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7 June 2018 10:00The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Learn about public engagement and exhibition planning

The  Children's Museum of Indianapolis has used EMu as their collections management software since 2001. TCMI is currently in the process of implementing IMu and in gallery kiosks to share more of their collection with visitors and the public.   

Our Midwest Roadshow will focus on presentations, discussion groups, and resource planning sessions surrounding the following themes:

- Exhibition Objects and Events 

- iBeacon technology 

- In gallery engagement 

- Publishing your collection online

- Statistics 

Interested in sharing your institutions recent projects? Submit a presentation or discussion group here. 

All you need to know

This event is free to attend for Axiell clients. Attendees are responsible for their own travel and accommodations as well as getting themselves to and from the museum. 

Axiell will provide refreshments and lunch throughout the day. In the evening we will host a reception at The Rathskeller in downtown Indianapolis. 

Registration for this event is limited to 40 people, please sign up early to avoid disappointment. 

Please direct any questions to the Conference Coordinator, Amanda Roy at amanda.roy@axiell.com 

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Schedule

08:30

Registration / Continental Breakfast

2nd Floor of the Manor
09:15

Introduction & Logistics

Sean Meagher

Marketing Manager UK, Axiell (Nottingham)

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Ballroom
09:20

Welcome from Axiell

Amanda Roy

Senior Sales and Marketing Consultant, Axiell (Toronto)

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Ballroom
09:30

Welcome from The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

Jennifer Noffze

Collections Manager, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis 

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Ballroom
09:40

Status update: Axiell Roadmap/ New features

Brad Lickman

Business Development North America, Axiell (Toronto) 

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Ballroom
10:40

Introduction to Onyx, Axiell’s in-gallery engagement tool

Amanda Roy

Senior Sales and Marketing Consultant, Axiell (Toronto)

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Ballroom
10:50

Morning Coffee Break

2nd Floor of the Manor
11:20

Deaccession Tracking

Jennifer Gallatin Rigsby

Assistant Registrar for Collections, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

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Ballroom
11:40

Getting Data Out There

Janeen Jones

Assistant Collections Manager, Field Museum 

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Ballroom
12:00

Exhibits, from the Inside Out: Managing Exhibition Metadata with EMu's Exhibition Objects Module

Foy Scalf

Head of Research Archives / Head of Integrated Database Project, University of Chicago Oriental Institute 

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Ballroom
12:20

Lunch

1st Floor of the Manor
13:20

Discussion Group: Exhibition Objects

Daniela Bono,

Registration Inventory Specialist, Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library


Travis Snyder, 

Collections Database Administrator, Carnegie Museum of Art

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Ballroom
14:20

Discussion Group: Managing Common Museum Procedures – Everybody’s Doing It

Gayle Silverman,

Continuing Education, Axiell (Chicago)

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Ballroom
15:20

Group Photo

Outside in front of Dinosaurs
15:30

Afternoon Coffee Break

2nd Floor of the Manor
16:00

Behind the Scenes Collections Wide Tour

Meet in the Front Foyer of Manor

NEW Sports Park Exhibit Tour

Meet in the Front Foyer of Manor
17:00

End of Day

17:30

Reception

The Rathskeller, 401 E Michigan St, Indianapolis