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Location and Directions
All Sessions will be located at the conference hotel unless otherwise noted.

Holiday Inn by the Bay
88 Spring Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: 207-775-2311 or 800-345-5050
Fax: 207-761-8224
www.innbythebay.com

Download directions to the Holiday Inn by the Bay including a map to the overflow parking lots.

From Points North
• Take Interstate 95 to exit 51 / Interstate 295 South
• Take Interstate 295 South to exit 7 / Franklin Arterial / Route 1A South
• Follow directions from Exit 7, see below.

From Points South
• Take Interstate 95 North to exit 44 (formerly 6A) / Interstate 295 North
• Take exit 7 for Franklin Arterial / Route 1A South
• Follow directions from Exit 7, see below.

From Exit 7
• Follow Franklin Arterial / Route 1A South through 5 sets of lights
• Take a right onto Middle Street
• Middle Street turns into Spring Street
• Follow Middle / Spring Street less than a mile
• Hotel will be on your left at 88 Spring Street

Parking: complimentary parking for guests at the hotel garage, with priority given to overnight guests. Two additional complimentary lots are located on Pleasant Street behind the hotel and at 120 Free Street.


Conference Sponsors

Co-Sponsor
Maine Archives & Museums

Directors and Trustees Dinner Sponsor
Museum Search & Reference

Evening Event Sponsor
SmallCorp (Bowdoin College Museum of Art)

Exhibit Hall Opening Reception Sponsor
Harvard University Extension School/Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies

Directors and Trustees Lunch Program Sponsor
Henderson Phillips Fine Arts Insurance

Welcome and Wake-Up Sponsor
ARTrac
CIEE
Northern Artery LLC
Markel Insurance Company

Newcomers Reception Sponsor
Tufts University Museum Studies Program

Supporting Sponsors
Cardinal Principles of Governance
Qm2
Wilson Museum

Scholarship Sponsors
Gaylord Bros.
John Nicholas Brown Center
Laura B. Roberts
University Products


Host Institutions
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Children’s Museum of Maine
Maine Historical Society
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum
Museum L-A
Portland Museum of Art
Victoria Mansion


Jobs Listing Service at Conference
The jobs listing service is for members seeking employment and institutions seeking to recruit employees.

Museums - This is great way to get the word out about any openings at your museum, or to maximize your job search efforts.
Please send three copies of your announcement/s to the attention of Kathleen Black Reynolds at the NEMA address below by November 1.
Listings should be on letterhead and each position must be on a single, separate sheet of paper. If you have a last-minute job opening, bring three copies of your announcement to the NEMA staff at the registration table as soon as you get to the conference.
All announcements for the jobs binders must include: an address and instructions for submitting an application, the date until which resumes will be accepted, and information about your organization as well as the job title, description and skills required.

Individuals - You will be able to look through the listings and leave resumes for the positions in which you are interested. So remember to bring plenty of copies of your resume!

Want to Spread the Word About Your Participation?
Click here for a template of a press release that you can send to local newspapers to announce that you are part of this regional gathering. Gain some publicity for your museum and NEMA!

Volunteer
All volunteer shifts are full.
We are looking for volunteers to assist us throughout the conference, staffing the registration desk, checking meeting rooms between sessions, supervising off-site travel arrangements, and more. Volunteers who work one shift can attend the rest of that day for free. For working three shifts, volunteers receive a complimentary registration for the whole meeting. Preference is given to individuals who live near the conference site. Call the NEMA office (781-641-0013) for more information.


Exhibit Hall
You’ll be amazed at the variety of products and services presented in the Exhibit Hall, open from 8:00 a.m. Wednesday ‘til 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

—and a chance to win a prize!

Our Exhibitors have donated fabulous prizes, which we raffle off at the Exhibit Hall Closing Reception at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Use your raffle card (found in your on-site registration packet) to collect exhibitors’ initials, and drop it in the Raffle Box for a chance to win!

Visit the following vendors in the Exhibit Hall (as of 10/31/07):
Acadia Insurance Company
American Association of Museums
Antenna Audio
Applewood Books Inc
Arakawa Hanging Systems
Archivart
art2art Circulating Exhibitions
Avitra Exhibit Technologies
Brad Larson Media, Inc.
Brown University, Public Humanities Program
Copley Harris Company, Inc.
Creation Station LLC
Creative Company
Ditto Editions
Donnegan Systems, Inc.
Donning Company, The
Eventective
FedEx Custom Critical
Harvard University Extension School, Museum Studies
Hollinger Corporation
Huntington T. Block Insurance
iMarc
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Lighting Services Inc
Manask & Associates - Foodservice Consultant
Markel Insurance Company
MBA Design & Display Products Corp.
Meridian Printing
New England Systems & Solutions, LLC
Preservation Glazing, Inc.
Richard White Sons
Roger Sitterly & Son, Inc.
Skinner, Inc.
Systematics Inc./Spacesaver
Taft Design & Associates, Ltd.
Tour-Mate Systems Canada Ltd.
University Products
U.S. Art Company
Vista Group International, Inc.
Wondercabinet Interpretive Design
xhibitNet


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Last Updated: August 25, 2008