Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums

Join Us in Shaping the Future of Museums! The 2025 Building Museums? Symposium is heading to St. Louis, and we’re excited to offer unique sponsorship opportunities for organizations passionate about innovation, design, and cultural leadership. This Symposium brings together museum professionals, architects, and industry leaders to explore groundbreaking ideas in museum planning and development. By sponsoring, you’ll: -Showcase your brand to an engaged, professional audience -Build valuable connections with decision-makers in the field -Demonstrate your support for the cultural sector ?? https://shorturl.at/rqifg

We enjoy shining a light on the fabulous people who serve MAAM! Congratulations to Amanda Dunyak Gillen, MAAM Vice President, on her new role at The Frick!

Last Call! Nominations for the Building Museums? Symposium 2025 Buildy Awards are due November 7. This prestigious honor recognizes outstanding recent museum building projects. If you’ve been involved in a transformative project, we want to hear from you! Here’s what past winner said about their experience: "The Buildy award was The Peale's first national award for the renovations of our 1814 building – the first museum built in the Americas. Importantly, the award also recognized our apprenticeship program in the historic preservation trades, which began with the renovations and is central to our ongoing efforts to diversify the workforce in the cultural sector. I really appreciated that the awards committee organized such a thoughtful panel session about our projects at the 2024 Building Museums conference. I loved getting to hear about the MIT Museum’s project and share more details about ours as well. We’ve enjoyed all the feedback and new connections as a result of the award!" ~Nancy Proctor, Chief Strategy Officer, The Peale Apply now and join a community of change makers! https://shorturl.at/4gkq9

Join us in welcoming our new board members to the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums! We are thrilled to have such talented and dedicated individuals joining the board. ?? Jean Hershner, Vice President and Executive Director of Nemours Estate ?? Tonika Berkley, Africana Archivist for Special Collections at JHU Sheridan Libraries and Co-Director of the Inheritance Baltimore’s Community Archives Program ?? Nick West, Co-Director of University Museums and Curator of Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University A heartfelt thank you to each of you for your commitment to serving our organization and the broader cultural landscape. We look forward to the innovative ideas and perspectives you will bring!

The 2024 MAAM Annual Meeting and Conference was a great success, and we could not have done it without our dedicated volunteers, committee members, and Board of Directors. Your hard work and commitment were essential to the success of the event. Thank you for your service to MAAM!

This year's Annual Meeting was a success! MAAM hosted its first poster presentation, providing an opportunity for students and recent graduates to showcase their academic projects. In addition, there were numerous opportunities for networking and career discussions among students, emerging museum professionals, and seasoned veterans. We look forward to more enriching experiences in the future! Thank you to everyone who participated in these conference activities!

We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our sponsors for their generous support, which played a crucial role in the success of this year's Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Annual Meeting. Your commitment not only brought us together but also fostered meaningful conversations and innovative ideas. We truly appreciate your partnership and look forward to continued collaboration in the future, as we work together to inspire optimism within our field. Glenmede; Science History Institute; The Cooperstown Graduate Program; Marshall Craft Associates; Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest; Becker & Frondorf; Bloomberg Connects; ClickNetherfield; Masterpiece; GWWO Architects; The Lighting Practice, Inc.; Art Sentry; Meyvaert; G&A; Quatrefoil Associates; The Elumenati; Art Display Essentials: a 10-31 Company; art2art Circulating Exhibitions; CatalogIt; Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA); Fireline Corporation; Geo-Sonics/Vibra-Tech; Hosting Solutions & Library Consulting (HSLC); JacobsWyper Architects; O'Brien Systems; Science and Arts Engagement New York, Inc.; Solid Light, Inc.; Diversified Site Services LLC; STQRY; The Magic Lantern; Vernon Systems

Sponsor spotlight: We want to thank The Cooperstown Graduate Program for their continued support of the Annual Meeting! Learn more about CGP: The Cooperstown Graduate Program is proud to be like no other. We train creative, entrepreneurial museum leaders committed to generating programs and services for the public good. Our students learn by doing tangible, useful work on real-world projects. They dedicate themselves to developing institutions that play a central role in their communities, encouraging broad public audiences to use artifacts and the study of science, art, and history as a catalyst for social change. Students choose to focus on one of two tracks during their time at CGP: Science Museum Studies and History Museum Studies. Both tracks have a generalist curriculum, so students explore many aspects of museum work. Our students benefit from small class sizes and a high faculty to student ratio. This allows students to get to know and work closely with professors, who are leaders and innovators in the field. Although CGP itself is a small program, as an academic division of SUNY College at Oneonta students also have access to the resources of a much larger state university. We love to connect with prospective students, professionals in the field, alumni, or anyone interested in museum studies!

Sponsor spotlight: MAAM is pleased to acknowledge Marshall Craft Associates as a Change Maker Sponsor for the 2024 Annual Meeting. Hear more about their work: At Marshall Craft, we are committed to enhancing the quality and strength of the cultural and civic lives of our communities. From being part of a design team to reimagine the spaces of National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.; designing an archaeology center at Gunston Hall in Virginia, home of George Mason; to transforming one of the last segregated public schools into a youth community center in Cambridge, Maryland, we’re honored to engage our clients with a personalized level of exceptional design, planning, and facilities support services that strengthen their institutions’ cultural, civic, and artistic connections with their communities.

The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) acknowledges both individual and institutional contributions to the museum field. Each year, MAAM presents awards to outstanding individuals and institutions at its Annual Meeting. We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 MAAM Annual Meeting Awardees: Ann Trowbridge, Katherine Coffey Award; Michael Colon, Emerging Museum Professional; The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Making an Impact Award; Tudor Place Historic House & Garden, Making an Impact Award; and Digital Scholarship in Museum Partnerships at Washington College, Making an Impact. Please join us in congratulating our award recipients! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gMFBqwZk