Professional Development

Advance your career with learning and professional development training opportunities offered throughout the year. OMA members receive a discount on professional development seminars and workshops.

Click on the links below to register or purchase tickets:

Sign up for these professional development training opportunities and events being offered in the coming months:

Smarties Trivia Night on June 15 at Oklahoma History Center
A Smarties Trivia Night team table of 8 is $200, or you can purchase individual tickets for $25. Register online here.  Registration deadline is June 4. Open to guests 21 and up. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

OMA Annual Conference, September 19-21 in Edmond.
Register online here.

OMA professional development and training opportunities for 2018 are sponsored by Oklahoma Arts Council, Kirkpatrick Family Fund, Visit Enid, Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, The Springer Company, Stafford Air and Space Museum, Frank Phillips Home, Greater Southwest Historical Museum, Oklahoma Archivists Association, T.B. Ferguson Home, and Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Arts.

Discounted Registration for Eligible OMA Members
OMA individual members are eligible for discounted registration. Provide individual membership number at registration.

Designated staff/board members/volunteers of OMA institutional members are eligible for discounted registration. Provide the designated member's membership number at registration (not the institutional membership number). 

Scholarship applications available for eligible OMA members on most OMA programs.

Registration Policy
Registration cannot be shared. OMA may offer special  registration rates for two registrants from the same institution for specific workshops (e.g., MARC). These rates only apply to the specified workshop and not other OMA training or events. Please register only one person per form if special registration rates do not apply.

Cancellation/Refund Policy
Attendee cancellations received by the registration deadline are eligible for a refund unless otherwise noted. Cancellations received after the registration deadline are non-refundable. All cancellations must be in writing. Participant substitutions are accepted at any time. OMA is not responsible for cancellations sent but never received.

OMA reserves the right to cancel a program at any time.  In the event of a program cancellation, participants will receive a full registration refund. OMA is not responsible for any expenses, travel or otherwise, incurred as a result of participation in or cancellation of a program.