MAMA Annual Conference 2020 -- Museums and Archives: Navigating Past, Present, and Future

We have a great line-up for this year’s virtual event, to be held October 21-24, including a happy hour, brown-bag lunch conversation, three tours, and a combination of live and pre-recorded sessions.

(Full session descriptions are available on our website.)

Schedule of Events:

Pre‐Recorded Sessions

• Dr. Jean Parsons and Ms. Nicole Johnston, Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection, University of Missouri & Dr. Joan Stack, State Historical Society of Missouri

• Caitlin Yager, Missouri Humanities Council

• Sara Holmes and Noah Durham, National Archives and Records Administration, Preservation Programs at St. Louis

Wednesday, October 21

10:00 AM: Virtual Tour of Staab Studios

• Gary Staab, Owner, Staab Studios

2:00 PM: Keynote

• Rediscovering Missouri's Pioneer Mothers, Dr. Cynthia Prescott
  

3:30 PM: Membership Meeting

7:00 PM: Happy Hour

Thursday, October 22

• Dr. Amber Clifford‐Napoleone, University of Central Missouri  w/ Panelists: Valyssa Caballero (UCM), Christina Foster (UCM), Levi Cullifer (Truman State University), Dr. Carmalette Williams (Black Archives of Mid America)

• Ryan Leimkueler, Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University

• Tom Owen, VP, Senior Planner and Designer, PGAV

Friday, October 23

• Charity Cash, Area Vice President for VRC Companies, LLC

2:45 PM: The Modern‐Day Speakeasy: Reigniting Student Interest

• Shelby Catalano, Denise Chappell, Ellen Thieme, Society of American Archivists at University of Missouri, Student Chapter

• Mark Adams, Truman Library    
  

Saturday, October 24

• Eric Moraczewski and Dion Brown, NMBL Strategies

• Dr. Laura Burnham, Missouri Historical Society

• Kristin Schwain, School of Visual Studies, University of Missouri