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Annual Report 2006

Annual Meeting

The 2006 Annual Meeting, "Fueling Museums: Wildcatting for Big Ideas", was held April 4-7 at the Holiday Inn Beaumont Plaza. Attended by 527 participants, it featured six pre- and post-conference workshops and tours plus 39 concurrent sessions. The keynote speaker was Dr. Stephen Klineberg, Professor of Sociology, Rice University. Dr. Peter Marzio, Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, was another plenary speaker. Tony L. Chauveaux, Deputy Chairman for Grants and Awards, National Endowment for the Arts, addressed the general session on the second day of the conference. The closing talk was given by Observer/Commentator Terry Grose Beamsley, Assistant Director, Toledo Museum of Art. The meeting was hosted by 11 Beaumont museums and cultural institutions, most of which served as evening event venues.

Workshops and Symposia

In 2006 TAM sponsored two workshops, one on fundraising and one on digital photography. TAM also sponsored Museum Leaders Discuss the Future, October 27-28 in Galveston. Dr. Peter Bishop, Director of the Program in Studies of the Future, University of Houston, was the facilitator. Bob Rogers, founder and CEO of BRC Imagination Arts was the featured speaker. It was attended by 36.






Publications

Museline was published quarterly (Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct) in 2006. Museline includes articles on current issues affecting museums, legislative issues, association news, grant deadlines, exhibition dates, and technical leaflets. Each individual, business, and institutional member of TAM receives a copy of Museline. In September the TAM Council decided to publish the quarterly newsletter only in an electronic version beginning in January 2007.

TAM published Museline Online, its e-mail newsletter monthly during 2006. In fall 2006 TAM made some important changes: 1) it redesigned Museline Online; 2) it began using a service (Constant Contact) to distribute it; and 3) it began sending it out for free to anyone. By the end of 206, Museline Online was being sent to over 1,300 TAM e-mail addresses (up from 800 at the beginning of 2006.)

In 2006 TAM continued sales of The Museum Forms Book, Planning for Response and Emergency Preparedness, Starting Right: A Basic Guide to Museum Planning, and Art Guide Texas. Action Plan: Multicultural Initiatives in Texas Museums is published on the TAM Web site.

Information Services

Web Site: TAM continued to maintain and update its Web site in-house throughout 2006.

MuseSearch: In 2006 TAM maintained and updated MuseSearch, its online searchable database of information on Texas museums at http://www.museumsusa.org/directory/search/. Hosted by www.MuseumsUSA.org the number of museums listed on MuseSearch was 671 at the end of 2006.

TexasHELP: In 2006 TAM partnered with Exhibits USA in Kansas City to conduct the fourth year of the Hands-on Experiential Learning Project (HELP), a program designed to provide onsite technical assistance and exhibitions in three regions of Texas. It is funded by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Institution of Library and Museum Services, and four Texas foundations.

Traveling Environmental Monitoring Kit Program

With 1998 funding from the Meadows Foundation, TAM implemented a program to make six traveling environmental monitoring kits available for loan to Texas museums. Kit Managers in each of TAM's six regions supervised the loan of kits to Texas museums in 2006.

Other TAM Services and Activities

TAM Council: As required by the TAM bylaws, the TAM Council conducted quarterly Council meetings on February 17, June 26, September 8, and December 8.
Committees: Active committees during 2006 included Annual Meeting Program and Publications. Council Retreat: September 9-10, 2006, the TAM Council met for a day and a half retreat in Fort Worth to develop an "Action Plan," setting TAM goals and priorities for the year ahead.

Membership

At the end of 2006 the TAM membership stood at 760 comprised of 454 individuals (including 25 trustees and 49 students), 28 businesses, and 278 institutions. TAM institutional members may designate one staff member for each $200 in institutional membership dues. There were 93 institutional designees by the end of 2006. Support of members has been essential to allow TAM to expand its services to the Texas museum community and to remain the largest state museum association in the nation. The following is a list of 2006 major contributors* and patrons, whose leadership plays a key role in our success.

$1000 and over
Blanton Museum of Art
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Contemporary Arts Museum
Dallas Museum of Art
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History
Houston Museum of Natural Science
McNay Art Museum
Museo Americano
Museum of Nature and Science
Nasher Sculpture Center
San Antonio Museum of Art
Stark Museum of Art
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Sixth Floor Museum @ Dealey Plaza
Witte Museum

$750 - $999
Amon Carter Museum
Artpace San Antonio
Austin Children's Museum
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
The Children's Museum of Houston
The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future

$500 - $749
American Quarter Horse Heritage Center
Art Museum of South Texas
Dallas County Heritage Society
Museum of South Texas History
Museum of Western Art
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum
The Crow Collection of Asian Art
Tyler Museum of Art

Business Members
1220 Exhibits
Art Restorations, Inc.
Bags Unlimited
Brazos Film & Video
Cecelia Ottenweller Consulting
Displays Unlimited, Inc.
Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford
Henderson Phillips Fine Arts
Judith Godfrey Associates, LLC
Lake/Flato Architects, Inc.
Laurie Zapalac-Cultural Resource Planning
Maria Valentina Sheets Conservation, Inc.
Mark A. Jircik Exhibits Fabricators
Mid America Arts Alliance
Museum Arts, Inc.
Museumscapes, LLC
Pentland Conservation, LLC
Rhotenberry Wellen Architects
Riggs Ward Design
Spacesaver/Southwest Solutions Group
Steel Fixture Mfg. Company
Studio LaPaglia
Texas Tropical Trail Region
The Projects Group
U.S. Art Company, Inc.
Whitten & Proctor Fine Art Conservation
WOLF Consulting
Wonder Works Exhibits Company

Patron
Joel Sugg

Grants/Underwriting $ 1000 & More
Texas Commission on the Arts
The Summerlee Foundation
Henderson Phillips Fine Arts
Exhibits USA- Texas Help Project
Southeast Texas Museum Assocation
Mamie McFaddin Ward Foundation


In-kind Donations
Beaumont Host Museums

*we regret that there is not enough space to list the hundreds of individuals and business who donated funding, expertise and other resources during 2006. A full listing of the TAM membership is available from the TAM office.

Statement of TAM Financial Position

** 2007 figures are through 12/31/2007 and have been audited. For a complete
copy of 2007 financials, audits through 2007, and IRS Form 990s, contact the TAM office.

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