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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
======================================================= Missouri Humanities Council Begins Search for New Executive Director ======================================================= The Missouri Humanities Council is conducting a search to replace retiring Executive Director, Michael Bouman. Applications requested by December 31, 2009. Download a PDF Announcement and Job Description.
====================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS: Missouri Museums Association 2010 Annual Meeting ======================================================
The Missouri Museums Association is co-sponsoring the fifty-second annual meeting of the Missouri Conference on History with the Missouri State Archives and The State Historical Society of Missouri, on April 15-16, 2010 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Jefferson City. During this meeting, MMA will have its annual meeting and elect its officers for the next year.
We invite you to propose conference sessions and papers by and for museums, archives, historical societies, and libraries for a conference track related to these institutions and their specific interests. This is our opportunity to share with other members of the Missouri historical and cultural community what is happening in our institutions.
Anyone wishing to organize a session or present a paper should submit a one-page abstract and a one-page curriculum vitae. If you wish to organize a session, please include the names of your panelists, the session chair, and a commentator, if you wish to have one.
Please submit your paper abstract or session information and curriculum vitae to: Shelly Croteau Secretary, Missouri Museum Association c/o Missouri State Archives 600 W. Main St., P.O. Box 1747 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Or email it to shelly.croteau@sos.mo.gov
The deadline for submission of proposals is December15, 2009.
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================================================== "SHOW ME THE MONEY" WORKSHOP, August 15, Columbia ================================================== On August 15, the Missouri Museums Association presented "Show Me the Money: Funding for Small Heritage and Cultural Institutions. A discussion with Allyn A. Lord."
================================================== CONGRATULATIONS to Missouri institutions receiving Museums for America grants from IMLS ================================================== The Missouri Museums Association would like to extend its congratulations to the following institutions in Missouri that have been awarded participation in the Museum Assessment Program (MAP) through the American Association of Museums and Museums for America (MFA) grants from the Institution for Museum and Library services.
MFA grants support high-priority activities that advance the museums' missions and strategic goals, helping them to serve the public more effectively. Missouri institutions received 3 of 167 grants nationwide.
This year's Missouri recipients are: Missouri State Museum - Jefferson City, MO Award Amount: $147,145; Matching Amount: $167,412 Grant Category: Collections Stewardship Project Title: "Missouri State Museum Collections Inventory and Re-housing Project"
Still National Osteopathic Museum - Kirksville, MO Award Amount: $125,252; Matching Amount: $139,557 Grant Category: Collections Stewardship Project Title: "Osteopathic Heritage Collection Inventory Project"
Missouri Botanical Garden - St. Louis, MO Award Amount: $146,600; Matching Amount: $155,095 Grant Category: Collections Stewardship Project Title: "Digitizing Engelmann's Legacy: Providing Web Access"
For more information on these project and others across the nation, go to the IMLS website.
================================================== CONGRATULATIONS to Missouri museums to participate in Heritage Preservation's Conservation Assessment Program ================================================== Washington, D.C. - One hundred museums in thirty-nine states will assess the condition of their collections this year through the Conservation Assessment Program (CAP). The 2009 recipients include the Atlantic City Aquarium in New Jersey; the Toy and Miniature in Kansas City, Missouri; Nicolaysen in Casper, Wyoming; and Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site in Cartersville, GA.
CAP helps small to mid-sized museums of all types, from art museums to zoos, obtain a general assessment of the condition of their collections, environment, and historic buildings. Following an on-site assessment by a conservation professional, the museum receives a written report recommending priorities to improve collections care. This report assists museums in educating staff and board members on conservation practices, creating long-range and emergency plans, and raising funds to improve the care of their collections.
Missouri recipients: Bonniebrook Historical Society, Inc., Walnut Shade Ralph Foster Museum, Point Lookout Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City, Kansas City University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia
Forms for applying to the 2010 program will be mailed on Friday, September 4, 2009, to museums on the CAP mailing list and will also be available on Heritage Preservation’s Web site at www.heritagepreservation.org/CAP. Applications will be evaluated in the order in which they are received, and applicants are encouraged to submit their completed application as soon as possible. The postmark deadline for applications is December 1, 2009. To be added to the CAP application mailing list or for more information, contact CAP Coordinator Sara Gonzales at 202-233-0800 or e-mail cap@heritagepreservation.org.
The Missouri Museums Association, a non-profit organization, encourages communication, cooperation and collaboration among paid and unpaid staff, volunteers, board members and friends of museums (science, art, history, children's, etc.), archives, historical societies, historic sites, and libraries.
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