Get your can to conference!
Last year, NEMA organized a food drive to coincide with the annual conference. It was such a success, we've decided to do it again! So as you pack your bags this year, find some room for a few cans of food to donate to an area food bank. We're out to show that the New England museum community cares!

NEMA is partnering with our conference host, the Hartford Hilton, to raise food and money for a local food pantry in Hartford. The hotel has taken the lead and made a generous cash pledge, and now it is our turn to show how much the museum community "can" make a difference.

Career Conversation Center
The Career Conversation Center is a dynamic place for emerging museum professionals to interact with museum veterans in a small-group setting, building knowledge and networking. Here's your chance to learn first-hand about the professional path of some of our field's most respected leaders. Advance your career with their experiences! 

Join Kimberly Hatcher-White, Executive Director of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, on Wednesday, Stuart Parnes, Executive Director of the Connecticut Humanities Council, on Thursday, and Susan Talbot, Executive Director of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, on Friday.

Volunteer
All volunteer postions have been filled at this time.
We are looking for volunteers to assist us throughout the conference, staffing the registration desk, checking meeting rooms between sessions, supervising off-site travel arrangements, and more. Volunteers who work one shift can attend the rest of that day for free. For working three shifts, volunteers receive a complimentary registration for the whole meeting. Preference is given to individuals who live near the conference site.

Exhibit Hall
(If you would like information about being a vendor in the Exhibit Hall please see our information on Exhibit Hall - Advertising - Sponsorship Opportunities)

You’ll be amazed at the variety of products and services presented in the Exhibit Hall, open from 8:00 a.m. Thursday ‘til 1:00 pm Friday.

—and a chance to win a prize!

Our Exhibitors have donated fabulous prizes, which we raffle off at the Exhibit Hall Closing Reception at 12:15 pm on Friday. Use your raffle card (found in your on-site registration packet) to collect exhibitors’ initials, and drop it in the Raffle Box for a chance to win!

See the latest innovative products & services in our Exhibit Hall

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Lighting Services Inc Kapesni, LLC Masterpak MBA Design Mirarchive Mostly Collectibles Musee de la Nature et des Sciences de Sherbrooke New England Insurance Services Northeast Document Conservation Center Skinner, Inc. Small Business Services Bureau SmallCorp stabaArte Systematics Tiffin Metal TourSphere U.S. Art Company University Products, Inc. Vista Group VisitNewEngland.com WGBH Wheelwright Consultants Whoistheoldguy.com Zone Display Cases