Museum podcasts from all over the country can be found at MuseumPods.
And be sure to check out the Kansas State Historical Society's award-winning Museum Cool Things Podcast series.
Los Alamos Historical Society has many new podcasts on the history of the Manhattan Project, including Hans Bethe on neutrinos, and gatekeeper to Los Alamos, Dorothy McKibben on a not-too-bright spy.
Movies
Naturally, our favorite movies come from museums!
We are hoping that the YouTube museum group will get up and running--perhaps you can help?
Artforum on YouTube also has some museum-oriented footage.
Television
We're currently looking for more museum YouTube videos, such as the one featured below. If you work at a museum that is in the MPMA region and have video materials you'd like to share, please send us a message.
Be sure to see Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal | Spencer Museum of Art
There are many ways that people can be heroes in the museum world.
Perhaps one of the greatest museum heroes of this generation was Stephen Weil, who passed away in 2005. He was a scholar, a museum educator, an art law specialist and an administrator at museums such as the Whitney in New York and the Hirshhorn in DC. He was also a prolific author (see Books above).
Another museum hero is Philippe de Montebello, longtime director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. His thoughts on why museums matter can be read
here.
Closer to home, MPMA Business Members also are heroes! We thank you for your valuable support.
MPMA is now on GoodSearch! Go to goodsearch.com and select "Mountain-Plains Museums Association" from the drop-down menu. Then, every search you do earns MPMA $.01!
Established in 1953, the Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA) is a regional museum association that provides professional services to ten states: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
MPMA has a central office in Littleton, Colorado. Its governing structure includes a board of directors and numerous committees and affiliates. Staff includes an executive director and an office assistant. This group oversees the services that MPMA provides. An annual fall conference is attended by over 300 museum professionals each year. The conference provides opportunities for all levels of professionals in training, networking, and information exchange at a relatively inexpensive cost. Over 700 individuals, institutions and businesses annually support MPMA by paying membership dues. A newsletter and a discount museum purchasing cooperative program are just few member benefits.
MPMA is one of six regional associations in the United States that works in conjunction with the American Association of Museums. The associations form the Council of Regions and meet twice yearly to advise AAM on issues relating to museums in the particular regions.
Please click here to visit the brand new MPMA website!
The 2008 Annual Conference will be held in conjunction with the Association of Midwest Museums in Kansas City, October 24-28.
Here are a few photographs from MPMA 2007 Annual Conference in Fargo, North Dakota.
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone interested in museums, particularly museums located in the MPMA region.
Visit www.mpma.net to learn more about the organization. Learn more about MPMA membership here. If you're ready to become a MPMA member, please click here.
Are you a Museum Studies student or museum professional searching for a job or internship in the Mountain-Plains region? If so, please be sure to check the MPMA Job Bank by clicking here.
Join us at the Mountain-Plains Museums Association Annual Conference, October 20-24, 2008, in beautiful Kansas City. The conference will include many fun and interesting sessions, workshops and discussions, including the MPMA Technology Committee session.
Please note the following items:
1) If you represent a vendor, contractor or other company that provides services to museums and related organizations, become a MPMA Business Member. Becoming a Business Member is an excellent way to promote your company and become more visible to the museums in the Mountain-Plains region. To learn more about becoming a Business Member, please click here.
2) MySpace.com is a social networking service that allows members to create unique personal profiles. The opinions expressed on this page do not necessarily reflect those of the Mountain-Plains Museums Association. The MPMA Technology Committee maintains this page.
We're just getting ready for the artwalk here in Bellingham. If by any chance you're in town we'd love it if you could visit. Here is a painting by our Navajo artist Teddy Draper:
Running Wild Skip and dance, roll and run. Follow that cloud.
My friend is the night, it sings a song of stars. And never stops chasing me through the valley down below.
thank you so much for your support and for inviting other museums to join the page. you are sincerely appreciated! best of luck with your important work.
