NOTE: Networking events and other live program features are available only with All-Inclusive registrations. Zoom login and dial-in information will be available in the conference virtual platform.
All participants have access to pre-recorded breakout sessions in our session library prior to the live program week and through February 2022. We encourage you to check out some of those sessions before joining us in live events! Click here to view the digital program.
MONDAY, November 1, 2021
LIVE EVENTS
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET (9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT)
- Morning Networking Coffee: Directors & CEOs
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM ET (10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT)
- Opening Keynote Presentation: Inclusive Museum Leadership, by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, Director at Illinois State Museum, and Chris Taylor, Chief Inclusion Officer for the State of Minnesota
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT)
- Midwest Registrars Committee Business Meeting (RSVP in registration; MRC membership required)
ANYTIME ONLINE
- Explore the Midwest in the Museums Evolving 2.0 Virtual Expo
- Watch pre-recorded breakout sessions in our session library
TUESDAY, November 2, 2021
LIVE EVENTS
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET (9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT)
- Morning Networking Coffee: Exhibitions & Collections
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM ET (10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT)
- Live Panel Session: DEAI: Critical Reflections on Museum Employment Pathways
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT)
- Virtual Expo Lunchtime Networking Roundtable
ANYTIME ONLINE
- Explore the Midwest in the Museums Evolving 2.0 Virtual Expo
- Watch pre-recorded breakout sessions in our session library
WEDNESDAY, November 3, 2021
LIVE EVENTS
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET (9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT)
- Morning Networking Coffee: Marketing & Development
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM ET (10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT)
- Live Panel Session: Repatriation: The Truth Behind the Challenges
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT)
- Lunchtime Networking Roundtable: Leadership at Every Level
ANYTIME ONLINE
- Explore the Midwest in the Museums Evolving 2.0 Virtual Expo
- Watch pre-recorded breakout sessions in our session library
THURSDAY, November 4, 2021
LIVE EVENTS
This day is dedicated to live Q&A with recorded breakout session presenters. These sessions are roundtable discussions using Zoom Breakout Rooms. Each session focuses on a single session track. Each breakout room will feature the panelists of a different breakout session from the session library.
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET (9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT)
- Q&A Session: Community Engagement & Partnerships Track
- Q&A Session: In-Gallery & Virtual Exhibitions
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM ET (10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT)
- Q&A Session: Collections Stewardship
- Q&A Session: Leadership, Management & Equity
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT)
- Q&A Session: Fundraising & Finance
- Q&A Session: Education & Programs
- Q&A Session: Marketing & Digital Media
ANYTIME ONLINE
- Explore the Midwest in the Museums Evolving 2.0 Virtual Expo
- Watch pre-recorded breakout sessions in our session library
FRIDAY, November 5, 2021
LIVE EVENTS
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET (9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CT)
- Morning Networking Coffee: Emerging Museum Professionals
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM ET (10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT)
- Closing Keynote Presentation: Evolving Our Hiring Practices: Using DEI to Support Our Sector’s Greatest Asset by Vu Le, founder of Nonprofit AF
ANYTIME ONLINE
- Explore the Midwest in the Museums Evolving 2.0 Virtual Expo
- Watch pre-recorded breakout sessions in our session library