MAA 2026 Conference
Fountain Hills, AZ
April 27, 2026
Co-sponsored by the River of Time Museum
and the International Dark Sky Discovery Center

Join us for our first in-person state-wide conference since the COVID pandemic! 

With the theme, Technology, we’ll be focusing on the ways in which Arizona museums have adopted and adapted technological advances over the last 6 years.  From Online Meetings to Virtual Tours to QR Codes, presentations will look at using applications that have become second nature, as well as ones that explore newer and more controversial technologies like Virtual Reality and the broad use of Artificial Intelligence.

Conference registration includes:
- All Conference presentations, including poster sessions
- Keynote Address from Simon Adlam Tipene
- President’s Breakfast  
- MAA Annual Meeting  
- Professional Recognition Awards Luncheon
- Closing Party at the River of Time Museum

Additional Events:
- Star Party at the International Dark Sky Discovery Center (Sunday, April 26)
- Field Trip to the Adero Trailhead with the Sonoran Conservancy (Tuesday, April 28)
- Tour of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation with Clissene Lewis (Tuesday, April 28)

Please register separately for the following workshops:
- JEDAI Training (Tuesday, April 28)
- Create Your Cultural Organizational Disaster Plan (Tuesday, April 28)

Scholarships are available.

If you have questions or are having difficulties registering a please contact Janice Klein at azmuseums@gmail.com.  

If you are not already an MAA member and wish to join to take advantage of the discount rate, you must do this first, using the Membership form on the MAA Website (www.azmuseums.org).