Welcome to the IAM Website!
Thank you
Thank you to all museums that participated in the Economic Impact Survey! Approximately 200 museums participated. We are currently analyzing the results and will have them posted here soon.
Mark your calendars!
MUSEUM DAY 2012
March 22, 2012
Illinois State Museum and Illinois State Capitol
Springfield
Join together to advocate for Illinois’ Museums!
Join us for a full day of advocacy, workshops and networking.
Watch your mailboxes the week of February 13 for registration materials.
IAM Photography Workshop
Monday, May 14, 2012
IHotel and Conference Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Come learn with us!
Join us for an all-day workshop featuring
- An Historical overview of the history of photography and formats
- The proper care, storage and exhibition of historic photographs
- Best practices for digitizing photographs in a library or museum setting
Guest presenters Angela Waarala, who serves as the Digital Collections Project Manager in Digital Content Creation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Jennifer Hain Teper, Head of the Conservation Unit for the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will share their insights in this day long workshop. Registration Materials coming soon.
Illinois Association of Museums’ Annual Meeting and Conference
September 19-22, 2012
DoubleTree Collinsville
Collinsville
You won’t want to miss this year’s IAM annual meeting and conference!
Our conference hotel, the DoubleTree, in Collinsville, is pulling out all the stops to make our conference comfortable. Newly renovated, with an award winning restaurant and conveniently located right off I-55, our hotel is the perfect location for conference sessions, networking and as a central location for visiting museums and historic sites in and around the Collinsville area. These include Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, an internationally recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville University Museum, with its fabulous collection of architectural artifacts, museums in and near downtown St. Louis and much more.
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