Small Museum Association Conference 2025: Full Schedule

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10:15am EST

Repatriation and Its Impact

Tuesday February 18, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am EST

Small Nashville Museum repatriates 255 artifacts to West Mexico and creates an exhibit to to inform visitors and grow community partnership.

Speakers

Bonnie Seymour

Registrar and Assistant Curator, Parthenon

Bonnie Seymour is the Registrar and Assistant Curator of the Parthenon. She has a Bachelors of Art in Classical Civilization and Art History from the University of Rhode Island, and a Masters in Museology from Harvard.

Tuesday February 18, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am EST
Room 2 Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center Gaithersburg, Maryland

Tuesday, Session

2:00pm EST

Community Voices: Conducting Oral History Projects in Small Museums

Tuesday February 18, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST

Room 2

Have you ever wanted to capture your community's voices for historical record but did not know where to start? Critically engage with the processes and practices needed for a small museum to take on an oral history project and how to successfully conduct one.

Speakers

Geneva Gillis

Curator, Haldimand Museums at the Cayuga Heritage Centre

Geneva Gillis is a Curator with Haldimand Museums at the Cayuga Heritage Centre in Cayuga, Ontario, Canada. She holds a Masters in History from McMaster University, a Master of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto, and is currently pursuing her PhD in History at McMaster... Read More →

Tuesday February 18, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Room 2 Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center Gaithersburg, Maryland

Tuesday, Session