2024 Nevada Museums Association Annual Conference, October 16 – 18, 2024
with a pre-conference workshop on October 15, 2024
Please join us in Tonopah for NMA’s 2024 conference – Hitting The Lode! Museums Collaborating. This will be an excellent opportunity for attendees to dig deep as we learn, inspire and exchange ideas about museum practice in the Silver State and beyond.
The 2024 Annual Meeting celebrates the coming together of Nevada’s many diverse institutions in the name of collaboration and support of best practices. Attendance to the Annual Meeting is open to museum professionals, leaders, and supporters with the intent that the conference inspires deep thinking, future partnerships and dynamic conversations.
Check out the Program!
Full program now available. Download: 2024 Conference Program (PDF: 1.1MB)
Evening Social Events
Meet up with your fellow conference attendees and discover Tonopah together. Registration required for all events — make sure to add on to your conference registration. All events are free for registered conference attendees. Guests can be brought to the Thursday night dinner for a $25 additional fee on your registration.
Tuesday, 10/15, 6-9 pm
Pre-conference mingle and stargazing at Tonopah Historic Mining Park (110 Burro Ave, Tonopah, NV 89049). Snacks provided, cash bar available.
Wednesday, 10/16, 6-9pm
Goldfield Hotel Tour (69 Columbia Ave, Goldfield, NV 89013)
Thursday, 10/17, 6-7 pm
Dinner and fireside chat with Stanley Paher at the Tonopah Convention Center (301 Brougher Avenue, Tonopah, NV 89049).
Keynote Speaker: Colin Robertson, Nevada Museum of Art
Colin Robertson is the Charles N. Mathewson Senior Vice President of Education and Research at Nevada Museum of Art. He leads the education and research functions of the Museum and works to integrate the Museum’s research work in the Center for Art + Environment with the Museum’s many educational initiatives. He has helped expand and enhance the Museum’s school, teacher, and public programs, refine the docent program, shape the Center for Art + Environment and its triennial Art + Environment Conferences, and initiate the ongoing development of the Museum’s STEAM education initiatives. Robertson also curated the exhibitions “Modernist Maverick: The Architecture of William L. Pereira” (2013) and “Seeking an Expression of Place: The Architecture of Lake Tahoe,” part of the Museum’s 2015 encyclopedic survey, Tahoe: A Visual History. Formerly, Robertson was Vice President at Switch, and the founding director of the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation, a State agency in the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Hotel Info
Rooms are limited and discounts on rooms will end 30 days prior to October 15, 2024.
Mizpah Hotel
100 N. Main St,
Tonopah, NV 89049
Please call to receive special pricing and mention Nevada Museums Association: 775.482.3030
- Double Queen Room- $154.99
- King Room- $149.99
- Queen Room- $145.99
- Queen Econ Room- $139.99
Belvada Hotel
101 South Main Street
Tonopah, Nevada 89049
Please call to receive special pricing and mention Nevada Museums Association: 775 – 277 – 3950
- Double Queen Room- $164.99
- King Room- $154.99
- Deluxe Queen Room- $139.99
- Queen Room- $134.99
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