The Mountain-Plains Museums Association invites you to submit a proposal for our 2022 conference, Resilience and Reinvention: Embracing Change, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 4-7, 2022.

This conference will provide museum professionals with the opportunity to share professional insights into a range of topics and some examples of the ways in which challenges have been met and overcome. Particular emphasis will be given to instances that celebrate achievement in the face of adverse circumstances.

We hope you will consider sharing:
• Ways that you or your institution have built new community support
• Tips on how to bridge the gap to finding new donors or visitors to your sites
• Ideas representing common challenges for museums and historical sites that are not consistently addressed. Examples could include social issues, collections support, staffing struggles, fundraising, etc.
• Approaches to help build better futures for our institution and our profession
• Creative ways to engage the public or keep your museum in the public eye
• Plans to build new collaborations with other organizations to build a better connection in your community

Sincerely,

Donna Merkt, Program Committee Co-Chair
Executive Director, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD

Jason Harris, Program Committee Co-Chair
Director, Chisholm Trail Museum, Kingfisher, OK