2025 NYCMER Annual Conference
A Regional Conference with a National Impact
Welcome: Museums in Community
Monday, May 19, 2025
Join us for the 2025 NYCMER Annual Conference on Monday, May 19, 2025 at Teachers College, Columbia University. This year’s theme is Welcome: Museums in Community.
What does it truly mean for museums to serve their communities? Who is included—or excluded—when we talk about "community" in practice? How can museums create welcoming spaces that foster connection, engagement, and belonging?
Keynote Conversation
Join us for a conversation with Ben Garcia, inaugural Executive Director of the American LGBTQ+ Museum; and Kimaada Le Gendre, Director of Education & Community Engagement at the Queens Museum. This moderated discussion will consider ideas of community from the perspective of two leaders in the field, and how educators are uniquely positioned to create them in cultural institutions.
Ticket Pricing
- $75 Member Early Bird and $90 Member tickets available by logging in using the Member Portal.
- $100 Not-Yet-Member tickets
- $25 Current Student tickets (Valid student ID required). Please email vicepresident@nycmer.org for details.
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Conference Scholarships
A number of conference scholarships are available by application. All applications must be received by 11:59PM EDT, on Friday, May 9, 2025. For full details, see the application form below.
Plan Your Conference
Choose from 24 breakout sessions, as well as poster presentations, and hands-on activities on a variety of topics including: inclusivity, best practices and lessons learned, access, activism and social justice, community engagement, program development and facilitation, equity, diversity, advocacy, and more! Full program coming soon.
Accessibility:
NYCMER is committed to providing opportunities for all of our members to participate in our programs and engage with one another. Should you require accessibility services, such as live captioning, please contact vicepresident@nycmer.org as soon as possible.
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To get a sense of what it's like to attend a NYCMER Conference, check out this video documenting our conference at the American Museum of Natural History in 2013: