“Giving Voice to Value” – 2024 Annual Conference of the Museum Association of New York

Sat, Apr 6 - Tue, Apr 9  2024

Museum Association of New York 2024 Annual Conference at Hilton Albany - New York Consulate Region

Registration is now closed

From April 6-9, 2024, the Museum Association of New York’s (MANY) Annual Conference, “Giving Voice to Value,” will take place in Albany, NY.

Join hundreds of museum professionals from across the state to discuss the proposition that it is time to look at new ways to communicate our value to stakeholders, funders, legislators, visitors, and communities. Museums dedicate resources to rationalize relevance, impact, community service, and investment in collections, programs, and facilities. What if those resources could be allocated to doing the work instead of pursuing funding for the next big thing that will help keep the doors open? What could our future look like if we created a sustainable business model that connected collections, education, and communications and correlated our values to our budgets?

Featuring

• Over 100 presenters in 25 concurrent sessions, pre-conference workshops, and capstone experiences;
• Two keynotes;
• Special events at the New York State Education Department Building, the New York State Museum;
• Eclipse viewing and after party;
• And a Night at the Museums tour.

For more information, click the following menu options:

• Conference Registration (registration closes on March 31, 2024)
• Pre-Conference Workshops
• Conference Schedule
• Keynote Discussion: “Slow Cooking: Recipes for Centering Value in Museums”
• Special Events
• Night at the Museums

More about the Night at the Museums

Explore just a few of Albany’s museums and cultural sites. Walk to nearby sites or hop on a conference shuttle bus. Stops include:

• Albany Institute of History & Art
• Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
• Ten Broeck Mansion
• Underground Railroad Education Center
• Historic Cherry Hill
• New York State Capitol Building
• New York State Education Building, and others!

Free to participate, advance registration required.

This program is supported as part of the DutchCultureUSA FUTURE 400 program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.

About MANY

The Museum Association of New York helps shape a better future for museums and museum professionals by uplifting best practices and building organizational capacity through advocacy, training, and networking opportunities.