Monday, October 21

8:00-10:00 Registration/Check-In
(Kalamazoo Valley Museum)

8:00-8:45   Conference Kick-off Coffee
(Kalamazoo Valley Museum)

9:00-12:00 Drop-In and On-Your-Own Activities
Workshops and Local Experiences*

12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own

12:00-7:00 Registration/Check-In
(Gilmore Car Museum)

1:00-4:00 MMA Board Meeting
(Kalamazoo Valley Museum)

1:00-4:00  Drop-In and On-Your-Own Activities
Workshops and Local Experiences*

5:30  Transportation to reception
(limited space, pre-registration required)

6:00-8:00 Reception at the Gilmore Car Museum

Tuesday, October 22

8:00-3:45 Registration/Check-In

8:00-9:00 Coffee

8:00-3:45 Vendors

9:00-10:30 General Session and Keynote

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00   Concurrent Sessions

12:00-1:30  Annual Business Meeting Lunch

1:30-2:30 Concurrent Sessions

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-3:45 Concurrent Sessions

3:45-4:45 Museum Café

5:00-5:15 Transportation to reception
(No pre-registration required)

5:00-7:00 Reception at the Air Zoo

8:00-9:00 Trivia

Wednesday, October 23

8:00-9:00 Member Community Coffees

8:30-11:15 Conversation Stations

9:00-9:45 General Session and Keynote

9:45-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15 Concurrent Sessions

11:15-12:00 General Session - Pecha Kucha

12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own

1:00-4:00 Drop-In and On-Your-Own Activities
Workshops and Local Experiences*

4:00-? Wrap-up Happy Hour

2024 MMA Annual Conference
MI Museums: Navigating Changing Landscapes
Kalamazoo
October 21-23, 2024

Locations

The Radisson Plaza Hotel at Kalamazoo Center will be our lodging for the conference and base for Tuesday and Wednesday morning sessions and activities. A reduced room rate is available for rooms through Sep. 27 or until filled, whichever comes first. 

Other events, including the kick-off coffee, tours, workshops and local experiences, and receptions takeplace in various locations in the Kalamazoo area.

Transportation is on your own except for the Monday and Tuesday evening receptions. 

Monday and Wednesday activities, workshops and local experiences

All conference attendees are invited to show your conference name badge to visit area museums and explore Kalamazoo during the block sessions on Monday morning and afternoon, and on Wednesday afternoon. All of these drop-in and on-your-own activities are included in your conference registration. 

Participants are also invited to sign up for small-group workshops and local experiences. Advance registration is required and an additional fees range from $15 to $100 to cover expenses. Any funds collected over expense will be reserved for confrence scholarships. 

Speakers and Sessions

The conference Keynote and General Session Speakers will address the conference theme of Navigating Changing Landscapes. 

Four sets of concurrent sessions provide the opportunity for members of the Michigan museum community to share their expertise and resources. Pre-selection is not required, though is possible in the conference app. 

The Museum Cafe is a general session that provides the opportunity for participants to explore a variety of topics in short, small-group discussions.

New at the conference this year is a set of Pecha Kucha presentations, which will give four people the chance to reflect on the conference theme using 20 slides shown in 20 second intervals.