{"id":5,"date":"2020-02-23T01:53:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T01:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:26:23","slug":"about-nma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/about-nma\/","title":{"rendered":"About NMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NMA provides support to the state\u2019s 100+ museums by offering learning opportunities through a quarterly newsletter, annual conference and other informational workshops held throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Board of Directors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>President<\/strong><br>Tracey Sprague, <em>Lost City Museum<\/em>, Overton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vice<\/strong> <strong>President<\/strong><br>Zach Jensen, <em>The Mob Museum<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Secretary<br><\/strong>Kaylie Kurland,<em> Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas<\/em>,<em> <\/em>Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Treasurer<br><\/strong>Lisa Windom, <em>Las Vegas Springs Preserve<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Members-at-Large <br><\/strong>Jordan Canal, <em>Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas<\/em>, Las Vegas; Chair of the Nominations Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laura Christian, <em>DISCOVERY Children&#8217;s Museum<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitchell Cohen, <em>Nevada Preservation Foundation<\/em>, Las Vegas, Chair of the History Community Advisory Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mel Glover, <em>Churchill County Museum<\/em>, Fallon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheryln L. Hayes-Zorn, <em>Nevada Historical Society<\/em>, Reno<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew Malinowski, <em>National Atomic Testing Museum<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adam Michalski, <em>Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City<\/em>, Carson City<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Saylor, C<em>omstock Foundation for History and Culture<\/em>, Gold Hill, Chair of the Membership Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Presidents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Past Presidents<br><\/strong>Bruno Bowles, <em>Las Vegas Springs Preserve<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garrett Barmore, <em>The W. M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum<\/em>, Reno<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Kleven, <em>City of Las Vegas Deputy Director of Cultural Affairs<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dustin M. Wax, <em>Burlesque Hall of Fame<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read or download our current bylaws<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-76b4942e-94b7-4a67-838d-d034a6425e96\" href=\"http:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022.10.13_NMABylaws.pdf\">2022.10.13_NMABylaws<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2022.10.13_NMABylaws.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-76b4942e-94b7-4a67-838d-d034a6425e96\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission The NMA provides support to the state\u2019s 100+ museums by offering learning opportunities through a quarterly newsletter, annual conference and other informational workshops held throughout the year. Board of Directors PresidentTracey Sprague, Lost City Museum, Overton Vice PresidentZach Jensen, The Mob Museum, Las Vegas SecretaryKaylie Kurland, Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, Las Vegas TreasurerLisa &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/about-nma\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About NMA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1553,"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/1553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}