WEBINARS 

Digital Empowerment Project FREE Webinars
Module 2: Living Streaming
Learn about different types of streaming solutions, including how to set up and customize a live stream event (including how to monetize), how to produce and stream pre-recorded material along with live presenters, as well as more advanced options for controlling live event production and virtual tours. 
Session 1: Get Inspired!     May 6, 2021, 2:00 p.m. (ET)  
Technical Workshop 1: Intro to Live Streaming     May 13, 2021, 2:00 p.m. (ET)  
Technical Workshop 2: Audience Participation in Live Streamed Programs     May 20, 2021, 2:00 p.m.
Technical Workshop 3: Live Streaming with Multi-Source Content     May 27, 2021, 2:00 p.m. 

Onboard Webinar
Board Diversity & Inclusion: Moving from Optics to Meaningful
May 11 , 2021, 1:00 p.m. (ET)
Learn about the essential elements for a successful diversity and inclusion strategy, what meaningful diversity and inclusion looks like in practice, and D&I guidance, insights and best practices synthesized from real-world board leaders.

Texas Historical Commission FREE Webinar
Exploring Social Justice on a Limited Budget
May 13, 2021, 10:00 a.m. (CT)
This webinar will be framed through a social justice lens and will lay the groundwork for an understanding of what social justice and equity are, why they are important to museums, and how they relate to conversations around racism and museum sustainability. It will explore how museums can recontextualize exhibits to open discussions around social justice and will provide examples of museums that have done this successfully. The examples will be affordable solutions with high impact and low cost, acknowledging that many museums do not have the resources to reinstall their exhibits at the moment, but there are ways they can address social justice within the context of the exhibits they already have on view.

Lily Family School of Philanthropy Webinar
Online Special Events   
May 13, 2021, 12:00 p.m. (ET)
Learn practical ways to continue to engage their donors and build relationships in a virtual environment.

American Alliance of Museum Committee on Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE) Webinar
CAREapy: Research With, Not On: Engaging in Authentic Collaboration with Communities
May 18, 2021, 1:30 p.m. (ET)
Racial justice advocates from STEM-RJ, a program of the Science Center Minnesota, will share their stories and experiences, researchers focus on how they’re using participatory approaches, and practitioners discuss what it means to co-create.

Balboa Park Online Collaborative FREE Webinar
Dreaming of a New Collections Management System
May 18, 2021, 8:00 a.m. (AZ)
Three inspiring change-makers from the museum community  will share the challenges and opportunities they have encountered in their critical DEAI work in relation to working with their institution's collections and collections data.  

Connecting to Collections Care FREE Webinar
Collections Emergency Kits 
May 19, 2021, 1:00 p.m. (ET)
This webinar will examine types of materials to include in your kit, how to manage inventory, where to store your kits, and how to educate your team on the value of this important resource.  It includes a report on the recent efforts of the Smithsonian Institution’s Preparedness and Response in Collections Emergencies (PRICE) Team to understand emergency kit status and needs at the Institution via a year-long survey of each of its museums, archives, and libraries. 

Texas Historical Commission FREE Webinar
Moving from Theory to Practice: Doing the Work of DEAI
May 20, 2021, 10:00 a.m. (CT)
As museums continue to move toward becoming more equitable institutions, DEAI (diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion) must be intentionally, clearly, and practically interwoven with an organization’s strategic plans, policies, and practices. And, organizations must change their actions - not just their words. In this webinar, Dina Bailey will support participants in taking steps to move from agreement in theory to authenticity in practice.

Registrars Committee-Western Region FREE Webinar
Hands On! Practical Conservation for the Collections Professional: The Care and Cleaning of Baskets
May 20, 2021, 10:00 a.m. (AZ)  
Join Gina Watkinson to learn about the care of basketry. She will introduce the factors that can cause deterioration and will cover how to handle, rehouse, clean, and mount these objects properly. Gina will provide innovative solutions by sharing examples and her experience caring for basketry at the Arizona State Museum.

Association of Indiana Museums FREE Webinar
AIM to Connect: Transforming a Statewide Program from In-Person to Virtual
May 21, 2021, 9:00 a.m. (ET)
Hear from staff at the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites about insights and experiences of transforming a traditional event to a virtual event. 

Indiana Historical Society Local History Services FREE Webinar
Organizational Leadership  
May 27, 2021, 1:00 p.m. (ET)
Focuses on basic leadership principles that will help you create a stronger, more sustainable organization. You’ll learn about varying leadership styles and ways to work with your board, staff and volunteers to help foster a supportive and inclusive environment. 

Western Museum Association and British Columbia Museum Association FREE Webinar
Museums Are Not Neutral Keynote
June 2 , 2021, 11:00 a.m. (AZ)
Learn about the work of this global advocacy initiative that is exposing the myth of museum neutrality and explore strategies for making museums relevant, socially engaged community spaces that act as agents of positive change. 

Texas Historical Commission
Improving Collections Care with the CAP Program
June 3, 2021, 10:00 a.m. (CT)
The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation’s Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program can help small and mid-sized museums by providing a road map to help distinguish critical needs from less important tasks. Join us to learn more about the CAP program and how turning to outside consultants for an assessment might benefit your museum (even if you already know what needs to be done).

Minnesota Local History Online Workshop
Modifying Historic Properties for Increased Accessibility
June 3, 2021, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (ET)
This workshop will look at how accessibility to and in historic properties can be improved to meet the current knowledge and needs around accessibility. 

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

MuseWeb 25th Annual Conference
April 5, 6,7, 16, 23, 30, 2021

2021 American Institute for Conservation and Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections ONLINE
Joint Virtual Annual Meeting
May 10 - June 24, 2021

American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting
May 24, 2021; June 7-9, 2021

Costume Society of America
CSA@Home
May 26-May 29, 2021

Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
June 2 - June 5, 2021
Boston, MA

Digital Data Conference: Digital Data's Grand Challenge: Expanding Discovery Across Multiple Domains
June 7-9, 2021

Association of Academic Museums & Galleries  
June 7-11, 2021 

Digital Data in Biodiversity Research   
June 7-9, 2021

Ecsite Online Conference
June 9-11, 2021

Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Annual Meeting
June 11-14, 2021
Archbold, OH

MuseumNext
Digital Income Summit
June 28-30, 2021
With the museum sector now facing an unprecedented need to raise funds in the face of the Covid pandemic, this workshop will share actionable advice on how museums can use technology to boost their income.  Hear from speakers about how they have used digital to boost donations, find new revenue streams and win with e-commerce.

The American Horticultural Society
National Children & Youth Garden Symposium
July 7-9, 2021 (Virtual)

Visitor Studies Association Conference    
July 13-15, 2021

Amigos Conference
Where Are We Going and Where Have We Been: Adventures in Archives, Preservation, Digitization and Local History
August 11, 2021

American Association for State and Local Annual Meeting
September 22-25, 2021
Little Rock, AR   

American Indian Tourism Conference
October 25-28, 2021
We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, Fort McDowell (Scottsdale) AZ

2021 Arizona Preservation Conference
October 27-29, 2021
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Tempe AZ 

Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists
2021 Biennial Conference
November 10-12, 2021
Montreal CANADA

National Humanities Conference
November 11-14, 2021
Detroit MI

ON-LINE COURSES  

Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums
Audience Engagement: Preparing for the Virtual Long Game
April 26-May 26, 2021
This series will focus on sharpening tools and knowledge that already exist in our mission-delivery toolkits and honing those tools for application in a virtual setting for the road ahead

American Association for State and Local History Online Course
Introduction to Financial Management
May 24 – June 21, 2021

American Association for State and Local History Online Course
Developing Exhibitions: Design
June 7 – August 1, 2021 

American Association for State and Local History Online Course
Leadership and Administration for History Organizations
June 7 – August 1, 2021 

American Association for State and Local History Online Course
Caring for Museum Collections
June 7 – August 1, 2021 

American Association for State and Local History Online Course
Basics of Archives
June 7 – August 1, 2021 

Care and Identification of Photographs (from daguerreotypes to digital)
June 7 - July 25, 2021