MANY’s annual conference helps museum professionals build a network to share perspectives, tools, and skills that develop excellence across the field. Our goal is to nurture a community of practice, advance institutional change, and create an inclusive and expansive New York team of collaborators who learn together. In 2025 400+ professionals gathered in Ithaca.  The location and dates of the 2026 MANY Conference will be announced in Fall 2025; the conference will take place in spring 2026. If you want to be involved, contact the MANY staff. 

"I had the opportunity to meet and learn from various other museums and museum professionals, discovering that, in many cases, we're all dealing with the same problems and goals...I always appreciate the positive and respectful tone and the collegiality of the sessions, even when challenging topics are on the table." –2024 attendee