Central Arizona Museum Association
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Founded | 1978 |
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Type | 501(c) (3) Non-Profit Association |
AZ Tax Identification #: 86-0495403; AZ Corporation Commission ID #: 0161357-0 | |
Focus | Museums, including professionals and volunteers |
Area served | Arizona Counties served by CAMA: Gila, Maricopa, Yavapai, and Pinal |
Website | http://www.azcama.org/ |
Central Arizona Museum Association (CAMA) founded in 1978, is a 501(c)(3) regional non-profit organization dedicated to fostering collaboration among museum professionals, encouraging professional development, improving best practices, and promoting the value of member museums to the greater community. Central Arizona is home to diverse museums - excellent venues for spending time with family and friends while gaining educational experiences. Arizona museums offer exhibitions, programming for students, adults, specialists, and children ranging from lectures to social hours, free events, workshops, demonstrations, trips to other destinations, and so much more. [1]
Central Arizona Museum Association membership boundaries include the following Arizona counties: Gila, Maricopa, Pinal, and Yavapai. CAMA's individual members include directors, curators, registrars, educators, exhibit designers, public relations officers, development officers, security managers, trustees, students, and volunteers. Its museum members represent art, history, natural history, science, military, specialized, and youth museums.
CAMA is registered with the Arizona Corporation Commission as a 501(c) (3) Non-Profit Association. [2]
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Founding Institutions and Officers
Institutional history[3]
Founding Institutions - February 1, 1978
Chandler Historical Society
Glendale Historical Society
Mesa Museum
Phoenix Historical Museum
Tempe Historical Museum
Founding Officers -1978 [4]
First President - Tray C. Mead, Mesa Museum
Vice-President - Peggy Burton, Tempe Historical Museum
Secretary - Mary Jane Williams, Arizona State University Art Collection
Treasurer - Lee Scott Theisen, Phoenix Historical Museum
Publication
Every other year CAMA produces a brochure—available in printed format and online on the CAMA website—highlighting its member museums. The brochure includes a map indicating locations of member museums, as well as institutional information.[5]
Programs
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CAMA meets from September to May on the second Wednesday of each month. These hour-and-a-half-long professional-development meetings feature presentations and demonstrations on a wide-ranging array of topics of interest to membership. Member museums or affiliated cultural institutions serve as hosts for CAMA meetings.[6]
Awards and Grants
CAMA provides an annual opportunity for its members to apply for stipends. These stipends award funds covering conference attendance or other professional experiences for its members. In 2013 CAMA honored deceased colleague Alice C. Jung, CAMA secretary from 2005 to 2009, by dedicating that year's stipends in her memory.
In June 1999 and April 2000, Robinsons-May Department Store gave CAMA grants of $10,000 to help promote local museums in what soon became Robinsons-May Museum Month, and, in May 2004, Robinsons-May granted $18,000 for Museum Month.
On September 24, 1999, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) granted CAMA $27,300.00 for Project SMART (Small Museums of Arizona Resource Training), a collaboration between Arizona Humanities Council, ASU Museum Studies, and the Museum Association of Arizona to provide a resource manual and several professional-development workshops.
International Museum Day (IMD)
Each year during the month of May, Central Arizona Museum Association (CAMA) sponsors the celebration of International Museum Day (IMD)[7]with its member museums offering special promotions, programs, and discounts. IMD, created in 1977 by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), raises public awareness about the vital role museums play in creating a sense of community. In 1978, 1984, 1994, and 2014 CAMA was awarded gubernatorial proclamations in celebration of International Museum Day. The Arizona Memory Project also archives a number of International Museum Day materials. [8]
Archives
Central Arizona Museum Association Records [9] are housed at Arizona State University Library: Archives & Special Collections Reference Services located at the Tempe campus.
External links
- For more information on CAMA, its member museums, programs, and bylaws, visit the Central Arizona Museum Association's website at: http://azcama.org/
- CAMA records are archived at ASU Libraries' Archives & Special Collections, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287: http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view? For additional information, please contact Karrie.Porterbrace@asu.edu; (480) 965-4925
- List of Museums in Arizona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Arizona
References
- ^ "Serving, Sharing, Saving: The First Twenty-Five Years of the Museum Association of Arizona," Rebecca R. Akins, 2007; page 45.
- ^ Arizona Corporates - Company Profiles of Arizona http://www.arizonacorporates.com/corp/580074.html
- ^ Information for this section was extracted from the official Central Arizona Museum Association Records, housed at the Arizona State University Archives & Special Collections, Tempe, AZ. http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view
- ^ Board-president roster compiled from Arizona Corporation Commission records. http://www.azcc.gov
- ^ Arizona Edventures - Museums http://www.arizonaedventures.com/things-to-see-do/arizona-field-trips/museums/
- ^ Nerdy Data http://azcama.com.nerdydata.com/
- ^ “Arizona Family Magazine” International Museum Day http://events.azfamily.com/International_Museum_Day/289370384.html
- ^ Arizona Memory Project http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/contributor?colln=camaimd
- ^ Arizona Achives Online Central Arizona Museum Association Records 1980-2015 MSS-366 http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/cama.xml;query=;brand=default