2025

October 7

-Promising Leadership Award: Chris Morehead - Association of Midwest Museums

October 9

-Climate Change Data in History Collections - American Association for State and Local History

October 10

-Archives 101 - Historical Society of Michigan

October 14

-Best Practices Award: Naper Settlement - Association of Midwest Museums

October 15-16

-The Museum Summit - American Alliance of Museums

October 16

-The Historical Archaeology of Michigan - Michigan Historic Preservation Network

October 21

-Promising Leadership Award: Rahim Thompson - Association of Midwest Museums

October 23

-Beyond the Noise: Tightening Strategy & Reducing Mission Drift - Northwest Michigan Arts and Culture Network (In person, location TBD, Traverse City)

-Flexing the Museum: The Global Museum in the 21st Century? - University of Michigan Museum Studies Program (In-person, UM Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium)

October 23 & 30

-Copyright Issues for Digital Archivists - Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network (DPOE-N)

October 23

-Flexing the Museum: The Global Museum in the 21st Century? - University of Michigan Museum Studies Program (In-person, Helmut Stern Auditorium, UM Museum of Art)

-From Boxes to Browsers: A Digitization Roadmap for Small Institutions - Artwork Archive

October 24

-Mastering Museum Events: A Practical Guide to Program Planning - Historical Society of Michigan

October 26

-Putting It All Together: Preparing for 2026 at Small History Organizations - American Association for State and Local History

October 27

-Distinguished Career Award: Sara Jane DeHoff - Association of Midwest Museums

October 28

-Handling for Digitization - Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts

October 30

-How to Have More Productive Conversations with Donors - Productive Fundraising

November 3

-Groundbreakers Award: State Historical Society of Iowa - Association of Midwest Museums

November 4

-What is STEPS and Can It Help My Site? - American Association for State and Local History

November 5

-The Cloud Ate My Homework: Building an Archive for Digital Materials - Arts Midwest

November 10

-MI Museums Information Session - Michigan Humanities

November 12

-A Soul for Northern Michigan: Amplifying the Arts in our Region - Northwest Michigan Arts and Culture Network (In person, TC Philharmonic Center, Traverse City)

November 12-13

-Small Museums, Important Collections Virtual Summit - American Association for State and Local History

November 13

-This Used to be Normal: Pattern Book Homes for 21st Century Michigan - Michigan Historic Preservation Network

November 13-16

-Annual Michigan Art Education Association Conference - Grand Traverse Resort, Traverse City

November 14

-Food from the Past: Cooking from Historical Recipe Manuscripts - Historical Society of Michigan

November 18

-Distinguished Career Award: Dr. Elena Gonzales - Association of Midwest Museums

December 3

-How to Foster a Culture of Innovation - Northwest Michigan Arts and Culture Network (In person, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey)

December 4

-How a Conservator Looks at Works on Paper - Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts

December 5

-Publishing Your History Book - Historical Society of Michigan

December 11

-Strengthening History Communication: Reframing the Value of History and Your Institution - American Association for State and Local History

2026

June 16-21

-ALHFAM (Association of Living History, Farms and Agricultural Museums) Annual Conference - Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti (Hosted by The Henry Ford)