The 2024 IAM Conference theme, Healthy Museums & Healthy Communities is set to inspire museums to looking beyond their traditional impact in their community. What does healthy mean to your museum? Does it just refer to best practices? What does the impact to your community look like when your museum focuses on health?

When we think of healthy museums it could mean anything from: financial health, a healthy work place, art or music therapy, health themed events like blood drives or mental health workshops, health in exhibitions, or many other things. We are looking for workshops and session proposals that touch on the idea of healthy living and museums.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Proposals that include multiple perspectives on a topic related to the conference theme
• Representation from a variety of disciplines (History, Art, Zoo, Science, etc.)
• Representation from all sizes of museums

PROPOSAL DUE DATE: Friday, May 31, 2024

CONFERENCE: October 23rd-25th, 2024

CONFERENCE PROPOSAL OPTIONS

PANEL SESSION

Approximately 90 Minutes, three examples highlighting the work of different museums on a theme or topic, at a minimum three presenters, or more, plus a chair facilitator. 

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

Approximately 75 Minutes, different conversational perspectives and exchanging ideas on one topic, at a minimum three presenters, or more, plus a chair

facilitator.

WORKSHOPS

Minimum 2 Hours, single subject matter presenter. Deep dive into a topic.