Each year, PA Museums recognizes the special achievements of museums and historical organizations in Pennsylvania. This is your invitation to submit a nomination for a project, process, or individual that you know is exemplary. A PA Museums Special Achievement Award distinguishes your organization by: Serving as public recognition of staff or volunteers, and providing an …
PA Museums will once again be joining with Citizens for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, and other key partners for Arts Advocacy Day in Harrisburg on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. PA Museums is developing a short list of our advocacy issues for our members to present at meetings with legislators and legislative staff. If …
Would you like to do more business with museums and historical organizations in Pennsylvania? Our annual statewide museum conference is the perfect opportunity. Buy an ad, sponsor a part of our conference, and join us for the activities as an exhibitor or attendee! The PA Museums Annual Conference offers museum professionals an interactive forum …
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Pennsylvania’s cultural community is rich and diverse. Museums, galleries, zoos, science centers, visitor centers, historic sites, monuments, parks, libraries, archives, and educational institutions all contribute to a new economy of ideas in the Commonwealth connecting our past with future generations. The PA Museums Annual Conference offers museum professionals an interactive forum for the exchange of …
We are excited to bring Jeffrey Inscho and Suse Cairns to Harrisburg for our conference keynote presentation on Monday, April 13, 2015! Museums in the Digital Age (3)
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and PA Museums in partnership with the American Alliance of Museums present: Core Documents Verification Workshops Did you know that a bill is pending in the Senate that would make grant funds available to Pennsylvania museums that have completed the AAM’s Core Documents Verification Program? Or that there are …
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) has awarded $1,901,011 in grants to 130 eligible museums and official county historical societies in Pennsylvania that met the following criteria: • Museums that are located in Pennsylvania with annual operating budgets exceeding $100,000 (excluding capital and in-kind services) and at least one full-time professional staff person. • …
Exhibitions remain a defining feature of the museum experience and their creation is a key element of museum work. Yet talking about the process of exhibit making can leave the impression that there isn’t much relationship between theory and practice. If there aren’t hard and fast rules about creating exhibits, are there at least guidelines? …
Museum Life Radio Show Features Polly McKenna-Cress, author of Creating Exhibitions Read More »