiences Using Timing and Tracking, Part 2
Location: Room 356/357
Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Beverly Serrell – Serrell & Associates
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
We’re All in It Together: Strategies and Tactics for Gaining Increased Funding Engaging Museum-Wide Staff
Location: Room 244
Barbara A. Engelskirchen – National Museum of Mexican Art; Nancy Villafranca – Chicago History Museum
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
What’s Next: How to Build and Grow Successful Museum Experiences for Visitors on the Autism Spectrum
Location: Room 346/347
Jennifer Kalter – New York Transit Museum; Marie Clapot – The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Jennifer Kalter – New York Transit Museum
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
In Their Own Words: Immigrant Storytelling in Museum Galleries
Location: Room 343
Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Aldulhadi Al-Karfawi – Penn Museum; Yaroub Saad Al Obaidi – University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology and Anthropology; Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Kevin Schott – University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Firestorm: The Museum's Response to a Major Disaster
Location: Room 245
Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Eric Stanley – Museums of Sonoma County
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Going Beyond English
Location: Room 335/336
Anna Simmons – California Academy of Sciences; Ryan Byarlay – Gensler; Anna Simmons – California Academy of Sciences; Esther Tang – California Academy of Sciences
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museums With No Walls Are The Future
Location: Room 340/341
Nic Brierre Aziz – The New Orleans Museum of Art; Nic Brierre Aziz – The New Orleans Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Reprogramming the Past: Web Design for Teens as a Doorway to Exploring Women’s History
Location: Room 346/347
Lena Sawyer – New-York Historical Society; Rugan Lewis – New-York Historical Society; Lena Sawyer – New-York Historical Society
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Launching a New Program
Location: Room 353
Kathleen Cooke – Dallas Museum of Art; Stacey Lizotte – Dallas Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
75 Ideas for Engaging Current and New Historic House Museum Audiences Through Temporary Exhibitions
Location: Room 348/349
Lise Dube-Scherr – International Arts & Artists; Susan Goganian – Historic Beverly; Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Zachary X. Wnek – Latah County Historical Society
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
A Better Product Through Design Thinking
Location: Room 354/355
Lauren Telchin Katz – Smithsonian National Museum of American History; Lauren Telchin Katz – Smithsonian National Museum of American History; Clare Brown – National Museum of American History / Smithsonian Institution; Naomi C. Crellin – Hargrove; Josh Sarver – COSI; Sandra Smith – Senator John Heinz History Center
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Engaging Community in Conversations about the Future
Location: Room 356/357
Meredith Doby – The DoSeum; Elizabeth Merritt – American Alliance of Museums; Meredith Doby – The DoSeum; Sarah M. Henry – Museum of the City of New York; Leonardo Menezes – Museum of Tomorrow; Howard J. Taylor – San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museum Educators as Teacher Educators: Research and Reflections on Best Practices for Providing Teacher Professional Development
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Lora J. Cooper – Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Christine Baron – Teachers College, Columbia University; Sarah Cahil – Mystic Seaport Museum; Lora J. Cooper – Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation; K. Allison Wickens – George Washington's Mount Vernon
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museum Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye for Sustained Community Engagement
Location: Room 338/339
Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Janeen Bryant – Facilitate Movement; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates; Evelyn Orantes – Evelyn Orantes Consulting
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
The Next Big Thing: Global Developments and the Power of Museum Education
Location: Room 352
Jelena Trkulja – Qatar Museums; Jelena Trkulja – Qatar Museums; Alexandra Bounia – UCL Qatar; Celeste Fetta – Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Trending or Bust: Keeping Pace with Digital Video Needs
Location: Room 350/351
Hilary-Morgan Watt – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; Emily Haight – National Portrait Gallery; Lanae Spruce – National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution; Hilary-Morgan Watt – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Activating Material Culture to Foster Pluralism
Location: Room 340/341
Jovanna Scorsone – Aga Khan Museum; Wendy Ng – Royal Ontario Museum; Jovanna Scorsone – Aga Khan Museum
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Touch Tours: Bringing a Museum to Life for the Blind
Location: Room 343
Sahil Patel – Houston Museum of Natural Science; Matti Hammett – Houston Museum of Natural Science; Sahil Patel – Houston Museum of Natural Science; Julia K. Russell – Houston Museum of Natural Science
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Young People, Old Structures: Bringing School Programs into Historic Houses
Location: Room 346/347
Katie L. Nickel – The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Angelica Bradley – The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Katie L. Nickel – The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Environment and Climate Network
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Champagne Dreams, Beer Budget: Innovative Solutions For Packing and Shipping Museum Collections
Location: Room 354/355
Allison Dixon – Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian; Kimberly Robinson – National Park Service
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
How AAM & ICOM Networks Can Help Museums Address Environmental Issues
Location: Room 252/253
Sarah W. Sutton – Sustainable Museums; Stephanie Shapiro – Eagle Hill Consulting; Emlyn Koster – North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Diana Pardue – Statue of Liberty NM and Ellis Island; Sarah W. Sutton – Sustainable Museums
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Managing Emergencies in Cultural Heritage: Sharing Knowledge and Strengthening Networks in the Americas
Location: Room 244
Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; David J. de la Torre – Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) Community Arts International (CAI); Samuel F. Franco – ICOM LAC / Regional Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean; Beatriz Haspo – APOYOnline - Association for Heritage Preservation of the Americas; Corine Wegener – Smithsonian Institution
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Museums as Catalysts for Empathy-Building and Social Change
Location: Room 353
Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Jeanine Pollard – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Kate Whitman – Atlanta History Center; Wei Ying Wong – Woodland Park Zoo
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
New Stories in Old Places: How Historic Sites Are Telling a Fuller Story
Location: Room 353
Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation; Stephanie L. Boyle – Dumbarton House - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) Museum & Headquarters; Catherine H. Hughes – Conner Prairie; Mark Osterman – Vizcaya Museum and Gardens; Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Collection Ranking: Making Deaccessions Work for You
Location: Room 243
Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Melissa de Bie – History Colorado; Alisa DiGiacomo – History Colorado; Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Jennifer Gallatin Rigsby – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Sustain and Excel!
Location: Room 244
Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Carl G. Hamm – Alexander Haas; Kathleen M. Spiess – The Morton Arboretum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Connecting the Dots: A Game Show for Museum Professionals
Location: Room 338/339
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Fake News, Flat Planets and Hot Winters
Location: Room 335/336
Rose C. Jones – Perot Museum of Nature and Science; Beka Economopoulos – The Natural History Museum; Jacqueline Genovesi – The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Shiralee Hudson Hill – Art Gallery of Ontario; Rose C. Jones – Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Preventing Curatorial Apocalypse: Lessons Learned from Renovating Museums
Location: Room 245
Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Michael Henry – Smithsonian Institution; Malcolm Collum – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; Colin MacKillop – Quinn Evans Architects; Leora Mirvish – Quinn Evans Architects; Gary J. Woodall – Gary Steffy Lighting Design Inc.
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Labs, Salons, and Experiments for Creative Museum Change
Location: Room 335/336
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Americo Castilla – Fundación TyPA; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P21 - Making It Real: Climate Change in Traveling Exhibitions
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Victoria Coats – Oregon Museum of Science & Industry; Suzanne Perin – University of Alaska Fairbanks
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P18 - Ship to Shore: Visitor Questions Drive Science Interactions
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Jennifer A. Collins – Smithsonian National Museum of Natural HIstory
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
P07 - Sustainability: Go Green and Save $$$ and Mother Nature
Location: Solutions Center, Booth 1053
Leslie K. Tom – The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
CANCELLED: Curation Agreements Toolkit: Everything You Should Have, But Don’t
Location: Room 240/241
Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program; Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Firestorm: The Museum's Response to a Major Disaster
Location: Room 245
Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Eric Stanley – Museums of Sonoma County
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museums With No Walls Are The Future
Location: Room 340/341
Nic Brierre Aziz – The New Orleans Museum of Art; Nic Brierre Aziz – The New Orleans Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
NEH Supports Museums: The Latest on Opportunities for Exhibitions and Interpretation, Preservation, and Infrastructure Funding
Location: Room 240/241
Jill Austin – National Endowment for the Humanities; Jill Austin – National Endowment for the Humanities; Sarah Lepinski – National Endowment for the Humanities
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Dealing with Disaster: Creating a Community of Grant Advisors
Location: Room 335/336
Catherine Kirby – Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative; Lori Foley – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Catherine Kirby – Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Not-So-Good Vibrations: When Visitors Lead to Deterioration of Historic Buildings
Location: Room 243
Danielle Swanson – Tenement Museum; Danielle Swanson – Tenement Museum
Generously supported by
Historic Houses and Sites Network (HHSN)
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Champagne Dreams, Beer Budget: Innovative Solutions For Packing and Shipping Museum Collections
Location: Room 354/355
Allison Dixon – Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian; Kimberly Robinson – National Park Service
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Museums as Catalysts for Empathy-Building and Social Change
Location: Room 353
Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Karleen V. Gardner – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Jeanine Pollard – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Kate Whitman – Atlanta History Center; Wei Ying Wong – Woodland Park Zoo
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Pushing Interpretive Boundaries and Staying Relevant in a Crowded Market
Location: Room 338/339
Samuel A. McKelvey – Menokin Foundation; Samuel A. McKelvey – Menokin Foundation
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
#Museums: Go Viral with Museum Hack
Location: Room 356/357
Tasia Duske – Museum Hack; Anna Bianco; Hayley Milliman – Museum Hack
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
How the Museum Field Can Be More Inclusive of the Transgender Community
Location: Room 340/341
Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center; Blair Denniberg – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Alison Kennedy – Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens; Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Mistakes Were Made
Location: Room 354/355
Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Ashley Rogers – Whitney Plantation; Chris Taylor – Minnesota Historical Society; Patrick Wittwer – Visitor Experience Group
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
New Stories in Old Places: How Historic Sites Are Telling a Fuller Story
Location: Room 353
Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation; Stephanie L. Boyle – Dumbarton House - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) Museum & Headquarters; Catherine H. Hughes – Conner Prairie; Mark Osterman – Vizcaya Museum and Gardens; Carrie Villar – National Trust for Historic Preservation
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Thinking Outside the Classroom: Innovation in Educational Partnerships
Location: Room 346/347
Ann G. Woodruff – Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans; Ann G. Woodruff – Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans; Ellen Balkin – Ogden Museum of Southern Art; Greg P. Lambousy – New Orleans Jazz Museum; Marina Schoen – Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans; Monica Pasos
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Collection Ranking: Making Deaccessions Work for You
Location: Room 243
Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Melissa de Bie – History Colorado; Alisa DiGiacomo – History Colorado; Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Jennifer Gallatin Rigsby – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Sustain and Excel!
Location: Room 244
Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Carl G. Hamm – Alexander Haas; Kathleen M. Spiess – The Morton Arboretum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Contextual Inquiry Research with Diverse Audiences: A Different Approach to Museum Evaluation
Location: Room 343
Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Valerie Fletcher – Institute for Human Centered Design; Ashley Grady – Smithsonian Institution; Beth Ziebarth – Smithsonian Institution
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Fail to Succeed: Using Adversity to Build Personal and Institutional Resilience
Location: Room 240/241
Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association; Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Historic Sites: When the Places of the Past Meet the People of the Present
Location: Room 348/349
Jeremy Taylor – GSM Project; Jeremy Taylor – GSM Project; Elisabeth Cote – Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex; Jeffery K. Guin – Vizcaya Museum and Gardens; Ashley Rogers – Whitney Plantation
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Social Media 101 and 201
Location: Room 356/357
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Robin Cembalest – Robin Cembalest Editorial Strategies; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Monica O. Montgomery – Museum Hue; Mark B. Schlemmer – New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
When the Other Shoe Drops: Essential Steps to Effective Crisis Communication
Location: Room 238/239
Matthew McLendon – The Fralin Museum of Art at The University of Virginia; Matthew McLendon – The Fralin Museum of Art at The University of Virginia; Saralyn Reece Hardy – Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas; Kristen A. Shepherd – Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL; Lynnette J. Werning – Blue Water Communications
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Distance Learning Outside of the K12 Classroom: Connecting Live with Adults
Location: Room 353
Charlotte J. Martin – Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum; Kate Fitzgerald – The National WWII Museum; Chrissy Gregg – The National WWII Museum; Charlotte J. Martin – Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Museums and Millennials: How to Engage the Coveted Patron Generation
Location: Room 350/351
Jaclyn Spainhour – Hunter House Victorian Museum; Jaclyn Spainhour – Hunter House Victorian Museum
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Study and Improve Visitor Experiences Using Timing and Tracking, Part 1
Location: Room 356/357
Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Beverly Serrell – Serrell & Associates; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Survival of the Funded: Small Museums and Stewardship
Location: Room 238/239
Rebekah Beaulieu – Florence Griswold Museum; Rebekah Beaulieu – Florence Griswold Museum; Benjamin Futa – Allen Centennial Garden; James Pearson – Southeast Museum of Photography; Karen E. Stone – St. Mary's County Government; Roy F. Young, II – George Washington's Mount Vernon
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
The Insider’s Guide to Accreditation: Preparation, Pointers, and Pitfalls
Location: Room 252/253
Martha Sharma – American Alliance of Museums; William U. Eiland – Georgia Museum of Art; CJ Roberts – Tampa Bay History Center; Martha Sharma – American Alliance of Museums
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Volunteer Recruitment, Retention, and Recognition: 60 Ideas in 60 Minutes
Location: Room 345
Jennifer Woods – Seattle Art Museum; Richard Harker – Historic Oakland Foundation; Renee E. Birk – John G Shedd Aquarium; Crystal Lee Stone – Exploratorium; Jennifer Woods – Seattle Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Toolkit for Starting an Accessibility Task Force at Your Institution
Location: Room 343
Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Beth Dion – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Sonja Potter – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Brooke Rosenblatt – Freer|Sackler
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Historical Thinking with Objects
Location: Room 353
Joseph Milillo – The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Joseph Milillo – The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Come to the Table: A Discussion with the Smithsonian Food History Project
Location: Room 352
Ashley Rose Young – National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Valeska M. Hilbig – Smithsonian/National Museum of American History; Theresa McCulla – National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Kathy Sklar – Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Occuplay Museums: Should Museums Become More Playful?
Location: Room 338/339
Megan Dickerson – The New Children's Museum; Megan Dickerson – The New Children's Museum
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
CANCELLED: Curation Agreements Toolkit: Everything You Should Have, But Don’t
Location: Room 240/241
Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program; Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Franco’s Body: Whose Heritage Is It?
Location: Room 245
William U. Eiland – Georgia Museum of Art; William U. Eiland – Georgia Museum of Art; France Desmarais – ALIPH - International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas; Corine Wegener – Smithsonian Institution
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
How to Cancel Popular Programs and Still Make Friends and Money
Location: Room 338/339
Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Jennifer Carlquist – Boscobel House and Gardens; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Robin Nicholson – The Frick Pittsburgh
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Study and Improve Visitor Experiences Using Timing and Tracking, Part 2
Location: Room 356/357
Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Karen Wise – Wise Strategic Advising; Beverly Serrell – Serrell & Associates
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
In Their Own Words: Immigrant Storytelling in Museum Galleries
Location: Room 343
Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Aldulhadi Al-Karfawi – Penn Museum; Yaroub Saad Al Obaidi – University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology and Anthropology; Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Kevin Schott – University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Firestorm: The Museum's Response to a Major Disaster
Location: Room 245
Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Eric Stanley – Museums of Sonoma County
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Forget the Best: Good and Better Approaches to Preservation
Location: Room 243
Samantha J. Forsko – Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts; Samantha J. Forsko – Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts; Joseph Shores – The Historic New Orleans Collection
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
75 Ideas for Engaging Current and New Historic House Museum Audiences Through Temporary Exhibitions
Location: Room 348/349
Lise Dube-Scherr – International Arts & Artists; Susan Goganian – Historic Beverly; Ann M. Loshaw – ALo Consulting; Zachary X. Wnek – Latah County Historical Society
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museum Educators as Teacher Educators: Research and Reflections on Best Practices for Providing Teacher Professional Development
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Lora J. Cooper – Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Christine Baron – Teachers College, Columbia University; Sarah Cahil – Mystic Seaport Museum; Lora J. Cooper – Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation; K. Allison Wickens – George Washington's Mount Vernon
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museum Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye for Sustained Community Engagement
Location: Room 338/339
Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Janeen Bryant – Facilitate Movement; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates; Evelyn Orantes – Evelyn Orantes Consulting
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
NEH Supports Museums: The Latest on Opportunities for Exhibitions and Interpretation, Preservation, and Infrastructure Funding
Location: Room 240/241
Jill Austin – National Endowment for the Humanities; Jill Austin – National Endowment for the Humanities; Sarah Lepinski – National Endowment for the Humanities
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Dealing with Disaster: Creating a Community of Grant Advisors
Location: Room 335/336
Catherine Kirby – Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative; Lori Foley – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Catherine Kirby – Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Not-So-Good Vibrations: When Visitors Lead to Deterioration of Historic Buildings
Location: Room 243
Danielle Swanson – Tenement Museum; Danielle Swanson – Tenement Museum
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Young People, Old Structures: Bringing School Programs into Historic Houses
Location: Room 346/347
Katie L. Nickel – The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Angelica Bradley – The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; Katie L. Nickel – The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Indigenous Peoples Museum Network (IPMN)
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Decolonizing Development: Fundraising as an Agent of Social Transformation
Location: Room 343
Johnnetta Betsch Cole – Cook Ross, Inc. and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Arthur G. Affleck, III – American Alliance of Museums; Mark J. Auslander – Michigan State University Museum; Chong-Anna Canfora – Michigan State University Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Managing Emergencies in Cultural Heritage: Sharing Knowledge and Strengthening Networks in the Americas
Location: Room 244
Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; David J. de la Torre – Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) Community Arts International (CAI); Samuel F. Franco – ICOM LAC / Regional Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean; Beatriz Haspo – APOYOnline - Association for Heritage Preservation of the Americas; Corine Wegener – Smithsonian Institution
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
#Museums: Go Viral with Museum Hack
Location: Room 356/357
Tasia Duske – Museum Hack; Anna Bianco; Hayley Milliman – Museum Hack
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Facing Change: Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion
Location: Room 344
Brooke Leonard – American Alliance of Museums; Lonnie Bunch, III – National Museum of African American History and Culture; Laura Lott – American Alliance of Museums; Elizabeth Pierce – Cincinnati Museum Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Fueling Curiosity through Shared Authority in the Experimental Museum
Location: Room 243
Matthew R. Welch – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Alice Anderson – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Eric Bruce – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Dakota Hoska – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Michael Lapthorn – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Matthew R. Welch – Minneapolis Institute of Art
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
How the Museum Field Can Be More Inclusive of the Transgender Community
Location: Room 340/341
Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center; Blair Denniberg – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Alison Kennedy – Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens; Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Working Better Together: Museums, Consultants, and Freelancers
Location: Room 240/241
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Dina Bailey – International Coalition of Sites of Conscience; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Claudia B. Ocello – Museum Partners Consulting, LLC; Sharon L. Vatsky – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Sustain and Excel!
Location: Room 244
Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Carl G. Hamm – Alexander Haas; Kathleen M. Spiess – The Morton Arboretum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Connecting the Dots: A Game Show for Museum Professionals
Location: Room 338/339
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Contextual Inquiry Research with Diverse Audiences: A Different Approach to Museum Evaluation
Location: Room 343
Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Valerie Fletcher – Institute for Human Centered Design; Ashley Grady – Smithsonian Institution; Beth Ziebarth – Smithsonian Institution
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Creating an Inclusive Museum Field Trip
Location: Room 344
Abigail K. Diaz – Wisconsin Maritime Museum; Megan E. Becker – Penn Museum; Abigail K. Diaz – Wisconsin Maritime Museum; Jennifer Edginton – Kenosha Public Museums; Leila Makdisi – Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
The Future of Repatriation in Museums: Cultivating a Community of Practice
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Anne Amati – University of Denver Museum of Anthropology; Anne Amati – University of Denver Museum of Anthropology; Jayne-Leigh Thomas – Indiana University
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
4:00 pm
From Access to Success: Lessons from a Diversity Initiative in Art Handling
Location: Room 243
George Luna-Peña – The Broad; George Luna-Peña – The Broad; Lance Bad Heart Bull – The Broad; Vanessa Garcia – The Broad; Alicia Teele – The Broad
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Ethnic Fraud and Representation in Museums
Location: Room 344
Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder – Oklahoma History Center, Kiowa Tribal Museum, & Wallraf Richartz Museum; Tahnee M. Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder – Oklahoma History Center, Kiowa Tribal Museum, & Wallraf Richartz Museum; Mario A. Caro – Massachusetts Institute of Technology; America Meredith – First American Art Magazine; Nancy Marie Mithlo – University of California Los Angeles
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Labs, Salons, and Experiments for Creative Museum Change
Location: Room 335/336
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Americo Castilla – Fundación TyPA; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
TrendsWatch 2019: Your Annual Glimpse of the Future
Location: Room 338/339
Elizabeth Merritt – American Alliance of Museums; Elizabeth Merritt – American Alliance of Museums
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Volunteer Recruitment, Retention, and Recognition: 60 Ideas in 60 Minutes
Location: Room 345
Jennifer Woods – Seattle Art Museum; Richard Harker – Historic Oakland Foundation; Renee E. Birk – John G Shedd Aquarium; Crystal Lee Stone – Exploratorium; Jennifer Woods – Seattle Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Partnering with the Community to Create Collaborative Socially Engaged Exhibitions
Location: Room 340/341
Miriam Taylor – Newcomb Art Museum; Monica Ramirez-Montagut – Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans; Dolfinette V. Martin – Operation Restoration; Rontherin Ratliff – Level Artist Collective; Syrita Steib-Martin – Operation Restoration
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Toolkit for Starting an Accessibility Task Force at Your Institution
Location: Room 343
Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Beth Dion – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Sonja Potter – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Brooke Rosenblatt – Freer|Sackler
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Is That Hung White? Getting Real about Diversity in Exhibitions
Location: Room 354/355
Stacey B. Mann – Independent Consultant; Stacey B. Mann – Independent Consultant; Nafisa Isa – Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center; Joanne Jones-Rizzi – Science Museum of Minnesota; Erika Katayama – San Diego Museum of Man; Jaron Keener – Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Stories from the OF/BY/FOR ALL First Wave
Location: Room 343
Lauren Benetua – OF/BY/FOR ALL; Tina Menendez – HistoryMiami Museum; Hatuey Ramos-Fermín – The Laundromat Project; Emily E. Reynolds – Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center; Nina Simon – Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Unpack Culturally Responsive Practice with Native American Collections
Location: Room 340/341
Hayley Nicholas – Denver Art Museum; Hayley Nicholas – Denver Art Museum; Luisa Zamora – Denver Art Museum
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
CANCELLED: Curation Agreements Toolkit: Everything You Should Have, But Don’t
Location: Room 240/241
Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program; Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
In Their Own Words: Immigrant Storytelling in Museum Galleries
Location: Room 343
Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Aldulhadi Al-Karfawi – Penn Museum; Yaroub Saad Al Obaidi – University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology and Anthropology; Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Kevin Schott – University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
9 Ways Your Museum Can Fail to Comply with NAGPRA, and What You Can Do About It
Location: Room 252/253
Sarah E. Glass – National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service; Sarah E. Glass – National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service
Generously supported by
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museum Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye for Sustained Community Engagement
Location: Room 338/339
Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Janeen Bryant – Facilitate Movement; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates; Evelyn Orantes – Evelyn Orantes Consulting
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Activating Material Culture to Foster Pluralism
Location: Room 340/341
Jovanna Scorsone – Aga Khan Museum; Wendy Ng – Royal Ontario Museum; Jovanna Scorsone – Aga Khan Museum
Wednesday, May 22
11:30 am
Dealing with Disaster: Creating a Community of Grant Advisors
Location: Room 335/336
Catherine Kirby – Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative; Lori Foley – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Catherine Kirby – Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative
Generously supported by
Latino Network
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Decolonizing Development: Fundraising as an Agent of Social Transformation
Location: Room 343
Johnnetta Betsch Cole – Cook Ross, Inc. and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Arthur G. Affleck, III – American Alliance of Museums; Mark J. Auslander – Michigan State University Museum; Chong-Anna Canfora – Michigan State University Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Managing Emergencies in Cultural Heritage: Sharing Knowledge and Strengthening Networks in the Americas
Location: Room 244
Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; David J. de la Torre – Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) Community Arts International (CAI); Samuel F. Franco – ICOM LAC / Regional Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean; Beatriz Haspo – APOYOnline - Association for Heritage Preservation of the Americas; Corine Wegener – Smithsonian Institution
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
No Walls in This Museum! A University Gallery Thrives with Binational Student Staff
Location: Room 344
Melissa Barba – UTEP- Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Melissa Barba – UTEP- Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Sarah Aguilar – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Rafael A. Marquez – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts; Gianna Salas – Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
#Museums: Go Viral with Museum Hack
Location: Room 356/357
Tasia Duske – Museum Hack; Anna Bianco; Hayley Milliman – Museum Hack
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Facing Change: Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion
Location: Room 344
Brooke Leonard – American Alliance of Museums; Lonnie Bunch, III – National Museum of African American History and Culture; Laura Lott – American Alliance of Museums; Elizabeth Pierce – Cincinnati Museum Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
How the Museum Field Can Be More Inclusive of the Transgender Community
Location: Room 340/341
Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center; Blair Denniberg – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Alison Kennedy – Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens; Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
The (ICEE) Business Case for Exhibition Exchange
Location: Room 252/253
Isabel Salgado – La Caixa Foundation; Lourdes Ramos – Museum of Latino American Art; Antonio Rodriguez – Consultant; Hillary Spencer – Nomad Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Working Better Together: Museums, Consultants, and Freelancers
Location: Room 240/241
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Dina Bailey – International Coalition of Sites of Conscience; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Claudia B. Ocello – Museum Partners Consulting, LLC; Sharon L. Vatsky – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Sustain and Excel!
Location: Room 244
Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Carl G. Hamm – Alexander Haas; Kathleen M. Spiess – The Morton Arboretum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Connecting the Dots: A Game Show for Museum Professionals
Location: Room 338/339
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Contextual Inquiry Research with Diverse Audiences: A Different Approach to Museum Evaluation
Location: Room 343
Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Valerie Fletcher – Institute for Human Centered Design; Ashley Grady – Smithsonian Institution; Beth Ziebarth – Smithsonian Institution
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Creating an Inclusive Museum Field Trip
Location: Room 344
Abigail K. Diaz – Wisconsin Maritime Museum; Megan E. Becker – Penn Museum; Abigail K. Diaz – Wisconsin Maritime Museum; Jennifer Edginton – Kenosha Public Museums; Leila Makdisi – Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
Monday, May 20
4:00 pm
From Access to Success: Lessons from a Diversity Initiative in Art Handling
Location: Room 243
George Luna-Peña – The Broad; George Luna-Peña – The Broad; Lance Bad Heart Bull – The Broad; Vanessa Garcia – The Broad; Alicia Teele – The Broad
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 am
Labs, Salons, and Experiments for Creative Museum Change
Location: Room 335/336
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Americo Castilla – Fundación TyPA; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Partnering with the Community to Create Collaborative Socially Engaged Exhibitions
Location: Room 340/341
Miriam Taylor – Newcomb Art Museum; Monica Ramirez-Montagut – Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans; Dolfinette V. Martin – Operation Restoration; Rontherin Ratliff – Level Artist Collective; Syrita Steib-Martin – Operation Restoration
Tuesday, May 21
11:30 am
Toolkit for Starting an Accessibility Task Force at Your Institution
Location: Room 343
Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Beth Dion – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Ryan King – Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art; Sonja Potter – Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian; Brooke Rosenblatt – Freer|Sackler
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Is That Hung White? Getting Real about Diversity in Exhibitions
Location: Room 354/355
Stacey B. Mann – Independent Consultant; Stacey B. Mann – Independent Consultant; Nafisa Isa – Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center; Joanne Jones-Rizzi – Science Museum of Minnesota; Erika Katayama – San Diego Museum of Man; Jaron Keener – Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Stories from the OF/BY/FOR ALL First Wave
Location: Room 343
Lauren Benetua – OF/BY/FOR ALL; Tina Menendez – HistoryMiami Museum; Hatuey Ramos-Fermín – The Laundromat Project; Emily E. Reynolds – Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center; Nina Simon – Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm
Words of Welcome/Palabras de Bienvenida/歡迎辭
Location: Room 344
Anna Simmons – California Academy of Sciences; Tamara Schwarz – California Academy of Sciences; Anna Simmons – California Academy of Sciences; Krista Ulman – California Science Center; Vicki Wawerchak – Monterey Bay Aquarium
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Are You Ready for the Latinx Community? Strategies and Guidelines from AAM's Latino Network
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Diana X. Munn – Harvard Museums of Science & Culture; Diana X. Munn – Harvard Museums of Science & Culture; Susana Reyes – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Margarita Sandino – Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Gibran Villalobos – Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
CANCELLED: Curation Agreements Toolkit: Everything You Should Have, But Don’t
Location: Room 240/241
Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program; Elizabeth Varner – U.S. Department of the Interior Museum Program
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
We’re All in It Together: Strategies and Tactics for Gaining Increased Funding Engaging Museum-Wide Staff
Location: Room 244
Barbara A. Engelskirchen – National Museum of Mexican Art; Nancy Villafranca – Chicago History Museum
Generously supported by
Tuesday, May 21
4:00 pm
In Their Own Words: Immigrant Storytelling in Museum Galleries
Location: Room 343
Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Aldulhadi Al-Karfawi – Penn Museum; Yaroub Saad Al Obaidi – University Of Pennsylvania Museum Of Archaeology and Anthropology; Ellen M. Owens – Penn Museum; Kevin Schott – University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Firestorm: The Museum's Response to a Major Disaster
Location: Room 245
Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Jeff Nathanson – Museum of Sonoma County; Eric Stanley – Museums of Sonoma County
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Reprogramming the Past: Web Design for Teens as a Doorway to Exploring Women’s History
Location: Room 346/347
Lena Sawyer – New-York Historical Society; Rugan Lewis – New-York Historical Society; Lena Sawyer – New-York Historical Society
Wednesday, May 22
11:00 am
Museum Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye for Sustained Community Engagement
Location: Room 338/339
Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Darcie Fohrman – Darcie Fohrman Museum Exhibitions; Janeen Bryant – Facilitate Movement; Barbara Henry – Barbara Henry & Associates; Evelyn Orantes – Evelyn Orantes Consulting
Leadership and Management
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Brace for Impact! Ideas for Measuring Museum Value
Location: Room 345
Stephen D. Ashton – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Stephen D. Ashton – Thanksgiving Point Institute; Emily Johnson – Utah Division of Arts and Museums; Katy B. Knight – Bean Life Science Museum at Brigham Young University
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Crafting Connections: Case Studies of Mission-Aligned Adult Programming
Location: Room 350/351
Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; Jacqueline Stahlmann – Walker Art Center; Emma Bloom – San Diego Natural History Museum; January Parkos Arnall – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Beth Redmond-Jones – San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat); Kyle Sater – Adler Planetarium
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Decolonizing Development: Fundraising as an Agent of Social Transformation
Location: Room 343
Johnnetta Betsch Cole – Cook Ross, Inc. and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Arthur G. Affleck, III – American Alliance of Museums; Mark J. Auslander – Michigan State University Museum; Chong-Anna Canfora – Michigan State University Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Evaluative Thinking with Teens in the Museum
Location: Room 352
Dyeemah Simmons – Whitney Museum of American Art; Susan McCullough – Queens College; Dyeemah Simmons – Whitney Museum of American Art
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Generation X: Leading Change, Facing Change
Location: Room 240/241
Megan Smith – National Museum of American History; Megan Smith – National Museum of American History; Janeen Bryant – Facilitate Movement; Ryan Hill – Self-Employed; Victoria McKay – BSA Foundation; Stephanie Parrish – Portland Art Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
How AAM & ICOM Networks Can Help Museums Address Environmental Issues
Location: Room 252/253
Sarah W. Sutton – Sustainable Museums; Stephanie Shapiro – Eagle Hill Consulting; Emlyn Koster – North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Diana Pardue – Statue of Liberty NM and Ellis Island; Sarah W. Sutton – Sustainable Museums
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Managing Emergencies in Cultural Heritage: Sharing Knowledge and Strengthening Networks in the Americas
Location: Room 244
Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; Deborah S. Ziska – Johns Hopkins University; David J. de la Torre – Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) Community Arts International (CAI); Samuel F. Franco – ICOM LAC / Regional Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean; Beatriz Haspo – APOYOnline - Association for Heritage Preservation of the Americas; Corine Wegener – Smithsonian Institution
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Meet the New Boss.... Not the Same as the Old Boss.
Location: Room 238/239
Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum; Sharon Ament – Museum of London; Concetta Anne Bencivenga – New York Transit Museum; Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Public Policy and Advocacy: Championing Museums in Volatile Times
Location: Room 340/341
Barry Szczesny – American Alliance of Museums; Margaret Benjamin – Museum Trustee Association; Ember Farber – American Alliance of Museums; Barry Szczesny – American Alliance of Museums
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Pushing Interpretive Boundaries and Staying Relevant in a Crowded Market
Location: Room 338/339
Samuel A. McKelvey – Menokin Foundation; Samuel A. McKelvey – Menokin Foundation
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
9:00 am
Revitalizing with a Rebrand: Transform Perceptions and Increase Awareness
Location: Room 356/357
Amy Mannarino – National Museum of Women in the Arts; Stacy Dilling – The Field Museum; James Heaton – Tronvig; Amy Mannarino – National Museum of Women in the Arts; Leigh Walters – Missouri Historical Society
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
#Museums: Go Viral with Museum Hack
Location: Room 356/357
Tasia Duske – Museum Hack; Anna Bianco; Hayley Milliman – Museum Hack
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Artificial Intelligence and Leadership: Using Big Data Analytics to Inform Strategy and Operations
Location: Room 238/239
Angie Judge – Dexibit; Angie Judge – Dexibit; Shanita R. Brackett – National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC); Tracy Lamm – Space Center Houston; Diana Pan – Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Developing a Critical Engagement with Ethics for 21st-Century Exhibitions
Location: Room 348/349
Ian Kerrigan – 9/11 Memorial & Museum; Janet Marstine – University of Leicester; Joanna Groarke – The New York Botanical Garden; Emilie Johnson – Thomas Jefferson Foundation; Ian Kerrigan – 9/11 Memorial & Museum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Facing Change: Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion
Location: Room 344
Brooke Leonard – American Alliance of Museums; Lonnie Bunch, III – National Museum of African American History and Culture; Laura Lott – American Alliance of Museums; Elizabeth Pierce – Cincinnati Museum Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Fundraising Campaigns: Follow the Basics and Best Practices to Success
Location: Room 244
Judith M. Gibbs; Judith M. Gibbs; Ann Fortescue – Springfield Museum of Art; Colleen Kelly – Georgia O'Keeffe Museum; Marise McDermott – Witte Museum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
How the Museum Field Can Be More Inclusive of the Transgender Community
Location: Room 340/341
Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center; Blair Denniberg – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; Alison Kennedy – Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens; Anna Woten – Atlanta History Center
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Mistakes Were Made
Location: Room 354/355
Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Sean Kelley – Eastern State Penitentiary; Ashley Rogers – Whitney Plantation; Chris Taylor – Minnesota Historical Society; Patrick Wittwer – Visitor Experience Group
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Partnership Power: Essential Museum Strategies for Today's Networked World
Location: Room 245
Marsha L. Semmel – Marsha Semmel Consulting, Inc.; Nik Honeysett – Balboa Park Online Collaborative; Deborah F. Schwartz – Brooklyn Historical Society; Auntaneshia Staveloz – Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Switching Gears: Managing the Twists and Turns of a Museum Career
Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom
Ami Davis – Ami Davis Consulting; Ami Davis – Ami Davis Consulting; Melanie A. Adams – Minnesota Historical Society; Beth Maloney – Baltimore Museum of Industry; Jason L. Porter – Museum of Pop Culture
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
The (ICEE) Business Case for Exhibition Exchange
Location: Room 252/253
Isabel Salgado – La Caixa Foundation; Lourdes Ramos – Museum of Latino American Art; Antonio Rodriguez – Consultant; Hillary Spencer – Nomad Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
The Loyalty Equation: Developing Relationships That Deliver
Location: Room 350/351
Suzette A. Sherman – Museum New Mexico Foundation; Ashley L. Alexander – Denver Museum of Nature & Science; Ryan Auster – Museum of Science, Boston; Kristin Prestegaard – Minneapolis Institute of Art; Suzette A. Sherman – Museum New Mexico Foundation
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
What Is a Museum In 2019?
Location: Room 335/336
Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West; Kathy Dwyer Southern – George Washington University Museum Studies, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design; Richard West, Jr. – Autry Museum of the American West
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Working Better Together: Museums, Consultants, and Freelancers
Location: Room 240/241
Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Dina Bailey – International Coalition of Sites of Conscience; Sarah Erdman – Cabinet of Curiosities LLC; Claudia B. Ocello – Museum Partners Consulting, LLC; Sharon L. Vatsky – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Monday, May 20
2:30 pm
Walking on the Wild Side: Innovation through a Museum Venture Fund
Location: Room 338/339
Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum; Judy Gradwohl – San Diego Natural History Museum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Collection Ranking: Making Deaccessions Work for You
Location: Room 243
Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Melissa de Bie – History Colorado; Alisa DiGiacomo – History Colorado; Robin Lawrence – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields; Jennifer Gallatin Rigsby – Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
75 Ideas in 60 Minutes: Sustain and Excel!
Location: Room 244
Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Charles L. Katzenmeyer – The Field Museum; Carl G. Hamm – Alexander Haas; Kathleen M. Spiess – The Morton Arboretum
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
A Scientist Walks into an Art Museum... Partnering with Diverse Content Experts
Location: Room 353
Kelsey N. VanVoorst – Conner Prairie; Chelsea Farrar – University of Arizona Museum of Art; Anna Johnson – Pacific Science Center; Kelsey N. VanVoorst – Conner Prairie
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Connecting the Dots: A Game Show for Museum Professionals
Location: Room 338/339
Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions; Kathleen McLean – Independent Exhibitions
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Contextual Inquiry Research with Diverse Audiences: A Different Approach to Museum Evaluation
Location: Room 343
Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Janice Majewski – Institute for Human Centered Design; Valerie Fletcher – Institute for Human Centered Design; Ashley Grady – Smithsonian Institution; Beth Ziebarth – Smithsonian Institution
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Dancing Not Drowning: Putting Applied Data to Work for the Business of Museums
Location: Room 252/253
Robert Stein – Shedd Aquarium; Jane Alexander – Cleveland Museum of Art; Keith Laba – Arizona Science Center; Andrew Simnick – Art Institute of Chicago; Robert Stein – Shedd Aquarium
Generously supported by
Monday, May 20
3:30 pm
Fail to Succeed: Using Adversity to Build Personal and Institutional Resilience
Location: Room 240/241
Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association; Dan Yaeger – New England Museum Association