Museums Alaska conferences are held every other year in the even years — 2024, 2026, 2028, 2030, etc.
The number of in-person conference attendees depends on the city the conference is hosted in, but it can range from 40-100 attendees.
Host organization responsibilities:
- Designate at least one person to coordinate with MA on the conference committee;
- Identify and reserve meeting locations as needed;
- Identify and help plan the Angels Project;
- Arrange discount codes for local accommodations and airline travel where possible;
- Provide local museum facilities at no cost for whatever receptions, banquet, luncheon, and evening events are planned there — wherever possible;
- Make arrangements for transportation of conference attendees to events as necessary;
- Assist in organizing pre- and post-conference activities with local vendors as necessary;
- Assist with solicitation of local sponsors, exhibitors, and vendors.
- Organize local speakers for a welcome address at the opening reception;
- Assist with setting-up meeting venues for sessions and workshops;
- Assist in locating necessary technology like projectors and screens as needed.
- Assist with set-up of the vendor and sponsor tables;
- Assist in coordinating conference volunteers and staffing of the registration table during the conference.
Museums Alaska responsibilities:
- Manages the financials — fundraising, registrations, refunds, honorariums, invoices, etc.
- Manages the conference committee
- Creates the conference schedule with the conference committee
- Solicits and manages the speakers and awards
- Manages all conference communications
- Manages conference swag
- Manages the conference
- Manages reporting
Conference profits, if there are any, are split 40% to the Host Museum or Cultural Center, and 60% to Museums Alaska.
If you are interested in hosting a future Museums Alaska conference, please submit some basic information below and the conference committee will be in touch!
We are open to thinking creatively about how to host a conference in your city, so please don't let a lack of traditional lodging, transportation, or meeting spaces deter you from submitting your information.
If you have any questions please contact Dixie Clough at director@museumsalaska.org
The deadline to apply to host the 2024 conference is August 1, 2023.
