Cosponsored by: The Smithsonian Institution with the cooperation of the American Association of Museums
       

Who

Planning Chairs (also on faculty)
Lauryn H. Guttenplan, Associate General Counsel, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Craig Blackwell, Assistant General Counsel, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

What

Legal Issues in Museum Administration is intended to provide museum directors, administrators, trustees, legal counsel, and others who are concerned with museum operations, with an awareness of the legal problems and issues they will encounter. Although primary emphasis is on new materials, the course is structured so that considerable familiarity with the subject matter is not required. Every attempt is made to provide practical information and to present ways of avoiding and solving expected problems. Although all questions are presented from the legal point of view, no attempt is made to draw an arbitrary line between legal aspects and matters of policy. Time is reserved throughout the program to address registrants’ written questions.

Networking opportunities include: box lunches with colleagues and faculty and evening networking receptions at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University Museum and the Bass Museum of Art.

Main topics include:

• Copyright and the Museum in the Digital Era
• Cargo Screening and Related Customs Issues
• Loan and Exhibition Agreements
• Deaccession Developments: Does Self-Regulation Still Work? The New York Brodsky Bill and Other Trends
• Museum Challenges in Financially Troubled Times: Trends and Lessons Learned
• Litigation Update
• And much more!

When

March 24-26, 2010

Where

Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach, FL

Live On-site: $1149
Live Webcast: $849
Live Webcast Segments: $299