The Oklahoma Museums Association is looking forward to a great conference in Bartlesville.  Here is information participants might find helpful in planning for the conference.

• The OMA Conference will take place at the Bartlesville Community Center, 300 SE Adams Boulevard, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74003.The registration desk will be located directly inside the building. Be prepared to wear your nametag at all times during the conference. The dress for the conference is business casual, with the evening events being casual.
• Bartlesville is home to Downtown Wireless. The Bartlesville Community Center is located within this free internet zone.
• Transportation is on your own for the conference. Transportation will be provided to the evening events, but you must have pre-registered to reserve a seat. The conference hotel is located approximately one-quarter mile from the Bartlesville Community Center where the conference sessions, luncheons and Exhibit Hall will be held. The conference hotel is Hotel Phillips, 821 S Johnstone, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74003.
• Directions: Bartlesville is approximately 50 miles north of Tulsa. From Tulsa, take US-75 N to US-60 W.
• If you are registered for a pre-conference workshop or tour, please be at the Bartlesville Community Center promptly by 1:30pm on Wednesday, September 24th.
• If you would like to donate to the OMA auction, please remember to bring your items.  You may drop them off at the registration table upon arrival.  We appreciate your support of the annual OMA auction!
• This year, the silent auction will take place during the conference in the Community Hall and will close at 9:30am on Friday.  The live auction will take place at the Thursday evening event.
• There are 11 exhibitors.They are Arcadia Publishing, Certified Folder Display Service, Inc., Elliott + Associates Architects, Event 1 Productions, Exhibit Concepts, Inc., Museum Arts, Inc., Nerwin&Martin Art Products and Services, Southwest Solutions Group, University of Oklahoma College of Liberal Studies,University of Oklahoma Press, and Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Arts. 1220 Exhibits will have information on the Resource Table.
• For those interested in finding out about museum employment opportunities, there will be a Job Announcement Board. Institutions interested in posting a job announcement opening should bring two copies of the job announcement to the registration desk upon arrival to the conference. Job announcements (within Oklahoma) posted at the conference also may be viewed on the OMA website, http://www.okmuseums.org/, following the conference.
• OMA encourages you to attend the annual meeting on Friday, September 26 at 8:30am at the Community Center. The meeting will be fun including door prizes followed by entertainment!
• New! Brochure Exchange: You are encouraged to bring several bundles of 25 institutional brochures, rack cards, etc. from your institution to be placed on the resource table and made available to other conference attendees to take back to their museum to be placed in their racks. The idea is for visitors to have a wider exposure to museums across the state.
• Jennifer Holt, OKRA Chair is asking conference participants "Do you have any conservation questions you would like a conservator to answer?" The question could concern a specific piece, group of pieces, or your entire collection as a whole. Photos are welcome. Any question no matter how odd is encouraged! There is no such thing as a bad question. If you are having an issue with it, someone else is too. Please send your questions and materials to her at jholt@willrogers.com. The questions will be answered at OKRA's PDQ session at the OMA conference. The conservators doing the session will be Deborah Baker and Victoria Book, and they would like to prepare the best answers possible. Email your questions today!

Please contact Stacy O'Daniel at sodaniel@okmuseums.org or Brenda Granger at bgranger@okmuseums.org if you have any questions.  We look forward to seeing you soon.