From: "Bernstein, Rick A - WHS" <Rick.Bernstein@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:20:19 -0600 Subject: FW: [FS-LIST] Small Museum Fellowships to AAM - due February 18 Message-ID: <1EA45D5A75EBB747A54A4F1905DE558B020E778CE611@MEWMAD0PC01G03.accounts.wistate.us>
A cool opportunity to attend a great conference for small museums.
Rick Bernstein
Field Services-Southern Region
Wisconsin Historical Society
608 264 6583
Collecting, Preserving and Sharing Stories Since 1846
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Join your small museum colleagues at the 2011 AAM Annual Meeting in Houston
TX, May 22 to 25
The Small Museum Administrators Committee of AAM is offering four $750 fel
lowships to help cover the cost of conference registration, ticketed events
and travel and hotel.
.Applicants must be current SMAC-AAM members and be a full-time paid or unp
aid employee of a museum with a budget of $350,000 or less. (You can join a
t the time of application.) Only one applicant per museum per year is elig
ible.
Fellowship recipients will be eligible to register for the conference at A
AM's early bird rate.
To apply, send a letter (no more than 2 pages) which outlines your current
responsibilities, activities (previous workshops, conferences, professiona
l service) and career goals, and indicates how attendance at the AAM confer
ence will benefit both you and your museum. Include a current resume, bro
chure from your museum and proof of museum's budget size, and a letter of s
upport from your institution (i.e. board member, executive director). Mak
e sure your letter includes contact address, e-mail and telephone number.
Applications must be postmarked by February 18. For more information vis
it http://www.aam-us.org/am11/upload/SMAC-Fellowship-2011.pdf or e-mail me
at jkhm@mindspring.com<mailto:jkhm@mindspring.com>.
In addition to the annual celebration of Small Museums Day on Monday, May
23 , special sessions for small museums include:
- Success in a Development Office of One
- Planning Tomorrow's Collections Today: Collections Plans for Small Museum
s
- And Other Duties as Assigned: Prioritizing Collections Management in Smal
l Museums
- Beyond Quill Pens and Butter Churns: Integrating Historical Thinking in t
he 21st Century
- No Problem! Technological Solutions to Museum Work from $0 to $100
- New and Creative Ways for Small Museums to Host and Produce Traveling Exh
ibitions
- Pushing the Envelope: Challenges for the First Collections Professional i
n a Small Museum
Remember the February 18 deadline