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Conference 2012:
Rendezvous -"All Together Now!"
  October 17-20, 2012
Kamloops, BC

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NEW!
Find us on Facebook!
As part of BCMA's new communications strategy,
you can now find us on Facebook.

Click-on the icon (left) to "Like Us".

NEW!
Call for 2012 Museums in Motion Awards
Nominations & Bursary Applications
BCMA's prestigious Museums in Motion Awards,
(left), will be presented at the Awards Banquet on
Friday, October 19, 2012 at Conference 2012 in
Kamloops, BC...

Download the 2012 Nomination Form (Word)
Download the 2012 Hardcastle Bursary Form
Download the 2012 Nagel Bursary Form

Deadline for nominations is July 27, 2012.

Please consider nominating your colleagues, institution or notable achievement
in our provincial museums & art galleries community over the coming months so
they may be recognized in 2012. Review 2011 Award recipients.

NEW!
Kirstin Clausen named 2012
Awards Committee Chair
BCMA is very pleased to announce that Past
President & 2011 Award of Merit recipient, Kirstin
Clausen has been named Chair...

Read the News Release

Proposal deadline now passed for
Conference 2012 sessions, workshops

   Read the formal Call for Proposals (PDF)
   Download the 2012 Proposal Guidelines
   (in Word or PDF)
   Download the 2012 Proposal Form (Word)(PDF)

   WATCH for further Program announcements.

   For more information: BCMA@museumsassn.bc.ca

Review last Fall's Conference Survey findings (PDF)

NEW!
Conference 2012 Accommodation
Bookings Now Available...
(Click-on this Accommodations link for
Special BCMA rates & booking details)

REMINDER!
Weblink icon now available for 'Market
Ready' institution homepages

BCMA, as part of the HTA initiative, has developed a
handy weblink for cultural heritage institutions to add
to their websites to help promote heritage tourism
through the dedicated TimeTravelBC.com website...

Click-on the TTBC.com icon (above);
Register your institution by taking the brief online "Market Ready" Survey;
Download the "TimeTravelBC.com" icon above & add it to your homepage,
with this link: http://www.TimeTravelBC.com
UPDATE!
View a sample Kitimat Museum & Archives homepage posting

UPDATE!
Online Fundraising Auction nets $1,200 for BCMA
BCMA's Online Auction ran from April 1-19, 2012 featuring several items donated by members & supporters, and administered under the auspices of Kelowna Museums in support of the provincial organization.

Read the complete Online Auction Launched for details & instructions.
Contact: Julie Fowler, Auction Coordinator at: media@imarts.com

AVAILABLE HERE!
Winter 2012 e-Issue (#250)

(Click the Cover image, at left)

Want to Advertise?
Single issue & 4-issue packages available.
Contact: Lisa Codd, Managing Editor at: roundup@museumsassn.bc.ca

"Time Travel BC" Launch & Presentation:

Official TimeTravelBC.com & iPhone App Launched

BCMA, together with our Heritage Tourism Alliance partners, officially launched TimeTravelBC.com, an "aggregator" website developed to help BC's cultural heritage institutions to better engage with more potential visitors. The presentation, (Click this image for a 5-minute Launch highlights video), staged in the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Auditorium, also included sample HD video content, interactive Calendar of Events, trip-planning tools & a sneak preview of the brand new iPhone App, (See below)...

UPDATE!
  New iPhone App Approved!
  Great news! The new TimeTravelBC.com
iPhone App has just been approved by
Apple, and is available NOW as a FREE
download from the Apple App Store!

Go to iTunes to find our App!

  IF your museum, art gallery, historic
site, heritage property, interpretive
centre, archives, or cultural centre is
listed as "market ready" on the
TimeTravelBC.com website, anyone with
an iPhone can easily find out about you,
and even recommend your site to others
on the internet.

Blackberry & Android Apps are also
coming soon!



It's all part of BCMA's current "Time Travel BC Project", funded in part by
Canadian Heritage under the "Canada Interactive Fund" program.

To register your institution as "Market Ready" & to learn more about how you
can benefit from this exciting new online sector marketing initiative, please visit:
TimeTravelBC.com.

Minister Chong Congratulates BCMA for
Launch of TimeTravelBC.com & New App

"This outstanding interactive service encourages British
  Columbians and tourists from around the world to visit
the fine museums and interesting historic sites located
in regions throughout the province..."

Read Minister Chong's letter to the BCMA.


Fall e-Issue #249
(Please Click-on cover image)

BCMA's New Home
On June 30th, BCMA bid a fond farewell to 26 Burnes
House in Bastion Square & said "Hello!" to Victoria's
historic Yarrow Building in the heart of downtown
Victoria. New street & mailing address is:

BC Museums Association
#201, 645 Fort Street,
Victoria, BC V8W 1G2

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