Dates |
CMEG Milestones |
1981 – 1985 |
Museum Communicators Group meets (a precursor to CMEG) |
Aug 1991 |
Planning for CMEG begins |
Oct 1991 |
First monthly CMEG meeting |
Mar 1993 |
First CMEG Road Trip: House on the Rock, Spring Green, WI
How can a “museum” that breaks all the rules be so much fun? |
Spring 1996 |
Second CMEG Road Trip: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Hey, hey rock and roll!!! |
Feb 1996 |
CMEG Label Writing Workshop at Field Museum |
Dec 1997 |
CMEG Members Directory–first edition |
Dec 1998 |
CMEG meetings go to 4-5 times a year |
Apr 2003 |
Third CMEG Road Trip: Memphis, Tennessee
Graceland, Sun Studio, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, and the Gibson Guitar Plant |
May 2007 |
American Association of Museums annual conference, Chicago
CMEG hosts a Mentoring Roundtable: "One Hundred Reasons to form a professional networking group in your area - and how to do it successfully"
CMEG Develops and distributes a brochure entitled "100 years of Museum Exhibitions: A Tour of Chicago's Milestones" |
Oct 2008 |
CMEG drops snail-mail in favor of solely e-mailed invitations; and creates an e-mail only pdf of the CMEG directory |
Fall 2009 |
CBusMEG (Columbus Museum Exhibitors Group) starts up in Columbus, Ohio – modeled after CMEG |
Nov 2009 |
CMEG joins Facebook |
Dec 2009 |
New CMEG website |
Sep 2011 |
CMEG's 20th Anniversary (with cupcakes)
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Oct 2016 |
CMEG's 25th Anniversary (with cake)
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2016–2017 |
CMEG leadership decided to redefine the organization’s goals and role within the Chicago community, an initiative we dubbed CMEG 2.0. We surveyed our members to gauge what they most value about CMEG, our communication practices, what could be changed in the future, and basic member demographics. The information is being used as we continue to update and improve CMEG.
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