As independent museum professionals, we love exhibitions, design, and interpretation. Many of us likely didn’t set out to be small business owners. We’re learning as we go, and that comes with mistakes, sometimes really big mistakes! Join us as fellow IMPs share some of the mistakes they’ve made along the way and the lessons they’ve learned. We’ll laugh, wince, and reflect on how sharing our mistakes can help us learn, grow, and evolve our business practices.

We drew inspiration for this program from the popular AAM annual meeting session Mistakes Were Made, developed by Sean Kelley, of Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site and now of Alcatraz.

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photo by Liza Sumner