SMA has a new Facebook Fan Page!

Over the next three weeks, SMA will be migrating from its current Facebook groups page to a fan page. Join us online here!

Small Museum Tips?

Do you have some great tips that your small museum would like to share with others? Send them to us! Topics can include:

* Volunteers
* Audience Development
* Governance
* Collections Management and Planning
* Exhibitions
* Education
* Development
* Technology
* General fun with Small Museums
* So much more!

Once we have enough submissions, we'll post them regularly. Send submissions to conference@smallmuseum.org.

SMA Facebook Page

Did you know that you can join the SMA group on Facebook? Click here to connect with SMA online. See photos from our conferences, join discussions with other SMA'ers, and receive access to more resources.

Upcoming Conferences: July

Visitor Studies Association, Phoenix, AZ, July 28 - 31

Do you know of an upcoming conference? Please email SMA with the information so that we may include it on our blog.

Seeking Museum of the Month Submissions

Does your small museum deserve to be a museum of the month for the SMA blog? Email us why at conference@smallmuseum.org. Make sure to include the following:

* 1 - 3 photos of your museum
* Museum contact and visiting information
* In 150 words or less, tell us why your museum is great!
* Anything else you think might be relevant
* Your contact information (not to be displayed on the blog)

All Museums of the Month will also be featured in our blog's link column, on the SMA Facebook groups' page, and on the SMA website.

Disclaimer: Please note that we periodically update our blog and cannot guarantee what date the materials will appear. Photographic materials continue to belong to their original owner, and credit will be made. Please let us know if we cannot use the image(s) in future marketing materials for SMA. Queries can be made to conference@smallmuseum.org. Thank you.

Request for Consultant Services

The City of Hagerstown, MD is seeking consultant services to prepare the collection of the Doleman Black Heritage Museum for Access to the Public. The proposal bid is enclosed here.

For more information, please contact:

Caroline Twigg, CPPB

Purchasing/Insurance Specialist

City of Hagerstown

1 East Franklin Street

Hagerstown MD 21740

Changes coming to the SMA Blog!

Over the next few months, SMA will begin offering more materials on our blog, besides just materials regarding the current, previous, and upcoming conferences. Features will include the following:

* Museum of the Month
* Tip of the Month
* Profiles of Who's Who at SMA
* Update about SMA Conference 2011
* Upcoming Conferences
* Reviews of conferences, books, etc
* Other articles of interest - from us, you, and the museum field

Do you have material you would like to submit to the SMA blog? Contact Lauren at conference@smallmuseum.org with your items.