2011 WFM Workshops
The Wisconsin Federation of Museums and the Wisconsin Historical Society are proud to offer the following Spring 2011 workshops. We are also pleased to announce that we will also partner with the American Association of Museums Professional Development Program to incorporate two of their webinar presentations into our workshop series. The webinars provide a panel of national experts speaking on a variety of topics, hand-outs and further resources. Our workshops will re-broadcast the webinars and provide not only an opportunity for museum staff to see these programs presented by nationally recognized experts at a lower cost, but also enable on-site experts to address the issues from a local and personal perspective. The webinars are in collaboration with the Museum Assessment Program (MAP).
For registration information, contact: Amy Norlin, 608-264-6579,
Additional registration information available at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/localhistory/workshops/.
Information also available at www.wisconsinmuseums.org
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Amy Norlin
Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
For registration information, contact
Amy Norlin
(608) 264-6579
Location: Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, 29270 Cty Hwy G, Ashland, WI 54806
Time: 9:30 am – 3 pm
Cost (Lunch: Included): Member WFM or WSHS $35.00; Non-member $60.00
Presenter: Steve Cotherman, Director, Madeline Island Museum in La Pointe, Wisconsin
Take along an artifact from your collection and receive hands-on instruction on how to bring exhibits to life through good interpretation and design, as well as create sample designs. Learn about affordable resources available for smaller organizations and how to get the most for your exhibit dollars.
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Location: Veteran’s Museum, Madison, WI
Time: 9:30-3:00
Cost (Lunch: Included): Member WFM or WSHS $35.00; Non-member $60.00
Presenters: Claudia Jacobson, Registrar, Milwaukee Public Museum; Jane Weinke, Curator of Collections,
Woodson Art Museum, Tamara Johnston, NEH Grant Project Manager American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee
Do you have a plan for managing your collections and their future? What are your collections problems? In partnership with the American Association of Museums Professional Development Program, our workshop will address a number of collections management issues in detail as well as present a showing of the 90 minute AAM Webinar on “"The Basics of Collections Management". Besides discussions on the presentation, our panelists will focus on such details as collections planning, accessioning, and deaccessioning.
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Location: The History Museum at the Castle, Appleton, WI
Time: 9:30 – 2:30
Cost (Lunch: Included): Member WFM or WSHS $35.00; Non-member $60.00
Moderator: Nancy Mathews, Senior Curator of Education, Kenosha Public Museums; Panel Members: Kathy Smits,
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum and Kristine Camilli, Kenosha Public Museums
One of the most asked for workshops is one on managing volunteers and docents. Utilizing the AAM webinar “The Basics of Volunteer/Docent Management”, the program will not only incorporate the webcast, but include a panel discussion with other museum staff who have successful volunteer programs and who can address recruitment and volunteer programs in smaller communities.
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Location: Pyle Center, UW—Extension, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706
Time: 9:30-3:00
Cost (Lunch: Included): Member WFM or WSHS $35.00; Non-member $60.00
Presenters: Michael Edmonds, Deputy Administrator of Library-Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society; Jeffrey
Murray, Interpretation Curator, Wade House Historic Site
The Civil War Sesquicentennial begins this year. Why not plan how your community can commemorate this important period in history? Learn how to discover what soldiers from your community did during the war from more than 10,000 pages of online eyewitness accounts and tips on what hosts should know when delving into the world of re-enacting.
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Location: Pyle Center, UW—Extension, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706
Time: 9:30-3:00
Cost (Lunch: Included): Member WFM or WSHS $35.00; Non-member $60.00
Can’t make it to Madison? Participate in the PastPerfect workshop online..- Cost $60.00.
Presenter: Craig Hadley, Collections Manager, Wright Museum of Art at Beloit College
New to PastPerfect 4.0 museum software? This introductory session covers program basics, including registration, configuration, and software navigation. You’ll also learn report manager, image editor and attachment, searches/queries and adding/deleting records.
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