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• 2022 MMA Conference - 50 Years Together

  • Start
    October 10, 2022
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    October 12, 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Mackinac Island, Michigan
  • Registered
    137 registrants

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  Join members of the Michigan museum community as we explore museum work,
  Mackinac Island, and 50 years of coming together!

  • The conference keynote, concurrent sessions, the MMA Annual Meeting, and the Museum Cafe will all take place at Grand Hotel on Tuesday. 
  • Evening events include the opening reception at Fort Mackinac on Monday, the MMA Anniversary Celebration Reception and Trivia Night on Tuesday, and a Wrap-Up Happy Hour on Wednesday afternoon. 
  • Monday and Wednesday of the conference provide opportunities for small groups of attendees to participate together in tours, workshops, and activities. Most have additional cost. More information. 

  Whether you want to learn more about Mackinac Island, our local host, Mackinac State Historic Parks or delve deeper into museum practice, we have you covered.

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  Schedule

  Monday, October 10

  • Workshops, Tours and Activities*
  • Opening Reception at Fort Mackinac

  Tuesday, October 11

  • Member Community Coffees
  • Keynote
  • Concurrent Sessions
  • MMA Annual Meeting
  • Museum Café
  • Anniversary Celebration Reception
  • MMA History Trivia

  Wednesday, October 12

  • Workshops, Tours and Activities*
  • Wrappy Hour (Wrap-up Happy Hour) on Lisa's Porch

  *Most Monday and Wednesday workshops, tours and activities have an additional cost.

  Registration
  

  Students $125
  Members  $275
  Non-members $325

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• Guest Ticket - 2022 MMA Conference - 50 Years Together

  • Start
    October 10, 2022
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    October 12, 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Mackinac Island, Michigan
  • Registered
    17 registrants

  Registration is closed

  

  Guest Tickets
  Does not include most conference activities

  Family, friends and colleagues are welcome to participate in workshops, tours, and activities as space allows, in the MMA Business Meeting Luncheon, and in the event events. Guest tickets are available for purchase through September 26. 

  Monday, October 10

  9-4            

  A Day with an Anishinaabe Historian - $150
  9-4            Acquiring New Donors - $200
  9-12          A Morning of Archaeology - $10
  9-12          MI Humanities Funding Workshop - FREE
  1-4            An Afternoon of Archaeology - $10
  1-4            MSU Press Open House - FREE
  6-8            Opening Reception at Fort Mackinac $75

  Tuesday, October 11

  12-1:30     MMA Annual Business Meeting Luncheon $75
  5-6             Anniversary Celebration Reception $75
  8-9             Trivia $25

  Wednesday, October 12

  9-12           Intro to Disaster Response and Water Salvage Wkshp - $50
  9-12           Metadata Grooming for Museums Workshop - $50
  9-12           Mackinac’s Historic Landscape Walking Tour - $10
  9-12           Dressing for Interp. Success: Historical Clothing Tips - $10
  1-4             Heritage Center Tour - $10
  1-4             Mackinac’s Historic Landscape Walking Tour - $10
  1-4             Michigan EMP Biking Expedition  - FREE
  1-4             Mackinac by Foot - $10
  1-4             Explore Colonial Michilimackinac - FREE
  4-?              Wrap-up Happy Hour - $25

  
  

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