AAM Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo™2011
The AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo™ is where museum professionals go to learn, share, connect with colleagues and have fun! AAM will convene museum professionals from around the world May 22 - 25, 2011. Join museum professionals from across the United States and 50 countries for 3 and a half days in Houston—over 150 thought-provoking sessions, great networking opportunities and special events brought to you by your Houston colleagues.
NEVER visited Houston before? Don't know much about it....
Houston is the 4th largest city in the United States behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. At 634 square miles, the City of Houston could contain the cities of New York, Washington, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis and Miami.
Houston is the nation’s demographic future. In racial and ethnic composition, the Houston of today very much resembles the U.S. nearly 60 years hence.
42% Anglo, 33% Hispanic, 18% African American, 7% Asian/Other
Eighty-three languages are spoken in Houston. Source: Greater Houston Partnership 
The Houston Independent School District is the largest in Texas and the 7th largest in the U.S. And, the Greater Houston area has 14 major institutions of higher learning.
Want to check out the local museum and cultural scene?
In the past 18 years, Houston has added or expanded 10 art museums or galleries, four major theaters or performance centers and 15 science and history museums.
Houston is one of the few U.S. cities (New York City, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco are others) that offer world-class, year-round resident companies in all of the major performing arts—symphony (Houston Symphony), opera (Houston Grand Opera), drama (Alley Theatre) and ballet (Houston Ballet).
Houston’s distinguished collection of civic art, by international artist like Joan Miro and Jean Dubbufet and contemporary artists like Mel Chin, Brad Goldberg and Tony Cragg, can be seen along the 7.5-mile METRORail that links downtown with the Museum District, Texas Medical Center and Reliant Park.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston inaugurated its new $83 million, 192,447-square-foot Audrey Jones Beck Building in 2000. The opening, which more than doubled the museum's size, catapulted MFAH from 30th to sixth-largest art museum in the nation in terms of exhibition space.
Love to sample the local cuisine?
Houstonians eat out more than residents of any other city, and there are lots of options.
The New York Post called Houston "one of the most satisfying food scenes in the country" (2010).
Houston is a "place with a world-class food scene and a rising generation of culinary stars." - The New York Times, 2010
ForbesTraveler.com named Houston one of the best restaurant cities in America (2007).
Thinking about exhibiting?
Houston was named the fifth most affordable U.S. city for tradeshows by Tradeshow Week (2009).
Houston is listed as one of the top 25 cities for convention, conference and seminar travelers, according to the U.S. Travel Association.
Now that you know what Houston has to offer, plan to exhibit and attend the 2011 AAM Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo™.
Click here to view the 2011 Industry Prospectus Program brochure. (PDF)
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