The Missouri Museums Association was founded in 1971 as the Missouri Museum Associates.  The name changed to the Missouri Museums Association in the 1990s.  It offered networking, workshop, conferences and other resources through 2001.  The Association ceased to function for a number of years. In 2008, a movement began to reinstate and reconstitute the association because the needs that existed in 1971 are even greater today.  The Association was reconstituted and regained its not-for-profit status in 2008. In 2010, the organization changed its name to the Missouri Association for Museums and Archives to more accurately reflect its mission.

Missouri Association for Museums and Archives Board

• President, Linda Endersby, Missouri State Museum, Jefferson City
• Vice President, Candace Sall, Anthropology Museum, University of Missouri, Columbia
• Treasurer, Shelly Croteau, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City
• Secretary, Toni Messina, City of Columbia
• Central Area Representative, Greg Olson, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City
• Northwest Area Representative, Joni Amthor, Possum Walk Historic Site
• Northeast Area Representative, Jenna Toppert, Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville
• St. Louis Area Representative, David Miros, Midwest Jesuit Archives, St. Louis
• Southeast Area Representative, Joel Rhodes, Historic Preservation Program, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau
• Southwest Area Representative, Charles Nodler, Missouri Southern State University Archives, Joplin
• Kansas City Area Representative, Mark Adams, Truman Library and Museum, Independence
• At-Large, Jess Rezac, American Jazz Museum, Kansas City
• At-Large, Greig Thompson, State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia
• Ex-oficio as immediate past president, Debra Logua Summers, Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville

 
Download the Missouri Association for Museums and Archives By-laws here.