By Carrie Snow   Confession time:  When I view a conference program (other than UMA), I always look f...

Colleagues in museum leadership!   Grab your best board members and join me, our keynote speaker Margaret K...

The UMA Conference Program Committee is pleased to announce that this year’s conference Keynote will be given by Margaret...

Our theme for the 2019 UMA conference is Riding the Relevant Rails. What does that even mean?! Simply put, it means that w...

In 1960 Elvis Presley released the single “It’s Now or Never,” based on the Neapolitan “O Sole mio,” why this information...

It is time once again to nominate your colleagues for the annual UMA awards. We need your help to recognize the amazing wo...

The time has come to nominate your colleagues and/or yourself for one of our annual awards! Do you know someone whose volu...

I ask you this simple question: What would life be like without awards? Well, awardless. And that doesn’t sound like that...

  UMA Award Nominations Due June 2, 2017 By:  Paul Stavast, Director of BYU’s Museum of Peoples and...

UMA Award Nominations Due June 1, 2016 By:  Paul Stavast, Director of BYU’s Museum of Peoples and Cultures...

  Created in 2023, the fund supports the Utah Historical Society and the future Museum of Utah through sales of the...

Prioritization of Budget Requests for iSEE and POPS   Tomorrow ( Tuesday, February 11 at 10 am ), the Public E...

Advocacy is a challenge for me; it’s a lot of time and effort to build relationships that may or may not help my museum. I...

  The 2023 General Legislative Session is completed and the governor will finish signing (or vetoing) bills this wee...

by Kaia Landon   I have a confession to make: advocacy is hard for me. Perhaps this is not what you want to h...

From the desk of Katy Knight | UMA Board President [2025-2026]   Collecting More Than Objects In my experience,...

  From the desk of Katy Knight | UMA Board President [2025-2026]   This year's  Utah Museum Month &...

  From the desk of Katy Knight | UMA Board President [2025-2026]   This week the  Territorial Stateho...

From the desk of Katy Knight | UMA Board President [2025-2026]   At times the world around us can feel chaotic and...

From the desk of Katy Knight | UMA Board President [2025-2026]     I want to wish everyone happ...

  During times of turmoil, museums are as important as ever.  We can provide fun content get through the quar...

A celebration of the life and contributions of Don Hague will be held Friday, November 20 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at t...

UMA Annual Conference Takeaway: Museum Education Best Practices Session By Lorie Millward, Director of Education / C...

Wheeler Historic Farm  has been operated by Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation since the early 1970s. We are the o...

Recruiting and Managing Volunteers in Museums: a Handbook for Volunteer Management by Kristy Van Hoven and Loni Wel...

What will you buy for the museum professional in your life? Here are some brief gift ideas: Fundraising the Dead  ...

“Creative Careers in Museums” is written for those of us who are emerging museum professionals (less than 10 years into th...

I k now – there aren’t that many natural history museums in Utah. Even I only bought these books when I realized how much...

"Speak Up For Museums: The AAM Guide to Advocacy" By Gail Ravnitzky Silberglied (Washington, D.C.: The AAM Press, 201...

Exhibit Review: Leo C. Thorne Collection at the Uintah County Heritage Museum By LeeAnn Denzer  ...

There is an unfortunate perception of small history museums as being quiet, dusty places full of old stuff - rather boring...

By Jessica Weiss, Associate Curator of Education-Springville Museum of Art Located across from the BYU football stadiu...

The governor of Utah issued the Stay at Home Directive on March 27, 2020 to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. As a result,...

A new year, a new decade, and new chances. The Utah Museums Association wants to help  you learn, connect, and advoc...

I heard a saying once that I am finding more and more true: “You are never as smart in a language learned in middle age.”...