Opening Plenary - Day 1 - The Powerful Resilience of Small Museums - Virtual Summit

Recorded On: 12/07/2023

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What makes small museums more resilient and creative than many of their larger peers? Why is being small an advantage for many museums? The summit will kick off with a brief overview of small museums data from AASLH’s Census of History Organizations to show the scope of small museums. Then a group of small museum directors will discuss what they see as the unfair advantage of small museums and why their size is often their superpower.

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Allison Campbell

Heritage Outreach Manager

Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA

Jenn Landry

Director of Museums

City of Irving, Irving, TX

Cynthia Walker

Executive Director

Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME

Cynthia Walker joined the Brick Store Museum staff in 2010 as Museum Specialist, and was promoted to Associate Director in 2012 and Executive Director in 2014. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Public History at Northeastern University, and a master’s degree in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in 2010. Her previous experience includes the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston and Willowbrook Museum Village in Newfield.

Bethany Hawkins (Moderator)

AASLH Chief of Operations

Bethany Hawkins was named Chief of Operations for AASLH in April 2016. She joined AASLH in 2005 in the role of Program Manager working primarily with the association’s continuing education programs, annual meeting, awards program, and affinity groups. Before joining AASLH, she worked as Director of Marketing for the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville and was Executive Director of the Sam Davis Home and Museum in Smyrna, TN. A life-long Tennessee resident, Bethany has both a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master of Arts in Public History from Middle Tennessee State University.