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  Updated April 14, 2008      
Click on the words in blue to go to that area of the 2008 Annual Meeting Page.
    
      
Program Info           Hotel Registration           Meeting Registration
TAM Awards       Humanities Scholarships     TAM Scholarships

Exhibitor Info    Sponsor Info   Advertising    Silent & Live Auction Info
                            **NEW Museum Match NEW**     
            **NEW Education Programs Marketplace of Ideas NEW**
 

 
 

       TITLE: Whatcha Got Cookin'?
Sharing Recipes for Excellence in Museums

Tennessee Association of Museums 2008Annual Meeting
DoubleTree Hotel, Jackson, TN
March 26-28, 2008

 


 


2008 Hotel Accommodations at DoubleTree Hotel Jackson

The 2008 TAM meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in  Jackson just a half a mile distance south off Interstate 40, Exit 80A.
Hotel room rates will be $85 plus 14.75%  tax for both Double/Double & King rooms. Rooms at this rate will be available from 3/25/08 - 3/28/08.
Deadline for the TAM rates was March 10, 2008!
 If you haven't booked your room yet, call John Lancaster.


Y
ou can go ahead and check out the hotel at http://www.doubletreejackson.com/

If you want to phone in your reservation, call (731) 664-6900 or (800) 222-8733 and mention you are attending the TAM meeting.


 
  Meeting Registration     Early Bird Deadline MARCH 7, 2008

The early bird deadline is fast approaching so be sure to get your registration in to avoid the $20 late fee.  Just click on Registration. We are unable to accept credit cards for this meeting registration. All registrations sent by mail must be postmarked by March 17th. After March 17th all registrations will only be accepted on site at the meeting.

There is still space for Exhibitors! If you wish to be an exhibitor or sponsor contact John Lancaster or go to the link for Exhibitor.

Early bird meeting registrations will be included for a drawing on the last day of the meeting for a chance to win a Free Registration for the 2009 Meeting! You must be present to win! The winner for this year was Lisa Oakley of the East Tennessee History Museum.  Congratulations Lisa!


 
 
Keynote Speaker
Rich Boyd, Executive Director of the Tennessee Arts Commission will be our keynote speaker at the Thursday Business Luncheon.
 

 
 
 

Annual Meeting Program 

Full Session Descriptions or At-A-Glance
Click on the above listings to see detailed information about sessions or a quick reference for the meeting sessions and events.

NOTE: Mr. Feller Brown will not be our auctioneer this year. The mention in the printed newsletter was a mistake and we apologize, but will still have a fun live auction!


 
  Education Programs Marketplace of Ideas
Education Programs Marketplace of Ideas is a new way to share your
"recipes of success" in Education programming.
To sign up and join this session go to Marketplace.
 
  Exhibitors
Its not too late to still be an exhibitor at the TAM Meeting this year at the DoubleTree Hotel in Jackson. Each year the number of exhibitors grows, but there is still some space available for more exhibitors.  If you are interested in being an exhibitor or if you have any questions you can call the TAM phone number 866-390-3638 or by emailing info@tnmuseums.org. Fee includes business luncheon and evening events for up to two exhibitors. Click on Exhibitor Form to read more details and to print and send in your information. Hotel Room reservations must be made by March 10th!

2008 TAM Exhibitors  Updated March 12th

AASLH
Arcadia Publishing
Hollinger Corporation
MBA Design & Display Products Corp.
Navis Pack & Ship
Southwest Solutions Group
Stories Past
Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
The Donning Company Publishers
The History Press

Sponsorships
Sponsorships for the TAM Annual Meeting are encouraged from any individual or organization interested in providing additional support to TAM. These organizations will be acknowledged in the Conference Program as well as with signage where appropriate. To find out more go to Sponsorships.

2008 TAM Sponsors & Hosts

1220 Exhibits
Art Under A Hot Tin Roof
The Historic Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum
Discovery Museum of West Tennessee
Humboldt Strawberry Festival Historical Museum
International Rock-a-Billy Hall of Fame
Melissa Zimmerman
NC & St. Louis Depot and Railroad Museum
Studio LaPaglia
The Dickson Gallery of Fine Art
The Forked Vine wine & Spirits
West Tennessee Regional Arts Center
The Bakers Rack

Advertisements
Advertisement space will be available in the annual conference program. The deadline for receipt of ad/art will be in March 8, 2008. Digital ads and art can be sent on disc or via email to info@tnmuseums.org. Please have all images as jpeg, tif, or pdf. Payment must accompany the ad/art or be received before the deadline for the advertisement to be listed.  Click on Advertisers for more info and ad rates.


 
  Museum Match    NEW for 2008!

Museum Match is an informal mentoring program for museum professionals that will commence at the TAM annual conference held in Jackson March 26-28, 2008. The mission of Museum Match is to strengthen the museum community in Tennessee by pairing emerging professionals with experienced professionals.

To serve as a mentor, we ask that you have at least 5 years experience in the museum industry. For more information, please contact Jessie Foster at 615.744.4902 or jfoster@fristcenter.org.

We hope you will consider participating in the Museum Match program!

Click on Museum Match Application to read and print application.

Applications need to be completed and returned by March 21st, 2008!
 



 
  Humanities Tennessee Scholarships     

Twenty  individuals from thirteen organizations were recipients of the 2008 Humanities Tennessee scholarship program.  They were:

Big Black Creek Historical Association: Harriet E. Coburn, Billy J. King
Dickson-Williams Mansion: Barbara Nyman, Beverly Williams
Discovery Museum of West Tennessee: Pat Mingledorff, Judy Pennel
Dyer County Historical Society: Danny Walden
Green McAdoo Cultural Organization: Marilyn Hayden, Cleo Ellis
Hardeman County Chapter, ATPA: Diane Mumford, Cissye Pierce,
                                                            Debra Savage, Ken Savage
LaGrange Cultural Foundation: Alice Allen
McNairy County Historical Museum: Thomas Cauley, Brenda Cauley
Nathanael Greene Museum: Jack Abee
Overton County Heritage Museum: Ron Goode, Teri Goode
Spring City Historical Museum & Depot Commission: Mary Sue Garrison

Congratulations to all and we hope to see you again at next year's meeting.

Humanities Tennessee and the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) are pleased to announce our joint scholarship program for the 2008 TAM conference. this initiative stems from our organizations' commitment to provide opportunities for professional and organizational development of Tennessee's museums and humanities community. Past conference sessions covered relevant topics such as collections care, exhibit design, and fundraising. Each scholarship provides two nights lodging at the Doubletree Hotel, all meals provided by the conference, and conference registration fees. Scholarship recipients will be responsible only for their mileage , and an institutional TAM membership at a cost of $50.00.

The scholarships are available to volunteers without museum related backgrounds who work with a nonprofit museum or organization that is starting a museum. Organizations with paid, professionally trained staff are not eligible, nor are previous scholarship recipients. Preference will be given to applicants whose organizations are new to TAM.
Interested organizations must submit a simple application form in order to receive a scholarship. The application must be postmarked by 25 January 2008, and scholarships will be announced in early February 2008. Scholarships are available for two people from up to fifteen organizations.

For questions about scholarships or to receive an application form, please contact Melissa Davis at Humanities Tennessee by phone, 615-770-0006 x16, or by email, melissa@humanitiestennessee.org. For questions about the conference, please contact John Lancaster of TAM by phone 1-866-390-3638, or email, info@tnmuseums.org.


 
  2008 TAM Scholarships
The Tennessee Association of Museums awards three Scholarships to the annual meeting, usually one to a  qualified recipient from each Grand division of the state.  Each scholarship recipient receives full conference registration fee waivers, accommodations for two nights at the Conference hotel and a transportation allowance of up to $50.

The winner of the 2008  TAM Scholarship were:

Sylvia Idom, Museum Center at 5ive Points 
NaCole McAdams, Hands On! Regional Museum

Congratulations to the 2008 winner!

TAM established this scholarship program to encourage students to enter the museum field, to promote museum studies in Tennessee’s higher education institutions, and to encourage networking opportunities among new museum professionals.

ELIGIBILITY:
Undergraduate students, graduate students, museum interns, and first-year museum professionals may apply for a TAM scholarship.  They must be residents of Tennessee, be employed in Tennessee, or attend a school in Tennessee.

APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
Applicants should send a letter of application to the TAM mailing address.  The letter should be no more than one page in length and should include the applicant’s mailing address, daytime phone, reasons for wanting to attend the Conference and a brief description of interest and experience in museums.  In addition, applicants should include a resume and the name and phone number of at least one reference who can attest to the applicant’s interest in the museum field.

IF YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, PLEASE  NOTIFY SOMEONE YOU KNOW WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING THE TAM CONFERENCE!

NOTE:  This is separate from the Humanities Tennessee Scholarships.


 
  Silent Auction & Live Auction
We had a great auction this year with a surprise auctioneer Aunt Mattie Gooch! If you were there you know how much fun we had!

 
  TAM Awards Nominations

While the deadline has passed for this year be thinking about nominating your special 2008 accomplishments for a TAM Award of Excellence at the 2009 meeting.

The area representatives are as follows:

Northeast Tennessee Representative: 
Theresa Burchete-Anderson, Director, Carroll Reece Museum

Middle Northeast Tennessee Representative: 
Andy Simon, Operations Manager, Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center

Southeast Tennessee Representative: 
Lollie Bekkevold, Museum Services Coordinator/Curator, Museum Center at 5ive Points

Middle Tennessee Representative: 
Hillary Steinwinder, Manager of Public Programs, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art

West Tennessee Representative:
Alisa Bradley, Museum Manager, Mississippi River Museum

For Rep contact information and county information click on TAM Awards Committee

If you have questions about the nomination instructions, please contact Deborah Montanti, Awards Committee Chairperson at 423-753-9580 or dmontanti@heritageall.org  or click on Awards Cover Letter.
For Printable Guidelines and Nomination Form click on Guidelines.


The 2008 TAM Awards Dinner and Ceremony was held at the Jackson DoubleTree Hotel University Room. It was a wonderful evening to recognize and honor Tennessee museums for their professionalism, creativity, scholarship, and public service.
Congratulations to all the winners!

2007 TAM Award Recipients -

EXHIBITION - PERMANENT

Small Museum
Commendation - Tennessee Agricultural Museum, Through the Garden Gate

Medium-sized Museum
Award of Excellence - Frank H. McClung Museum, "The Battle of Fort Sanders November 29, 1863"

EXHIBITION - TEMPORARY

Large Museum
Commendation - Tennessee State Museum and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, "Hoofbeats in the Heartland: Civil War Cavalry in Tennessee"

Commendation - Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, "Music City Picks: Choices from Cheekwood's Collection"
Award of Excellence - Frank H. McClung Museum, "Sacred Beauty: A Millennium of Religious Art"

NOVELTY

Small Museum
Award of Excellence - Lane Motor Museum, "Specialty LMM Car Mug"

Medium-sized Museum

Commendation - Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, "Olen Bryant: A Retrospective"

PUBLICATION - FLAT PAPER
Small Museum
Commendation - Historic Mansker's Station, Colonial Fair 2007 Poster

Award of Excellence -
Museum Center at 5ive Points, Center Points
Large Museum

Commendation -
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, "Once Upon a Garden" (Advertising)

PUBLICATION - BOOK/CATALOG

Small Museum
Award of Excellence - Tennessee Agricultural Museum, Through the Garden Gate
Commendation - Girl Scout Museum at Daisy's Place, Tanasi's Treasurer 1923-2005

Medium-sized Museum

Award of Excellence - Frank H. McClung Museum, "Annual Report of the Frank H. McClung Museum"
Award of Excellence - Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, "Olen Bryant: A Retrospective"

Large Museum
Commendation - Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, The Ewers-Tyne Collection of the Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood

PUBLICATION - NEWSLETTER

Small Museum
Commendation - Museum Center at 5ive Points, Center Points

Large Museum
Commendation - Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Inspire

PUBLICATION - AUDIO-VISUAL OR CD

Medium-sized Museum

Award of Excellence - Frank H. McClung Museum, "Its Memory Alone Remains"

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING

Small
Museum
Commendation - Tennessee Agricultural Museum, "Pioneer Journey"
Award of Excellence - Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum, "Musical Guide for Educators"

SPECIAL EVENT - COLLABORATION

Small Museum
Commendation -  Blount Mansion, James White's Fort, Marble Springs, Ramsey House Plantation, Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, Tellico Blockhouse, "Tennessee Statehood Day, 2007"

SPECIAL EVENT

Large Museum

Commendation -  Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, "Tales and Tunes"

VOLUNTEERISM

Small Museum
Commendation - Historic Mansker's Station, Individual Volunteer: Joy Mayfield
Award of Excellence - Museum Center at 5ive Points, Kathy Rohsenberger's Grape Escape


 

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