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Speakeasy: Museum Ethics in Challenging Times

  • March 15, 2023
  • March 17, 2023
  • Missoula Montana

Registration

  • Wednesday March 15, 2023
    1:00 to 4:00 PM

    A holistic look at downtown life during Missoula’s transition from a marginal frontier town to a major local economic and cultural center from 1880 to 1920. The tour starts at Caras Park and lasts approximately 90 minutes. This tour is not ADA accessible and includes going up and down 5 + flights of stairs- elevators are not available in most buildings.

    Immediately following the tour, we will meet local historian Jean Belangie-Nye at Charlie B’s Bar in Downtown Missoula. Jean’s first husband, Lee Nye, was a well regarded local photographer and took thousands of portraits of the colorful characters that once frequented Charlie’s. Jean is finishing a book on Lee’s photos and the stories behind them. Relax, have a drink (not included in price), and listen to Jean as she brings to life Charlie B’s fascinating cast of characters.
  • Presenters: Keith Patterson, LOC Director of TPS Western Region, and Michelle Pearson, Master Educator with LOC

    Join the Library of Congress Teaching With Primary Sources team and learn how to put your nation's library to work for your organization or classroom. We are an action-oriented team so get ready for an engaging and proactive session where we will work together to come up with ideas and funding solutions for your museum. If you have a project, program, or professional development idea for museum professionals, community stakeholders, or educators using primary sources, bring your ideas! You will learn about successful programs in the West and across the country, how the funding process works with the Library of Congress, and how a Teaching with Primary Sources grant can help your organization. Leave with ideas and an action plan on how you can collaborate with the Library of Congress.
  • Wednesday March 15, 2023
    1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

    This workshop will introduce participants to disaster planning in their institutions. We will begin by hearing from professionals at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, Western Heritage Center, and Carter County Museum. Attendees will then be part of a disaster table-top exercise to prepare them for emergencies. Finally, they will use the pocket prep plan template to design and update their own disaster plans. Each participant will receive a complementary Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel.
  • Wednesday March 15, 2023
    9:30 AM to 2:00 PM
    Join the Library of Congress Teaching With Primary Sources team and learn how to put your nation's library to work for your organization or classroom. We are an action-oriented team so get ready for an engaging and proactive session where we will work together to come up with ideas and funding solutions for your museum. If you have a project, program, or professional development idea for museum professionals, community stakeholders, or educators using primary sources, bring your ideas! You will learn about successful programs in the West and across the country, how the funding process works with the Library of Congress, and how a Teaching with Primary Sources grant can help your organization. Leave with ideas and an action plan on how you can collaborate with the Library of Congress.
  • Presenters: Keith Patterson, LOC Director of TPS Western Region, and Michelle Pearson, Master Educator with LOC

    Join the Library of Congress Teaching With Primary Sources team and learn how to put your nation's library to work for your organization or classroom. We are an action-oriented team so get ready for an engaging and proactive session where we will work together to come up with ideas and funding solutions for your museum. If you have a project, program, or professional development idea for museum professionals, community stakeholders, or educators using primary sources, bring your ideas! You will learn about successful programs in the West and across the country, how the funding process works with the Library of Congress, and how a Teaching with Primary Sources grant can help your organization. Leave with ideas and an action plan on how you can collaborate with the Library of Congress.
  • Wednesday March 15, 2023
    1:00 to 4:00 PM

    A holistic look at downtown life during Missoula’s transition from a marginal frontier town to a major local economic and cultural center from 1880 to 1920. The tour starts at Caras Park and lasts approximately 90 minutes. This tour is not ADA accessible and includes going up and down 5 + flights of stairs- elevators are not available in most buildings.

    Immediately following the tour, we will meet local historian Jean Belangie-Nye at Charlie B’s Bar in Downtown Missoula. Jean’s first husband, Lee Nye, was a well regarded local photographer and took thousands of portraits of the colorful characters that once frequented Charlie’s. Jean is finishing a book on Lee’s photos and the stories behind them. Relax, have a drink (not included in price), and listen to Jean as she brings to life Charlie B’s fascinating cast of characters.
  • Wednesday March 15, 2023
    1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

    This workshop will introduce participants to disaster planning in their institutions. We will begin by hearing from professionals at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, Western Heritage Center, and Carter County Museum. Attendees will then be part of a disaster table-top exercise to prepare them for emergencies. Finally, they will use the pocket prep plan template to design and update their own disaster plans. Each participant will receive a complementary Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel.
  • Wednesday March 15, 2023
    9:30 AM to 2:00 PM
    Join the Library of Congress Teaching With Primary Sources team and learn how to put your nation's library to work for your organization or classroom. We are an action-oriented team so get ready for an engaging and proactive session where we will work together to come up with ideas and funding solutions for your museum. If you have a project, program, or professional development idea for museum professionals, community stakeholders, or educators using primary sources, bring your ideas! You will learn about successful programs in the West and across the country, how the funding process works with the Library of Congress, and how a Teaching with Primary Sources grant can help your organization. Leave with ideas and an action plan on how you can collaborate with the Library of Congress.
Registration is closed


2023 Annual Conference 

March 15-17, 2023 

Northern Rockies Heritage Center

Heritage Hall 30 Fort Missoula Rd

Missoula, Montana 59804

Montana’s museums faced challenges during the pandemic years - but they more than met the occasion and emerged stronger for the experience. Innovative practices across our large and diverse state allowed our institutions to keep up public engagement and prepare for a new wave of interest from visitors eager to enjoy in-person cultural experiences again. With increased attention comes increased responsibility, as museums strive to ensure an ethical approach to their operations and presentations. 

Many of us in the field wonder what we can do to start and to support that endeavor - and the Museums Association of Montana is here, as always, to assist. We invite you to join us in Missoula for our first IN PERSON conference since 2019. "Speakeasy: Museum Ethics in Challenging Times" will allow conference attendees to experience the setting of historic Fort Missoula as we explore topics of ethics in collections and policies, educational outreach, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and more! 

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2775 Expo Parkway, Missoula, MT 59808
406-543-4600

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P.O. Box 1451, Helena, MT 59624

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