SmithGroup at 2025 Association of Midwest Museums Conference

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Join SmithGroup thought leaders and cultural design experts at the 2025 Association of Midwest Museums annual conference in Quad Cities, Iowa, July 30-August 2, 2025.  

 

Thursday, July 31 | 1:30 – 2:30 PM 
Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: Successfully Planning a Museum Capital Project 
Sara Urizar and Rodrigo Manriquez 
A crash course in planning and due diligence that any museum should undertake prior to any capital project. This session will share best practices to help museums better plan for funding and managing costs. Presented in partnership with Etienne Nel of Cumming Group and Wes Mosman Block of Wisconsin Historical Society. 

 

Friday, August 1 | 4:00 – 5:00 PM 
Renovating for the Future: Works on Paper Collection Stewardship in the Twenty-First Century 
Brian Noonan and Jessica Chesu 
Presented in partnership with Nancy Barr and Megan Major of the Detroit Institute of Arts, this session will explore infrastructure upgrades for modernizing collections and storage and gallery spaces for works on paper.