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 Founded in 1978, the Oregon Museums Association (OMA) is a non-profit membership organization that provides resources and services to over 200 museums, cultural institutions and associated professionals throughout Oregon. The OMA serves as an advocate for museums who actively promote the collection, preservation, exhibition, and interpretation of artistic, historic, scientific and cultural materials, sites, practices, and ideas.
The OMA’s mission is to provide professional development and networking opportunities to build the capacity of Oregon’s museums. Offering learning opportunities through regional workshops, an annual conference, newsletters and web-based communications, the OMA helps to foster and connect industry professionals with practical resources to support the success of all Oregon museums.
Interested in joining the OMA? More information and downloadable Membership forms can be found on the Membership & Meetings page.
Check here for local Sesquicentennial Events honoring Oregon's 150th birthday.
GRANTS: For full details, access the OMA News Page.
AASLH Small Museum's Scholarship, deadline, May 30, 2009.
Preservation Assistance Grants For Smaller Institutions available
2009 Elisabeth Walton Potter Historic Preservation Advocacy and Education Awards, submission due May 22, 2009
National Council on Public History & American Society for Environmental History seek presentations for their joint conference in Portland, to be held March 10-14, 2010, submission deadline, June 30, 2009.
JOB OPPPORTUNITIES & ANNOUNCEMENTS: For full details, access the OMA News Page.
Columbia River Maritime Museum hosts author Dennis Powers, May 23, 2009
May is Historic Preservation Month, register your project with SHPO
Pack Your Wagon, a children’s exhibit at NHOTIC in Baker City, April 2 - July 12, 2009
MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES: For full details, access the OMA News Page.
NAGPRA basic training workshop held in Seattle, May 22, 2009
AASLH workshop on Digitization and Museums, at Idaho Historical Society in Boise, June 3-5, 2009
BACC Focus on Collections Care workshops in Eugene, June 3-5, 2009
Aurora Colony hosts Communal Studies Association National Conference, October 1-3, 2009
American Folklore Society annual meeting in Boise, October 21 – 25, 2009
REQUESTS: For full details, access the OMA News Page.
Register your museum's Oregon Sesquicentennial celebration with OR 150's Partner Program
RESOURCES: For full details, access the OMA News Page.
AASLH workshops conducted both online and onsite.
IRS informational website for tax-exempt organizations
National Park Service launches Historic Preservation and Historic District Learning Websites
National Park Service launches Technical Preservations Services
Online Copyright Guide
Oregon Department of Education launches Oregon 150 Lesson Plans
Online Museum Survival Guide from the AAM
If you have a press release on a museum related workshop, conference, job opening or special event, please submit it to:
Oregon Museums Association
P.O. Box 1718
Portland, OR 97207-1718
info@oregonmuseums.org
OMA reserves the right to edit press releases for applicability and/or for space constraints.
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