NC Museums Council

North Carolina Museums Council

2005 Annual Meeting

Conference Schedule

Wednesday, March 2

9:00	Registration Opens, Holiday Inn Vendor Set-up, Holiday Inn Atrium
10-noon	Workshops, Holiday Inn A. Finding Time to do Fundraising B. Creating a Perfect Brochure C. Exhibits on a Shoestring D. Best Practices in Museum Education E. Fitting All the Pieces Together
Noon	Opening Luncheon and Welcome, Holiday Inn, Steele Room
1:30-4:00	Workshops and Tours, various locations outside the hotel A. Bus Tour: Eastern Rowan County Tour Old Stone House, Rockwell Museum, Organ Lutheran Chruch, Grace (Lowerstone) Church, Town of Faith B. Bus Tour: Horizons Unlimited & Center for the Environment C. Bus Tour: Behind the Scenes Tour of the N.C. Transportation Museum D. Workshop: Children and the Arts Waterworks Visual Arts Center E. Conservation Workshop: Adventures in the Real World Rowan Museum
4:00-5:00	NCMC Board Meeting, Holiday Inn
5:00-6:00	Vendor Hall Reception, Holiday Inn (cash bar)
6:00-8:30	Progressive Dinner, Historic Downtown Salisbury* Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres, Waterworks Visual Arts Center Dinner, Rowan Museum, Inc. Dessert & Coffee, Meroney Theatre *Transportation provided to and from the Holiday Inn

Thursday, March 3

8:30-10:30	Breakfast and Business Meeting, Holiday Inn, Steele Room
10:30-10:45	Break
10:45-11:45	Concurrent Sessions, Holiday Inn A. Capital Campaigns and How to Line Them Up for a Successful Drive B. Getting your Name Out: Effective Media Relations C. Keys to Success in Working with Scouting Groups D. Interpreting Slavery at Historic Sites: “The Big House” Tour at Blandwood Mansion E. Crossing Over to Virtual Outreach: Using Technology to Create Online Museum Education
12:00-1:30	Lunch and Keynote Address, Holiday Inn, Steele Room
1:45-2:45	Concurrent Sessions, Holiday Inn A. Making unMystical Museum Metadata: NC ECHO and Museum Metadata Initiatives B. The History of Paint, Part II C. The Overmountain Victory National Trail D. Best Practices in School Programs: From Marketing to State Curriculum Standards
2:45-3:00	Break
3:00-4:00	Concurrent Sessions, Holiday Inn A. The Market for Creativity: Contemporary Art and the Value of Seeing Differently B. Total Collaboration C. "Teaching with Historic Places": Digital Windows on NC History D. Thank you, Dover Press! E. Working with Special Needs Audiences
4:15-5:15	Workshops, Holiday Inn A. Resume Workshop B. FOCoS Review & Application Guidelines C. Registrars’ Roundtable D. JIMI Report
5:00-6:00	Vendor Hall Reception, Holiday Inn Vendors may remove their displays at any time after the reception
6:00-9:00	Dinner and Awards Ceremony, Salisbury Station Depot

Friday, March 4

8:30-10:30	Section Breakfasts, Holiday Inn A. Art Section Breakfast The Potter’s Eye: Art & Tradition in NC Pottery B. History Section Breakfast Outer Banks History Preserved: A Virtual Tour of the Outer Banks History Center C. Early Childhood and Science Section Breakfast (joint section meeting) The New State Science Standards of Learning
10:45-11:45	Concurrent Sessions, Holiday Inn A. Cultural and Heritage Tourism News B. Working Together in Local History: The promise and pitfalls of museum/class collaborations C. Experiments in Participation: How Two Museums Have Found New Ways to Reach New Audiences D. Carbon Dioxide for Children
Noon	Wrap-up & Adjourn, Holiday Inn, Box Lunch New & Old NCMC Board Members Meet to Exchange Stuff
1:00-3:00	Local Tours A. Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Salisbury B. Museums Tour, free admission or special discounts with Conference ID The following Museums are open: Rowan Museum Utzman-Chambers House Dr. Josephus Hall House NC Transportation Museum Village of Gold Hill Waterworks Visual Arts Center Group transportation not available. Maps will be provided.

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