2012 Annual Conference
Small Museum Association 28th Annual Conference
Sunday, February 19 - Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, Ocean City, MD
The SMA conference attracts more than 200 museum professionals every year from a wide variety of small museums. Attendees go to sessions on topics ranging from collections and education to staffing and board issues. We offer a large Museum Resource Hall and plenty of informal networking opportunities for you to talk with (and get ideas from!) small museum professionals and volunteers.
Check out posts from our conference presenters here!
Theme: Adapt and Reuse: Fresh Ideas and New Approaches
Pre-Conference Program (including Sessions, Speakers and Special Events!)
Sunday, February 19 - Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, Ocean City, MD
The SMA conference attracts more than 200 museum professionals every year from a wide variety of small museums. Attendees go to sessions on topics ranging from collections and education to staffing and board issues. We offer a large Museum Resource Hall and plenty of informal networking opportunities for you to talk with (and get ideas from!) small museum professionals and volunteers.
Check out posts from our conference presenters here!
Theme: Adapt and Reuse: Fresh Ideas and New Approaches
Pre-Conference Program (including Sessions, Speakers and Special Events!)
| PDF of the Pre-Conference Program |
_Admission
Registration fees for the conference are as follows. Please note that Sunday's workshops, eat and engage meetings, and wine & cheese reception are open to all registrants.
$160 - Full Conference Registration - Includes all Monday & Tuesday sessions, meals & banquet
$135 - Student Conference Registration -Includes all Monday & Tuesday sessions, meals & banquet (Student ID required)
$115 - Monday Only Registration - Includes Monday sessions, breakfast, lunch & banquet
$ 60 - Tuesday Only Registration - Includes Tuesday sessions & breakfast
Add-ons
$115 - Guest Meal Package - includes breakfast, lunch & banquet on Monday and breakfast on Tuesday
$ 35 - Banquet only add-on for guest or Tuesday Only registrants
Attendees may register online through MyCommunityEvents.com (there is a small processing fee), or by mail via this form.
Any questions regarding registration may be sent to Dayna Aldridge.
SMA Book Club
Books from our Keynote and Plenary Speakers will be discussed during the conference. You can order both of them in advance:
The Green Museum: A Primer on Environmental Practice by Sarah S. Brophy and Elizabeth Wylie
The Small Museum Toolkit, editted by Cinnamon Caitlin-Legutko and Stacy Klingler
Location
The Small Museum Association Annual Conference is held each year at the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland.
Click on either for an area map of Ocean City, Maryland:
Area map (28 K gif)
Google map (zoom in/out, get directions, see geography)
Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel (Directions)
Further information about reserving a room at the hotel will be available in the registration materials.
Scholarships
Be sure to remember our Lesley van der Lee Scholarship opportunity for the conference! The deadline for 2012 submissions has passed, please check back next fall for the 2013 application.
The Small Museum Association’s Lesley van der Lee Scholarships offer funding for ten SMA Conference attendees. The scholarship covers the cost of the conference registration, room, meals and a one-year membership in the SMA. Past conference attendees are encouraged to apply, but previous Lesley van der Lee Scholarship winners are not eligible. To receive more information please email scholarship committee chair Sarah Hagarty at shagarty@njvvmf.org .
Awards
The Small Museum Association, Inc. (SMA) requests nominations for its Annual Small Museum Awards. This is an excellent opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of those in the small museum field. Nominations recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to a local small museum and/or the small museum field. The awards will be presented at the SMA Annual Conference .This year, two awards will be presented in the following categories:
Vendors
Are you interested in being included in this year's Museum Resource Hall? If so, please email Andy Zellers-Frederick for more information.
Registration fees for the conference are as follows. Please note that Sunday's workshops, eat and engage meetings, and wine & cheese reception are open to all registrants.
$160 - Full Conference Registration - Includes all Monday & Tuesday sessions, meals & banquet
$135 - Student Conference Registration -Includes all Monday & Tuesday sessions, meals & banquet (Student ID required)
$115 - Monday Only Registration - Includes Monday sessions, breakfast, lunch & banquet
$ 60 - Tuesday Only Registration - Includes Tuesday sessions & breakfast
Add-ons
$115 - Guest Meal Package - includes breakfast, lunch & banquet on Monday and breakfast on Tuesday
$ 35 - Banquet only add-on for guest or Tuesday Only registrants
Attendees may register online through MyCommunityEvents.com (there is a small processing fee), or by mail via this form.
Any questions regarding registration may be sent to Dayna Aldridge.
SMA Book Club
Books from our Keynote and Plenary Speakers will be discussed during the conference. You can order both of them in advance:
The Green Museum: A Primer on Environmental Practice by Sarah S. Brophy and Elizabeth Wylie
The Small Museum Toolkit, editted by Cinnamon Caitlin-Legutko and Stacy Klingler
Location
The Small Museum Association Annual Conference is held each year at the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland.
Click on either for an area map of Ocean City, Maryland:
Area map (28 K gif)
Google map (zoom in/out, get directions, see geography)
Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel (Directions)
Further information about reserving a room at the hotel will be available in the registration materials.
Scholarships
Be sure to remember our Lesley van der Lee Scholarship opportunity for the conference! The deadline for 2012 submissions has passed, please check back next fall for the 2013 application.
The Small Museum Association’s Lesley van der Lee Scholarships offer funding for ten SMA Conference attendees. The scholarship covers the cost of the conference registration, room, meals and a one-year membership in the SMA. Past conference attendees are encouraged to apply, but previous Lesley van der Lee Scholarship winners are not eligible. To receive more information please email scholarship committee chair Sarah Hagarty at shagarty@njvvmf.org .
Awards
The Small Museum Association, Inc. (SMA) requests nominations for its Annual Small Museum Awards. This is an excellent opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of those in the small museum field. Nominations recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to a local small museum and/or the small museum field. The awards will be presented at the SMA Annual Conference .This year, two awards will be presented in the following categories:
- The Hunter-Burley Award for an individual’s outstanding contributions to the advancement of public access and professional growth for an individual institution;
- The Small Museum Association Award for an individual’s outstanding contributions to the advancement of funding for, professional growth within, and/or the accessibility of information to the small museum community on a regional or state level.
Vendors
Are you interested in being included in this year's Museum Resource Hall? If so, please email Andy Zellers-Frederick for more information.
