Host the 2028 Annual Meeting
The Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums invites interested sites in Colorado and Wyoming to apply to host the 2028 Annual Meeting.
Applications are due August 31, 2026. Applicants will be notified by October 31, 2026, after CWAM members vote by digital ballot. Interested organizations can download the fillable pdf using this link OR request an application by emailing Rachael.Storm@state.co.us. Learn more at cwam-us.org/annual-meeting/future-meetings.
The Host Institution must be a CWAM Institutional Member during the Annual Meeting year. If you have questions, comments, or to submit your application, please email Rachael Storm, Annual Meeting Team Leader, at Rachael.Storm@state.co.us.
CWAM Job Board Update
The CWAM Job Board has seen a wide variety of position postings over the last two years. Positions range from small non-profits to state-level organizations in Colorado and Wyoming, but occasionally from the surrounding states and museum-adjacent organizations. Over the last six months, CWAM board members have been considering the future of the job board given its popularity and the needs of the museum community.
Starting in January 2026, posting positions to the CWAM Job Board will remain free for organizations with active institutional or corporate memberships. For organizations that are not institutional members, a $10 fee will be applied per job posting. This change will expand institutional membership benefits without increasing the cost of membership, while access to view positions on the Job Board will remain free to all.
The CWAM board realizes the museum world is full of unique situations, so if this change presents a hardship for your organization, please contact us through the CWAM communications portal.
Q&A:
- Job postings will remain up for 45 days or by the deadline provided.
- The current requirement of including a pay range will continue. Internships are allowed to be unpaid, but the posting must clearly state that it is unpaid.
- You can continue to submit job postings with future posting dates of no more than one month in advance.
- You can expect job postings within 7-9 business days from submission with an active institutional membership.
- If you purchased a membership less than 30 days before posting a position, please indicate on the form that you are a new member. There may be longer turnaround times in posting to verify membership and payments.
- Institutional memberships that have lapsed will receive an email that their membership has lapsed and a link for renewal.
- Institutions that do not have a membership will receive an email with information about membership and a link to pay the $10 fee.
New Virtual Workshops
We are excited to share two new virtual workshops for CWAM members! Registration is not required but we would ask non-members attending the workshops to consider CWAM membership. Links to the workshop are below!
Ask a Collections Expert!
August 25, 2025
10:00am MST – 11:30am MST
Free, Virtual
Do you have a question about cataloging artifacts, storing artifacts, or any other collections-based quandary? Are you wondering about getting a job in collections? Well, CWAM has you covered!
Representatives from the Collections teams of the Wyoming State Museum and History Colorado will lead this virtual workshop. These experts in their field will be on hand to answer any questions you or your institution may have.
This workshop will not have a prepared presentation, but is an opportunity for CWAM members to join and ask questions to collections experts. While this workshop is scheduled until 11:30am, it will end when the questions are exhausted.
Google Meet joining info:
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/mwq-avpq-oez
Or dial: (US) +1 575-618-2439 PIN: 602 916 831#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/mwq-avpq-oez?pin=6831600345329
Gamification in Education Programs
September 22, 2025
10:00am MST – 11:30am MST
Free, Virtual
Are you looking to breathe new life into your education programs; gamification may be the key!
Gamification allows museums and historic sites to bring the concepts of games into their education programs to increase student participation, content retention, and program utilization. In this session we’ll start by looking at the key concepts of gamification. We’ll then explore ways that museums and historic sites of all sizes can work it into their programs, including adding activities to current programs and reworking your entire program into game form. We’ll examine two programs at the Wyoming State Museum – our Year in the Life of a Mountain Man field trip and our Travel the Oregon Trail field trip. For each program we’ll discuss the steps to create the gamified program, difficult points along the way, what we learned, and the outcome. We will also look at resources and vendors that organizations can utilize.
Google Meet joining info:
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/muv-eusd-fcy
Or dial: (US) +1 318-702-0041 PIN: 327 118 314#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/muv-eusd-fcy?pin=3822295722910
Hike and Hang: Golden, CO
The CWAM board is hosting a “Hike and Hang” at New Terrain Brewing Company in Golden, CO at 6:00pm on Thursday, July 31, 2025!
We’ll be heading out on one of two hikes/walks nearby (depending on how the group feels) with food trucks and drinks at New Terrain. We will have a group remaining at the brewery to chat and mingle, so feel free to come by and say hi!
This is a great opportunity to meet fellow museum folks and learn more about CWAM’s upcoming projects!
Check out New Terrain’s lineup of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at NewTerrainBrewing.com
and the food trucks at New Terrain- TibetsRestaurant.com/food-truck and DarleenZDillaz.com
On-Demand Webinar: Mount-Making for Beginners
This virtual webinar will provide an introductory overview of the process of mount-making for both collections and exhibitions. We will cover the purpose of mount-making, materials, best practices, real world examples, plus lots of tips and tricks for beginners. Participants will gain the knowledge to begin working with archival supplies and start making mounts for a variety of object types. This presentation will be geared toward EMPs, students, interns, or any collections and exhibitions staff looking to learn the basics. It may also be good for those in other departments looking for cross-departmental skills and understanding.
Presenters: Ashley Muggli, Collections Assistant, University of Colorado-Boulder Museum of Natural History; Jesse Dutton-Kenny, Museum Preparator, San Francisco International Airport Museum; Dominique Alhambra, Anthropology Collections Manager, Denver Museum of Nature & Science