Small Museum Association Conference 2025

Alexander Lawrence Ames is Director of Outreach & Engagement at the Rosenbach Museum & Library. He oversees the Rosenbach's gallery exhibitions, tours, as well as onsite and online public programs for adult audiences. He holds an M.A. in American material culture as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in history and museum studies from the University of Delaware.

The SMA Conference Committee is seeking new members! Position descriptions, requirements and application requirements can be found at: https://smallmuseum.org/page-18207.

The Small Museum Association is always seeking qualified Conference Committee volunteers.

The Small Museum Association is an all-volunteer organization serving the museum community. SMA's mission is to develop and maintain a peer network among people who work for small museums, giving them opportunities to learn, share knowledge, and support one another, so that they, in turn, can better serve their institutions, communities, a... Read more

SMA Conference Committee

Based in Maryland, Angie Barry helps museums develop strategic plans and collection policies, coordinates multi-year exhibition projects, and has written successful federal and private foundation grants. For 15 years, Barry served as the Associate Director & Curator at the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum in Quincy, Florida, helping secure first time accreditation, developing exhibitions of visual artists, and overseeing the Permanent Collection, and holds a Bachelor’s in Art History and Master’s in Arts Administration.

SMA Conference Commitee 
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SMA Board Member 

Kayla D'Oyen joined the staff at ASMH in early 2021 and handles communications for the museum and the Capital Campaign, including social media, and manages the many-sides of the organization's development.

Rebecca Henson is the Founder and Executive Director of Springsong Museum, a community museum inspired by writer and biologist Rachel Carson currently in development in Silver Spring, Maryland. Rebecca has degrees in History from Vanderbilt University and Politics, Policy, and Society, focused on comparative environmental policy, from the University of Bath (UK), is a certified Maryland Master Naturalist, and is acting president of her local watershed organization, Neighbors of the Northwest Branch.

Todd Hoeft, Co-Owner of PrimeSite Web Solutions, has developed web applications and systems for over a quarter century. His passion for history and historical institutions led him to enter the industry, where he combines his technical expertise with a deep appreciation for the past.

Amy has owned Kehs Communications since 2000 and has worked for the most renowned and well-loved museums on the planet. Her goal is to ensure that museums thrive into the next century and she hopes people will come to love museums as much as she does. Her proven process sets up proactive communication habits for museums, cultivating relationships with visitors who will want to return and bring a friend. Amy graduated from American University in 1995 with a degree in Public Communications. Her first job out of college was at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Amy lives in Crofton... Read more

Stefanie Koseff, accessibility researcher at the NYU Ability Project, creates tactile media using a digital embroidery machine. Her work has been exhibited at the Poster House, and she is contributing to an upcoming exhibit at the Intrepid Museum.

Mia Phifer, Senior Education, Collections, & Outreach Coordinator at America’s Black Holocaust Museum, is a trained Public Historian and earned her MA in History at UW-Milwaukee along with certificates in Museum Studies and Nonprofit Management. Her experience is in historical research and writing, collections management, curriculum development, advocacy, and educational programming.

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In January 2022, I became President, Board of Directors, Frederick County Landmarks Foundation (FCLF). Our mission statement: "Frederick County Landmarks Foundation, a private non-profit organization, promotes the preservation of historic sites, structures, natural landmarks, and communities of Frederick County, Maryland, and strives to increase knowledge and appreciation of them."

FCLF owns three historic properties: Schifferstadt (a National Historic Landmark), the Beatty-Cramer House, and Zion Church and Cemetery.

I love to talk about FCLF and our properties!

Alli Schell: Loves championing small museums and is the Director of Public Programs at the Marshall Steam Museum in Yorklyn, DE. In her spare time, she serves as a career coach for museum professionals through her business, Your Museum Career Coach.

A Taste of History with Joyce White
Joyce White is a food historian with 30+ years offering Food History Services for Museums, Faux Food, Presentations with Tastings, Historic Recipes, Videos, Articles, and More...

Joyce is now offering historically accurate faux food items such as jellies, creams, blancmange, flummery, pies, cakes, small cakes, biscuits and more made with her extensive collection of culinary moulds. Other items include johnny cake, cleaning products, and faux loaf sugar cones.

Joyce also provides PowerPoint presentations with tastings on a variety of topics and consulting/resear... Read more

Founded in 1973, NEDCC was the first independent conservation laboratory in the nation to specialize exclusively in treating collections made of paper or parchment, such as works of art, photographs, books, documents, maps, and manuscripts. Today, the Center offers conservation treatment, digital imaging, and audio preservation services, as well as preservation training, assessments and consultations, and disaster advice on collections. NEDCC is a trusted resource worldwide for information on the preservation of paper-based and digital collections.