Resolve to Celebrate Small Museums this New Year! Join the Small Museum Association for its annual conference in Ocean City, Maryland from Sunday, February 20 – Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Read more on our website… Or on Facebook page…. Or on our blog! The SMA conference attracts more than 200 museum professionals every year from a wide variety of small museums. Attendees go to sessions on topics ranging from collections and education to staffing and board issues. We offer a large Museum Resource Hall and plenty of informal networking opportunities for you to talk with (and get ideas from!) small museum professionals and volunteers. Keynote Address: Engaging the Present with the Past, Conny Graft, Principle, Conny C. Graft, Research and Evaluation Plenary Address: Beyond the Velvet Rope, Thompson Mayes, Deputy General Counsel, National Trust for Historic Preservation New this Year:

• Sunday workshop on grant writing included with registration fee!
• Gala theme: Night at the Small Museum
• Ride and room-share (email conference@smallmuseum.org)
• SMA Book-Club: Connecting Kids To History With Museum Exhibitions and The Participatory Museum
• Eat and Engage opportunities
• Job and Messaging Board
• Twitter feed: follow www.twitter.com/smallmuseums and/or join the conversation with #sma11
• Recording select sessions for post-conference podcasts

Scholarships and award nominations are still available. And don’t forget the silent auction to support future scholarships. Admission is only $160 ($135 for students)! Questions? Email conference@smallmuseum.org for more information.