October Meeting

Greetings!  Our October meeting was at the wonderful Watermens Museum in Yorktown.  Please click on the Museum of the Month tab to visit their website – one of their upcoming events is the Urbanna Oyster Festival!  YUM!!

August Meeting

Our August meeting was held at Lee Hall Mansion – what a great place to visit!!

Because they were our generous host, they are featured under our Museum of the Month tab…  Please, support them for supporting us!

We will reconvene in October, place to be determiend!

April Meeting

Spring has sprung and we are all busy busy busy!!

Due to the amount of programs each museum is running during the Spring Breaks, our April meeting has been cancelled.

Please check back as the destination for our June meeting is still being discussed!

Thank you and happy Spring!

Don’t forget to visit our Museum of the Month tab and our own Casemate Museum is now on Facebook, so go become a FAN!!

February Meeting

Baring anymore un-Virginian-like winter weather, we will be gatthering at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton for our first meeting of 2010!  The meeting will take place at the usual time, 2:00, hope to see old and new faces there!!

December Meeting

Our December meeting will be held on 2 December 2009 at 2:00 at the Hampton History Museum. 

Our final meeting of 2009, all representatives are asked to make an effort to join us!

Please visit our Museum of the Month tab, as our host is featured!

October Meeting

The October meeting was held at the Waterman’s Museum in Yorktown.

This site will be updated shortly to reflect the current PMF members.

August Meeting

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, August 5th, 2:00 pm at Isle of Wight County Museum. Museum Curator, Tracey Neikirk, will show a powerpoint of the flood and re-opening of the museum.

For directions – call Tracey at 757.356.1014 or check the Museum’s website

February meeting

The February Peninsula Museums Forum meeting shall be held on WEDNESDAY, February 4, 2009 at 2 p.m.  We hope our fellow SHRMF members will attend as well!

LOCATION: 

                Jamestown Settlement
                2218 Jamestown Road, Route 31 S.

                Williamsburg, 23185
                GPS coordinates:
                37.225069,-76.786218 
      

DIRECTIONS:  From Hampton Roads, take I-64 west to Exit 242A. Follow Route 199 for five miles. Turn left at the fourth traffic light onto Jamestown Road. Drive four miles on Jamestown Road, and turn left at the Jamestown Settlement sign, onto Route 359. Turn right into the museum parking lot.            

Parking is free at Jamestown Settlement.

Park in the Jamestown Settlement visitor lot and come to the door furthest to the right on the front of the building ( not the main lobby door).  We will be meeting in the Education Wing in classrooms B and C.

PROGRAM:   Mr. Peter Leighton will attend our meeting and present info on the Small Museum Association and their upcoming conference in Ocean City, MD.

 

October Meeting

The October Peninsula Museums Forum Meeting shall be held on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008 at 2 p.m. We hope our fellow SHRMF members will attend as well!

LOCATION: U.S. Army Transportation Museum
300 Washington Blvd.
Fort Eustis, Virginia
(757) 878-1115

Directions: I-64: Take exit 250A on to Fort Eustis Blvd. (towards Fort Eustis)
Stay in the right lane as you will be required to enter the vehicle inspection station before entering the post. The vehicle inspection will take at least 5 minutes (depending on traffic)so please plan accordingly. Make sure that you have a photo ID and all your vehicle paperwork as they will be required to enter Fort Eustis.

When entering Fort Eustis we are the first major complex of buildings on the left. Take the first left onto Jefferson Ave. then an immediate left on to Washington Blvd. (looks like you are exiting the post) and then right into our parking lot.

If you fail to make the first left just go around the traffic circle and then get on Washington Blvd. exiting Fort Eustis and then right into our parking lot.

PROGRAM: Speaker will be David Hanselman, Director of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum, who recently returned from a year long deployment to Afghanistan as commander of a U.S. Army Military History Detachment.
Come early if you’d like to make a take a walk through the galleries.

PLEASE RSVP by email to matthew.fraas@us.army.mil by Thursday, September 25, if possible. All are welcome!

Happenings…

What: June Peninsula Museums Forum Meeting

When: June 4th, 2008, 2:00 pm

Where: York Hall, Main and Ballard Streets, Historic Yorktown

(York County Historical Museum, 301 Main Street)

Why: Our Annual Meeting!

Jennifer Weiskotten from VAM will discuss MEST

Winnette will discuss the Poquoson Library admission pass program, Rebecca will discuss PMF/SHRMF Reciprocal cards

 

 

ROLE OF MUSEUM EMERGENCY SUPPORT TEAMS (MEST)

MESTs are organized by representatives of institutions within a given region of the state, and are assisted in this effort by the Virginia Association of Museums.  MESTs work together to help each other prepare for emergency situations, gain awareness of and support from local government and emergency officials, talk about possible scenarios and gather supplies as a group.  MESTs may also provide technical assistance to those institutions in their region which do not have a written disaster plan.  MESTs will be informed by VAM when an emergency situation occurs in their region, and individual members may step in to serve in the role of a response team member.

 

 Hampton History Museum will host the PMF August 6th Meeting   The speaker will be the representative from Richmond for VIRGINIA GREEN Campaign.  He can give presentation and share how a museum can go green. 

 

Oct. will be at the Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis.