KMHA Conference Schedule June 22-24, 2014 Morehead State University, Morehead, KY. Monday, June 23, Registration Opens

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1 KMHA Conference Schedule June 22-24, 2014 Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 11:00AM-4:00PM 12PM 1:00PM-5:00PM 6:00PM - 8:00PM Trade Show Booths set up Registration Opens Conference Kickoff Tours 1:00PM-4:30PM Carter Cave 45 minute bus ride. Choose one of two of the park s guided cave tours yearround. Enjoy a subterranean adventure, created by nature over millions of years. Jacket and comfortable walking shoes recommended. Choose either of the following public tours. For the shorter tour, add a nature walk to your itinerary. Limit to first 25 people. Cascade Cave : ¾ mile, 75 minutes, w/ 225 stairs X-Cave : 1/4 mile, 45 minutes, w/ 75 stairs 1:30PM 4:00PM STAR Theater Enjoy a 3-D laser digital show in the comfort of Morehead s Star Theater Planetarium. Carpool to Morehead s campus from Hampton Inn. Show begins at 2pm. 2:00PM 4:00PM Rowan County Historic Walking Tour Carpool 5 minutes to the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music where the tour will begin. Tour guide will provide a walking tour of Morehead, relaying tales of the Tolliver/Martin Feud and a short musical performance. Comfortable walking shoes recommended Opening Reception: Monday, June 23, :30AM 9:00AM - 10:30AM Registration Opens, Silent Auction Opens, Trade Show Booths open How Do You Number That? - Part 1 Workshop Presented by Deborah Rose Van Horn, Registrar, Kentucky Historical Society and Beth Caffery Carter, Collections Management Assistant, Kentucky Historical Society. This hands on workshop covers a variety of numbering techniques for museum collections. Using practice materials, participants will receive hands-on experience on a variety of materials including textiles, furniture, paper, ceramics, glass and metal with information on what and what not to do when labeling an item.

2 And They Will Come: The Challenge of Change / Goodbye Bonnet & Brooms: Reinventing Historic Sites and Museums for Visitor Relevancy. Presented by Orliff G. Mille r, President Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum; Jill Malusky, Director of Visitor Engagement, Shaker Village; Elsa Wachter, Assistant Coordinate of Visitor Engagement, Shaker Village; Aaron Genton, Program Specialist, Shaker Village. In an age with a greater diversity of generational engagement, capturing and immersing the museum and heritage site visitor becomes more challenging. The traditional museum experience is evolving to capture and tweak the visitor experience. Learn how two institutions are reacting to the needs and expectations to maintain relevancy to different age groups. 10:30AM-11:00AM Break ; Trade Show Booth, Silent Auction 11:00AM-12:30PM How Do You Number That? - Part 2 Workshop Continued Mix it Up: A Potpourri of Presentations. 1) Kentucky Craft Encyclopedia, presented by Philis Alvic, Kentucky Craft History and Education Association. Introducing a comprehensive resource for exhibit resources for craft objects, craft-related documents and educational craft programs to museums, historic and heritage sites. 2) Engaging Communities Using Kentucky s Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet Resources. Vicki Birenberg, Kentucky Heritage Council; Lori Meadows, Kentucky Arts Council; Kent Whitworth, Kentucky Historical Society. Help! That's often an often needed request but answers are not always available. Or are they? Discover the resources available to Kentucky's museum, historic and heritage sites at the tip of your fingers. 12:30PM - 1:30 PM 1:30PM-3:00PM Lunch: District Networking; Keynote Speaker Bob Stewart, Secretary KY Tourism and Heritage Arts Cabinet When the Ceiling Falls - Part 1 Workshop Presented by Sandy Staebell, Curator, Kentucky Museum, WKU; Eric Brooks, Curator/Site Manager Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate; ; Betty Lyn Parker, Speed Museum; Chris Goodlett, Derby Museum; Corky Mohedano, Kentucky Historical Society. Wind, water, fire, sinkholes, and other disasters can create havoc with institutional operations. What do you do when disaster strikes? Utilizing personal experience in disaster recovery and planning, learn first hand how to overcome the unimaginable.

3 3:00PM-3:30 PM 3:30PM-5:00PM Roadmap for Fundraising Success - Panel. Presented by Susan Perry, Executive Director SEMC, Atlanta, GA; Lori E. Green, Director of Development, School of Education, University of Alabama Birmingham, and Linda McNay, Ph.D., Our Fundraising Search, Atlanta, GA. From prospect identification to stewardship, learn the practical steps to fundraising. How do we engage the board and volunteers? How do we cultivate and deepen relationships for a capital campaign or planned giving program? Explore the future of fundraising. Break ; Trade Show Booth, Silent Auction When the Ceiling Falls - Part 2 Workshop 5:30PM 7:00PM Textile Collections Care on a Shoestring Budget - Presented by Jennifer Spence, Churchill Weavers Project Coordinator, Kentucky Historical Society and Judy Schwender, Curator of Collections, National Quilt Museum. This session covers the basics of textile collections care for staff and volunteers at small museums. Topics include safe handling, innovative storage techniques, preparing costumes and flat textiles for storage or exhibition, proper environments for display and storage, non-invasive methods of cleaning, and appropriate archival materials and supplies. Silent Auction Closes Dinner Tuesday, June 24, :30AM 9:00PM - 10:30PM Registration Opens, Trade Show Booths open Read it or Weep - Part 1 Workshop Presented by Julie Maio Kemper, Senior Curator, Kentucky Historical Society. This workshop covers best practices and new ideas for exhibit labels and text. Visitor engagement with exhibits depend on exhibit labels and panels. Attendees will learn to consider audience, best practices for writing, layout and editing, and opportunities new technologies offer museums and historic/heritage sites. Learn about tone, layout, new technologies and more. Bring a success story to share and a photograph of one artifact to write a label.

4 Bourbon, Heritage Tourism & the Jack Jouett Archaeology Project - Presented by Nick Laracuente, Jack Jouette Archaeology Project Director, Woodford County Heritage Committee and Craig Potts, Executive Director, Kentucky Heritage Council and State Historic Preservation Office. The heritage component of the bourbon industry has proven to be a critical piece to the industry's success. Examples of bourbon related heritage tourism and the Jack Jouett Archaeology Program will be used as case studies for a new way to engage this theme highlighting the positive connections between sites and communities that have contributed to the success of bourbon related heritage tourism efforts in Kentucky while meeting the educational goals of a historic house museum. 10:30PM-11:00PM Break ; Trade Show Booths open 11:00PM-12:30PM Read it or Weep - Part 2 Workshop Continued Boost your Economic Engine: Synchronizing the Gears of Heritage Tourism. Presented by Vicki Birenberg, Certified Local Government Program and Planning Coordinator, Kentucky Heritage Council. Heritage tourism generates more money per visitor than other types of tourism, and travel industry research confirms that cultural and heritage tourism is one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism industry. Museums/cultural sites can boost their attendance by partnering with other entities to promote strategies designed to maximize the appeal of their region to visitors interested in the history and authenticity of the local culture. 12:30PM - 2:00PM Lunch: Business Meeting

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