A few weeks ago the Arkansas Museums Association hosted it’s annual meeting in North Little Rock. The meeting is a wonderful two and half days of sessions and events that allow museum professionals from all over the state to get together to exchange ideas and offer each other support for challenges that they might be facing. I attended the conference as a board member and I presented a session on new technologies in museums. Our Director of Security Geoff Goodrich also presented on everyday security for museums. The annual meeting concludes with the awards banquet, which is always a special occasion as we take time to recognize each other’s accomplishments. My position on the board is as the representative from the third congressional district and I’m proud to say that out of the eight categories of awards five awards went to museums in our area. (You can see award winners on the AMA’s facebook page ) Crystal Bridges received recognition for Outstanding Achievement in