Director Travis Schenck and Board Member Jim Tharp attended this year’s annual meeting of the American Association of Museums held in Denver, Colorado, April 27th through May 1st. The five day conference covered numerous topics about museums. From classes on quantifying fun to lectures on improving museum attendance the conference ran the gamut of topics.
Travis and Jim visited several Denver museums. Including the Denver Museum of Natural History, the Denver Children’s Museum, the Four Mile Historic Park, and the Museo de Las Americas. Many of these visits involved technical workshops on how these museums have developed new programs to reach out to their communities.
This is the first year that a member of the museum staff has been able to attend the conference. Denver, being nearby provided an excellent opportunity for the museum to attend.
The American Association of Museums (AAM) is a national organization that seeks to improve museums by providing both a voice for the museum community in politics and resources to improve museums. Their annual conferences seek to put various museum professional in touch to exchange ideas and resources.
Travis really enjoyed the conference and is looking forward to adapting and implementing some of the ideas he picked up.
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