Tuesday

7:30 p.m.– 9:00 p.m.
Early Arrival Networking and Salon Discussion
Arriving early? Come hang out with us in a relaxed setting to discuss today’s hot issues over cool drinks. Eric D’Alessandro from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and guests will lead the conversation with interesting trends and topics uncovered during cultural site visits over the past year. So let your hair down, meet some new friends, and get your conference started with a bang. Aren’t you glad you’re an early bird? Cash Bar.

Wednesday
6:30 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Morning Walk

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Open

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Welcome Coffee and Baked Goods

9:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Off-site Sessions
Springfield Museums

The Art of Interpretive Writing

The WOW Factor: New Methods in Using Digital Photography and Graphic Design in Exhibit Displays

9:00 a.m. – 12:15 am.
Double Session

Moving Beyond the Narrative: Historical Thinking at Historic Sites

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Can Museums be Activists?

Collection Information Management Systems

For the Future Good of Museums

fun 2 be done Youth-Generated Scavenger Hunts

The Museum That's Not: Celebration of Culture, Diversity and Community

Working with Boards

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Balancing the Budget and Making Hard Choices

Collections, Curating, and Community: Museum Practice in the Classroom

It's More than Just Social Studies: Interdisciplinary Activities for Small Museums

Lions and Lambs: Strategic Alliances

We Just Don't Have the Money! – Best Practices for Improving Security and Protecting Visitors, Staff & Collections With Reduced Staff & Budgets

What You Need to Tell Your Architect

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Opening Lunch

12:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Director and Trustee Luncheon Program
Cultural, Educational, Social, and Business Entrepreneurs: Cut from the Same Cloth, Seeking Different Outcomes, hosted by Studio Two

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Career Conversation Center – Joseph Carvalho III

1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Connexiones: Building Bridges to Latino Museum Audiences

Direct Mail That Drives Online Renewals and Gifts

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: The Changing Role of Curators in Smaller Museums

Here Comes the Civil War Sesquicentennial: Will Your Museum Be Ready?

Making the Best Use of New Technologies

Tall to Venti: An Overview of Organizing Traveling Exhibitions

3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Snack Break
Hosted by Creation Station, LLC

3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Keynote Session
Keynote Speaker: Carlo Rotella, Author, Journalist, American Studies Scholar
Hosted by WBGH

5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Newcomers Reception
Hosted by Tufts University Museum Studies Program

EVENING EVENTS
And to Think That You Saw It at the Springfield Museums

Welcome Dinner at Springfield Museums

Director and Trustee Dinner at Springfield Museums, hosted by Museum Search & Reference