Join Museum Services for a free webinar about increasing community engagement through exhibits from your permanent collection.





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*November 7, 2023*






MOST exhibit
Building Community Engagement through Collections Exhibitions

Tuesday, November 14, 2:00 p.m. CT

Melissa Pe?a, Collections and Exhibits Coordinator, Museum of South Texas History

Melissa Pena

A?museum?s collections storage area may be imagined as a dark, mysterious place where artifacts collect dust, but it is also full of potential exhibits that will can community trust by share important local stories.

In this webinar, you?ll learn how the?Museum of South Texas History [ [link removed] ]?increased their visitation and community engagement through a rotation of low-cost exhibits pulled from their collection. Melissa Pe?a will share how she mounted one new exhibit every month for a year, as well as the dos and don?ts she learned along the way.



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In addition to Museum Services [ [link removed] ]' own free webinars, we also maintain a list of free webinars hosted by other organizations [ [link removed] ], which is updated daily. Upcoming highlights include:


* Centering Play to Inspire Curiosity and Collaboration [ [link removed] ], November 9, 4:00 p.m. CT, Association of Midwest Museums
* You Are Welcome: Reconsidering Visitor Engagement [ [link removed] ], November 14, 1:00 p.m. CT, National Docent Symposium Council
* Decolonizing in Collections Care [ [link removed] ], November 16, 12:00 p.m. CT, Connecting to Collections Care
* Decolonizing the Collection and Spiritual Care of Artworks [ [link removed] ], November 17, 11:00 a.m. CT, Museum Association of New York
* Native American Research Resources [ [link removed] ], November 17, 3:00 p.m. CT, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

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About Us

The Texas Historical Commission?s Museum Services [ [link removed] ] Program provides support, resources, and training to history museums in Texas. Museum Services staff are available to provide individual consultations to museum staff and supporters. We encourage museums to contact us <[email protected]> with questions or to schedule a phone consultation.

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