For additional details, please click on the dates for workshops, sessions, and tours or download the full copy – 2017 Annual Meeting Program

Wednesday, April 19

  • Board Meeting – CU Art Museum Conference Room
  • Welcome reception (8 – 10pm) – The Sink, 1165 13th St., Boulder, CO 80302
    Thank you to our sponsors, Altman Lighting and George Lacey Sales

Thursday, April 20

  • Registration at CU Art Museum: 8am – 4pm
  • Workshops: 9:30am – 12pm
    • Public Facing track: Label Writing for Everyone: Tips, Tricks, Theory, and PRACTICE (UMC Aspen Room 285)
    • Professional Development track: You’re hired! Resume Writing and Interview Tips (UMC Aspen Room 287)
    • Public Facing track – Social Media 101 (UMC Aspen Room 289)
    • Collections track: 3d Printing & Your Collection (CUAM Education Room)
      Please bring a laptop!
    • Collections track: Peer Assessor Training (CUAM Study Center)
    • Lunch at noon (on own)
    • Workshops: 1:30pm – 4pm
    • Public Facing track: Social Media 102 (UMC Aspen Room 289)
    • Public Facing track: Measuring Your Success (CUAM Study Center)
    • Professional Development track: Networking Mocktail Hour (UMC Aspen Room 287)
    • Collections track: Mount Making (CUAM Education Room)
    • Collections track: Cultural Care: Integrating Cultural Curation into Managing Collections (UMC Aspen Room 285)
    • Professional Development Meet-ups in UMC Aspen Rooms: 4:15- 5:15pm
      Thank you to our sponsor, MBA Design & Display Products Corp.
    • Progressive Dinner Event on CU Campus: 5:30 – 8:00 pm
      Enjoy a light dinner while touring CU’s Campus! Participating venues include CU Art Museum, CU Museum of Natural History, the Visual Arts Complex, and the Heritage Center.

Friday, April 21

  • Registration at Millennium Harvest House: 8 am – 4 pm
  • Keynote Speaker / Business lunch (hotel ballroom): 10 am – 1 pm
  • Thought café (at hotel): 1pm – 2pm
    • CWAM & Greenwood Fund Grants: Everything you need to know
    • Utilizing IPM; Examples for Applying Pest Management Data
    • Learn about History Colorado’s Grant Program and the Newly Enhanced State Archaeology/Paleontology Collection Initiative
    • You’re hired! Resume Writing and Interview Tips (follow up to workshop)
    • Implementing EfficientProcessing for Large Photo Collections without Losing your Mind
  • Field Trips: 2 pm – 4:30 pm
    • Campus Collections Tour
    • Public Art Walking Tour
    • Boulder Historic Museum / Museum of Boulder
    • Louisville Museums
    • Longmont Museums
    • Total Eclipse 2017 (Fiske Planetarium)
  • Silent Auction and Banquet at Hotel Boulderado: 6:00 pm, followed by optional trivia at License One (Hotel Boulderado)

Saturday, April 22

  • Registration at CU Art Museum: 8 am – 12 pm
  • Sessions (9 – 10:15, 10:30 – 11:45, 1 – 2:15)
    • Concurrent Sessions: 9 – 10:15am
      • All tracks: High Impact Internships: Fact or Fiction? (CUMNH BioLounge)
      • Collections track: Museum Preservation Environments: Environmental Monitoring and Changing Best Practices (UMC Room 382)
      • Administration track: Steps to an Accessible Museum (UMC Room 384)
      • Public Facing track: Heart Mountain Mission (UMC Room 417)
      • Administration track: Planning That (Large or Small) Fundraiser (UMC Room 425)
    • Concurrent Sessions: 10:30 – 11:45am
      • Public Facing track: Creating a SPARK for People with Memory Loss (CUMNH BioLounge)
      • Collections track: Straight from the Source: Using Collections for Object Based Research (CUAM Study Center)
      • Public Facing track: How Can We Help? Crafting a Responsive Approach to Working with Underserved Youth (UMC Room 384)
      • Public Facing track: History at the EDGE (UMC Room 386)
      • All: SHF Partnerships to Preserve and Interpret Historic Places in Your Community (UMC Room 417)
      • Collections track: Integrated Pest Management 101 (UMC Room 425)
  • Lunch at noon (on own) / CWAM New/Old board lunch at Millennium Harvest House
    • Concurrent Sessions: 1 – 2:15pm
      • All: Reinventing the Museum – A Work in Progress (CUMNH BioLounge)
      • Collections track: Colorado-Wyoming DPLA Service Hub: Our Progress and your Participation (CUAM Study Center)
      • Public Facing track: Listening to Self: Exploring Auto-ethnography in the Art Museum (CUAM galleries)
      • Collections track: Space Moves (UMC Room 382)
      • Public Facing track: Creating Relevance and Making the Museum a Community Catalyst for Inclusion (UMC Room 386)