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Oregon Museums Association Supporting museums, cultural institutions and professionals to create a vibrant museum community across Oregon.

It takes immense teamwork to pull off an Annual Conference. The Conference Committee is hard at work to make April in As...
10/13/2026

It takes immense teamwork to pull off an Annual Conference. The Conference Committee is hard at work to make April in Ashland the best ever. Interested in how to get involved in the planning or during the conference? Drop us a line! We'd love to have you and your perspectives.

When everything is a priority - how do you actually manage it?In our free, online Project Management Affinity Group on O...
10/12/2026

When everything is a priority - how do you actually manage it?

In our free, online Project Management Affinity Group on October 19th at 9am, we'll be discussing just that!

Everything is urgent, everyone has a deadline, and somehow, we’re still expected to get it all done. Join Tara Cole, Administrative Manager from the Oregon Historical Society for an open conversation about navigating competing priorities, shifting needs, scope changes, and tight timelines. Bring your experiences, challenges, and ideas as we share what actually works in the real world of project management.

Let us know you'll be there! Sign up here: https://oregonmuseums.org/event-6528730

OMA is seeking Meet Up hosts across Oregon!OMA meet ups are informal and engaging opportunities to connect and network w...
10/09/2026

OMA is seeking Meet Up hosts across Oregon!

OMA meet ups are informal and engaging opportunities to connect and network with fellow professionals in the museum world. They are an opportunity for people to share successes and struggles, pitch new ideas and ask questions, and to find support and inspiration. Above all, we want to create a space for museum and museum-adjacent professionals to have the time to simply meet and have fun!

Meet ups can be hosted in a variety of settings, and you'll receive support from OMA throughout the process.

To learn more about hosting a Meet Up, visit oregonmuseums.org/Meetups or contact [email protected].

Meet Lori Kuechler, webinar presenter for Historians are Grant Writers (Grant Writers are Historians), happening October...
10/08/2026

Meet Lori Kuechler, webinar presenter for Historians are Grant Writers (Grant Writers are Historians), happening October 21 at 11:00AM!

Lori Shea Kuechler is a grant consultant, author, and college instructor. Her first publication was The Portland Police Sunshine Division: An Early History. She is also the author of the book; Historians are Grant Writers: Grant Writers are Historians. Lori has a MAIS from Marylhurst University completing a thesis titled The Mercy of the Soil: The Relevance of Phenomenological Hermeneutics to Oral History. Lori retired as Grant Manager at OHS in 2015 and is the author of over $29 million dollars in successful foundation and governmental grants for educational, historical, cultural, economic development, and human service agencies. She was a Representative to the Oregon House of Representatives for HD 52 and is currently an adjunct Liberal Arts instructor at Southern New Hampshire University.

Born in Seattle, Washington, and raised throughout the Pacific Northwest, she now resides halfway up Mt. Hood, on a small plot of land with her husband, Wayne Kuechler, two dogs, two cats, and five chickens.

Copies of Lori Shea Kuechler's book, Historians are Grant Writers, are available to purchase only as an add-on to your registration for this webinar. We have 10 copies available for $12 each, limit one book purchase per registration.

Register for Historians are Grant Writers (Grant Writers are Historians): https://oregonmuseums.org/event-6832228

Join us for a free OMA meet up at Deschutes Historical Museum in Bend on October 15th from 5-6:30pm! This meetup is an o...
10/05/2026

Join us for a free OMA meet up at Deschutes Historical Museum in Bend on October 15th from 5-6:30pm!

This meetup is an opportunity for museums, libraries, and archives to talk about the more pressing issues facing our institutions in 2026. Over snacks and beverages, we will share and commiserate about the upcoming year.

Let us know you'll be there! RSVP: https://oregonmuseums.org/event-6808820

Join us for our next Board Governance affinity group, happening October 8th at 1pm!Board service can be a solo journey, ...
10/01/2026

Join us for our next Board Governance affinity group, happening October 8th at 1pm!

Board service can be a solo journey, and this is a rare chance to connect with peers from other organizations. Join us to dive into the unique challenges of museum governance, share insights on strategic oversight, discuss effective fundraising, and fiduciary duties.

Let us know you'll be there! Visit https://oregonmuseums.org/event-6558474 to RSVP.

Interested in sharing your work at your organization? Have a program or exhibit that pushes back in this modern climate?...
10/01/2026

Interested in sharing your work at your organization? Have a program or exhibit that pushes back in this modern climate? Session and workshop proposals for the 2027 OMA Annual Conference in Ashland will open in October and close in December.

Welcome to a supportive space for museum board members, trustees, and advisory council members! Board service can be a s...
10/01/2026

Welcome to a supportive space for museum board members, trustees, and advisory council members!

Board service can be a solo journey, and this is a rare chance to connect with peers from other organizations. Join us to dive into the unique challenges of museum governance, share insights on strategic oversight, discuss effective fundraising, and fiduciary duties. Together we can trade best practices, problem-solve, and build a vital network of shared support for confident leadership.

Our next Board Governance affinity group is October 8th at 1pm.

Let us know you'll be there -> https://oregonmuseums.org/event-6558474

Gather 'round the town crier!Introducing the theme for Ashland's conference - Act Out!The 2027 Oregon Museums Associatio...
10/01/2026

Gather 'round the town crier!

Introducing the theme for Ashland's conference - Act Out!

The 2027 Oregon Museums Association Annual Conference theme is Act Out!, in reference not just to our host city of Ashland (home of the renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival), but to the vital importance of letting our communities' voices be heard.

Over the last few years, museums and heritage institutions across the state and the country have been confronted by a convergence of federal censorship, financial pressure, and the dismantling of vital systems of support. The continued removal of exhibits and interpretive signage describing core elements of American history compromises the museum community's integrity and independence, leaving us with the increasingly important responsibility to Act Out! and speak out.

For Oregon's museums to build stronger connections with community members and support a more educated and culturally vibrant society, museums must address historical and contemporary systems of oppression. The 2027 OMA Annual Conference celebrates diversity and amplifies the voices of underrepresented communities across our vibrant state. Join us and let your voice be heard!

Join us Wednesday, October 21 at 11:00AM for Historians are Grant Writers (Grant Writers are Historians)! This webinar i...
09/29/2026

Join us Wednesday, October 21 at 11:00AM for Historians are Grant Writers (Grant Writers are Historians)!

This webinar is intended to help historians connect their existing aptitudes and skills to the process of institutional grant writing. It is not an all-encompassing or even detailed "How To" on the grant writing craft; it is a look at how a professional historian already engages in most of the common doings of the grant writer, and how the use of those skills can prove beneficial to both the historian and the organization with which they are associated.

Copies of the book Historians are Grant Writers, written by our webinar presenter, Lori Shea Kuechler, are available to purchase only as an add-on to your registration for this webinar. We have 10 copies available for $12 each, limit one book purchase per registration. Once we have sold all 10 copies, the option to add-on a book purchase will no longer be available.

Register for this webinar through our website: https://oregonmuseums.org/event-6832228

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