Small Museum Association Conference 2025

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

Laura Applebaum Sponsored Coffee Break

Laura Cohen Apelbaum of Apelbaum Nonprofit Consulting has expertise in fundraising, strategic visioning, program and outreach, and management. The former Executive Director of DC’s Jewish Historical Society, she served for more than twenty years transforming every aspect of its museum, archives, and programs.

As a consultant, her clients have included: Laurel and Chevy Chase historical societies (strategic planning), Montgomery History (planned giving), The National Theatre and Arts on the Block (grant writing) and Georgetown University’s Theater and A Farm Less Ordinary (developing Major Donor programs).

Small Museum Conference participants may contact her at lapelbaum2@gmail.com to schedule a complimentary 30-minute consultation.


Rev Up Your Fundraising: Tips to Accelerate Giving

Spend your coffee break learning tips to enhance your fundraising today! Bring your questions to be answered onsite or afterward at a complimentary 30-minute consultation. Reach out to Laura at lapelbaum2@gmail.com to schedule your session.

The Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area will present the newly updated Crossroads of War and Freedom website, an online collection of resources dating from the Civil War era, roughly from the Dred Scott case through Reconstruction. Focusing on Maryland's Carroll, Frederick, and Washington Counties, the website includes new African American history resources and detailed essays interpret the content. Take a first look at the new website and get inspiration for how your site can use this resource to develop on-site interpretation, social media content, and more.