Mountain-Plains Museums Association

05/20/2026

⏳ Just 1 week left to apply!

The Museum Learning Hub is seeking instructors for a new series of online learning modules designed to support small museums nationwide.

This is your chance to:
✨ Share your expertise
✨ Reach a national audience
✨ Help build accessible training resources for museum professionals

We’re looking for subject matter experts to lead one-hour workshops and contribute to resource toolkits covering topics like management, wellbeing, financial skills, and more.

🗓 Deadline: May 29, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET

Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of this exciting, field-wide initiative!

Apply today: https://tinyurl.com/y3ses5h8

Association of Midwest Museums Southeastern Museums Conference-SEMC Mountain-Plains Museums Association New England Museum Association Western Museums Association

05/06/2026

Take a look!

The six U.S. regional museum associations are excited to announce an open call for instructor applications for a new series of online learning modules for the Museum Learning Hub!

Through the Workplace Transformation Through Management Training Initiative—funded by a National Leadership Grant for Museums from IMLS—we’re expanding cross-regional professional development opportunities designed to strengthen frontline and middle management across the museum field.

This new series will include 24 training sessions and workshops covering:
👉 Introduction to Management
👉 Interpersonal Relations, Wellbeing & Self-Care
👉 Strategic Thinking & Change Management
👉 Financial Management
👉 Project Management
👉 Employee Life Cycle Management

🗓 Application deadline: 11:59 pm ET on Friday, May 29, 2026

If you have expertise to share and want to support the next generation of museum leaders, we encourage you to apply.

🔗 Learn more and apply: https://www.midwestmuseums.org/mlh-mgmtseries-instructors/

Association of Midwest Museums Western Museums Association New England Museum Association Southeastern Museums Conference-SEMC Mountain-Plains Museums Association

05/04/2026

Don't forget to sign up for our May 13th (2pm Central) Webinar Wednesday program by Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson, Director of the Hastings Museum in Hastings, NE on Building Efficiencies and Reorganization. We all have tight budgets and finding ways to be efficient without cutting funding, maintaining staff, and continuing to do what you do best can be daunting. If you have ever thought "what if...maybe we could be better," then this conversation might help. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/cEnKhefpRbisif78Elypjw

04/27/2026

📜Are you interested in applying for the Gilder Lehrman Institute's College Fellowship Program? Join us for a virtual information session on April 30! Meet the Director of Fellowship Programs as well as former and current College Fellows who will give you an overview of the application process, describe research topics and experiences, and answer your questions.

These annual short-term research fellowships offer $3,000 to undergraduate students majoring or minoring in History, American Studies, Africana Studies, Political Science, or related fields. International college students are eligible to apply. Project proposals on all aspects of American history are welcome. Apply by Monday, June 8, 2026!

Launched in 2022, the Gilder Lehrman College Fellowship Program in American History enables young historians to do research using the Gilder Lehrman Collection—a repository containing more than 87,000 items that document the political, social, and economic history of the United States—and other New York City archives.

✨To learn more and receive a Zoom link for the event, please click here:
https://ow.ly/IMxN50YNHmW

04/21/2026

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘁𝗮: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱

“This is a good country for a poor man,” F.A. Newman, a Missouri transplant to North Dakota, wrote in a 1906 letter to the Great Northern Railway.

His testimonial was one of dozens from farmers that appeared in the railroad’s promotional bulletin aimed at attracting settlement to the state. Before social media and influencers, first-hand accounts such as Newman’s were among the creative ways state officials and business interests helped get the word out about North Dakota.

Of course, we’ve come a long way since then—and what a trip it’s been. This summer, the agency will celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday with the launch of a new exhibit tracing our journey from 1776 to today. 𝘕𝘋250 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘱: 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 will include promotional materials that have shaped North Dakota’s identity and inspired people to move or visit this place we call home.

Read the full blog article at https://blog.statemuseum.nd.gov/destination-north-dakota.

04/20/2026

Don’t miss the upcoming Spotlight Talk on Wed, Apr 22, at 12:30 pm! Visit for a 30-minute, midday gallery talk that delves into community-engaged and art historical research of works on view, presented by The Joslyn’s curatorial staff.

This month, Camryn Moore, Rae and Bill Dyer Curatorial Assistant, will speak about Eugène Delacroix’s copies after Peter Paul Rubens and art training in nineteenth-century France, in Gallery J3, Joslyn Building.

Image: Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863), “The Entombment (after Peter Paul Rubens),” 1836, oil on canvas, 28 × 21 in. (71.1 × 53.3 cm), Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, Museum purchase, 1958.3, Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

04/20/2026

04/17/2026

New grant announced from NEH for Institutions of High Learning for Curriculum Development: Western Civilization. Award is for up to $750,000. Deadline is June 25,2026.

Funding Opportunity for Organizations Curriculum Development: Western Civilization Maximum award amount Up to $750,000 Expected Output humanities courses, programs, or curriculums; teaching materials; faculty development programs; teaching partnerships Period of performance Up to 3 years Application...

04/14/2026

LAST CALL FOR RESPONSES:
Oklahoma Museums Association (OMA) in partnership with MPMA, is launching Engage Forward: 21st Century Museum Professionals LEAD, a new three-year professional development initiative designed for emerging administrators at small and mid-sized museums across the Mountain Plains region. We are asking museum professionals to please take the quick survey to help identify current needs and shape the program curriculum.
This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services 21st Century Museum Professionals Program Project grant. Oklahoma Museums Association Texas Association of Museums Nebraska Museums Association Museums Association of Montana Colorado Wyoming Association of Museums New Mexico Museums Association of South Dakota Museums State Historical Society of North Dakota Kansas Museums Association

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01/19/2026

Our 2026 Call for Proposals Deadline has been extended to Valentines Day.

A good reminder that we love museums!