Rockin' My First AAM Meeting

After a long drive from Boston and a rocky start yesterday, things have really started to change for the better here at the 2009 AAM conference in Philadelphia. I've met some interesting folks here in Philadelphia, from the gospel organ player who let me jump the line at the Sprint store to the crazy Brown University professor determined to change the way museum studies is taught.

This is my first conference and I am learning quickly that the big shots in the field, and especially those who want to be big shots in the museum world do not have any time for students like myself. Even a former professor of mine barely managed to eek out a "hello" as she swooped by me in the AAM Bookstore. What a shock it is to be surrounded by hundreds of people you don't know, searching for a familiar face and once you find it, she blows you off!!!

Alas, I have managed to make some friends, maybe even real ones that I will keep in touch with. Thus far those friends are all students like me. Go figure.



I can't wait for the scavenger hunt this evening at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology & Anthropology!