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ADVOCACY MATTERS
Yesterday Pennsylvania's spending plan became law without Governor Wolf's signature. The House and Senate continued to work on the revenue side of the budget after having become snagged on several points, and no one has a clear idea about when this obstacle will be hurdled.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and
Philadelphia Inquirer both ran budget stories yesterday.
The spending plan does include $2 million for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's (PHMC) Cultural and Historical Support grants and level funding at $9.59 million for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts' (PCA) grant programs. The plan also has included $750,000 in the Department of Community and Economic Development's (DCED) budget for Marketing for the Accredited Zoos. Both the PHMC and the PCA saw cuts to their operational budgets under this plan.
The Pennsylvania Museum Preservation Act was not included in this year's budget discussions. It moved out of the Senate State Government Committee and was considered in the Senate twice. The bill was referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee, and it remained there while part of Pennsylvania's budget was hammered out. PA Museums has supported the Pennsylvania Museum Preservation Act from its introduction, and we continue to feel this bill is an important one. It may be taken up again when the legislature returns to session after their summer break, and we will continue to monitor its progress.
The American Alliance of Museums has set aside August 12-19 for its annual
Invite Congress to Your Museum week. Here is a
step-by-step guide to participating.
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MEMBERSHIP
Thanks to the individuals, institutions, organizations, and businesses that have joined PA Museums or renewed!
Has PA Museums helped you? Did you find a job through our job bank? Did you learn something important at one of our workshops or conferences? PA Museums is looking for your story. We are seeking testimonials about the value of being part of our statewide association. If you have a story to tell, send it our way!
PA Museums invites our members to volunteer on working committees and subcommittees with members of our Board of Directors. Committees include Programs and Development. If you are interested in helping PA Museums as a committee member, please
get in touch with us.
PA Museums has helped our members find each other! If you are looking for a consultant to work with your organization, we can help by providing lists of firms or individuals that work with museums and historical organizations. We have members who can help with your strategic and operational planning, fundraising, branding, bench marking, or exhibition development. Please feel free to
contact us if you need help finding help.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) has released an announcement about its deaccessioning items at several of its sites.
From this announcement:
"The PHMC places a high priority on keeping objects in the public domain. Whenever possible, deaccessioned objects will be sold, exchanged, or transferred to responsible, non-profit, educational institutions whose missions are relevant to the deaccessioned objects, and who will adequately care for the objects and ensure the general public's access to them. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission recognizes a limited number of objects have nominal market value and will consider proposals to transfer some objects to other institutions at no cost to the recipient beyond the costs of shipping/transportation. We would ask, however that you express any interest you might have in these items by August 18, 2017."
You can read the full announcement here.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Workshops/Webinars with American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
AASLH offers courses, workshops, and webinars coming up this winter and spring. These online courses and onsite workshops have limited capacity and fill up quickly, so register soon to secure your spot. AASLH is offering four scholarships for our 2017 onsite workshops.
More webinars will be added to the calendar soon, so make sure to bookmark the
AASLH Event Calendar
and check back.
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Webinar with Interactive Mechanics
Creating Effective Personas
Tuesday, July 18 at 3:00 PM EDT
An important part of the user-centered design process is synthesizing your user research so you can make the most of it in your projects. Personas are a tool to help you identify, research, and understand your audiences, and then summarize them into well-defined fictional individuals. They're a useful way to explore your audience demographics, capabilities, goals, motivations, and limitations. You can then use these personas to help inform design decisions and share your audience research with your organization.
In this webinar, we'll review all the steps necessary to create meaningful, accurate, and effective personas. We'll discuss the persona development process, the research you'll need to conduct based on your current or anticipated audiences, and how to use personas effectively throughout a project. We'll look at online tools to help you craft personas and share them with your team for review, as well as nontraditional strategies to take your personas further and make them a useful tool for long-term planning.
Interactive Mechanics is a digital design firm that partners with cultural and educational organizations on design, development, user experience, and strategy.
Association of African American Museums Conference
July 31-August 4, 2017
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, DC
AAAM's 39th Annual Conference will be hosted by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) and honorary chair, Founding Director Lonnie Bunch, beginning July 31 - August 4, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The annual conference will broaden the perspectives of those in attendance by promoting an understanding of the social movements -- Civil Rights, Black Power and Black Studies -- which helped to foster racial consciousness in the 1960s and cultivate the creation of Black Museums over the past 50 years.
Advanced Registration is open!
Making Museums Matter: From Advocacy to Action
The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
October 19-21, 2017
Pittsburgh, PA
The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) is pleased to announce that this year's annual conference will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel from October 19-21, 2017. This year's theme is "Making Museums Matter: From Advocacy to Action." We will be highlighting stories of how staff at museums take the next step and create real change through their actions.
Registration should be open soon!
Museum Trustee Association
Director/Trustee Forum
November 2-3, 2017
Philadelphia, PA
The Museum Trustee Association will convene a forum for Directors and Trustees in Philadelphia. Have a look at the schedule. Registration is open.
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Exploring Museum Collections Storage
November 8-9, 2017
Philadelphia
Participants in this
two-day conference will hear experts in design, space planning, environmental control, and conservation speak about methods and applications to improve museum collection storage spaces. Sessions will include case studies that demonstrate how museums of various sizes have implemented storage initiatives. Please click here for
more information and registration.
Save The Date!
Find Your Centre: Cultivation Community Connections
PA Museums Annual Statewide Museum Conference
Centre County
April 15-17, 2018
Our call for session proposals will be next. Look for it in August 2017.
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