Building Museums™ provides a forum through symposiums, publications and other media for the museum community to interact, educate and share information on best practices related to the construction, financing, planning, renovation and expansion of museums and other historical and cultural sites.

The Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) is pleased to announce fourth annual Building Museums™ Symposium in Washington, D.C., February 28-March 1, 2008.  The event will be hosted at some of Washington's most prestigious museums—the Smithsonian's Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, a second location to be announce shortly and George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate for Day 3.

MAAM is seeking proposals for sessions that will engage museum professionals, architects, planners, and other technical experts in a dynamic exchange of ideas about key issues for museum building projects.  Symposium participants will enjoy opportunities to meet and learn from the professionals impacting museum construction projects today.  Program content will reflect museums of various sizes, disciplines, budgets, collections-orientation, and scope of building projects.

Building Museums™ Symposium 2008 is organized under three interrelated themes:

Day 1: Vision (planning your building project)
Day 2: Implementation (making your vision a reality)
Day 3: Sustainability (“life after opening the doors”)

For further information and questions, please contact Dana Allen-Greil at danagreil@gmail.com.