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Please note that ticketed events like workshops, luncheons, tours, and receptions are add-ons for meeting attendees. The prices listed are in addition to the meeting registration fees.

Banner photo by Lane Pelovsky, Courtesy of Meet Minneapolis
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Tuesday, May 27
 

6:15pm CDT

Dinner at Owamni
Tuesday May 27, 2025 6:15pm - 8:45pm CDT
  • $119 - price includes a small rental fee for the private dinning room.
  • 30 maximum registrants
  • Adding this event to your schedule does not guarantee you a space. You must add it to your registration via the above "Add to Registration" button.

“A culture without food is a lost culture. I think it’s extremely important to bring back some of this knowledge, this food, and to be able to serve it in a modern context that everyone can appreciate. ”
– Chef Sean Sherman, in the Heavy Table, Sep. 10, 2014

Owamni is the James Beard Award winning Indigenous restaurant created by The Sioux Chef in 2021 showcasing true North American Indigenous foods and culture. The goal of this restaurant is to showcase modern Indigenous foods. This means that we prioritize purchasing from Indigenous producers first, and build our seasonal menus to reflect region, culture, and Indigenous identities.

They have cut out colonial ingredients such as beef, pork, chicken, dairy, wheat flour, and cane sugar, instead highlighting true agricultural products of North America, such as corns, beans, squashes, wild game, birds, fish and Native plants. This approach offers a different story of American cooking than the Eurocentric one that is traditionally touted— instead celebrating the amazing Indigenous diversity of Turtle Island..

The restaurant popularity makes it difficult to get a reservation. However you can dine with your AIC colleagues. We will sit down to a 4-course meal featuring some of the restaurants most popular dishes. All starters and sides will be Vegan and for the entree you will have a choice or a Vegan or meat dish.

The restaurant does serve beer and wine. We will need to wait for the Spring menus to determine if guests can purchase drinks onsite or if we will need to setup an optional wine pairing at an additional cost.
Tuesday May 27, 2025 6:15pm - 8:45pm CDT
Owamni 420 S. 1st St • Minneapolis MN 55401
 
Wednesday, May 28
 

7:30pm CDT

CIPP Happy Hour
Wednesday May 28, 2025 7:30pm - 9:00pm CDT
Catch up with your CIPP colleagues. 
Wednesday May 28, 2025 7:30pm - 9:00pm CDT
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

7:30pm CDT

Emerging Conservation Professionals Happy Hour
Wednesday May 28, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
Join your fellow conservators for a fun and informative night of networking and refreshments
Sponsors
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Getty Conservation Institute

The Getty Conservation Institute works to advance conservation practice in the visual arts, broadly interpreted to include objects, collections, architecture, and sites. It serves the conservation community through scientific research, education and training, model field projects... Read More →
Wednesday May 28, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
Brit's Pub 1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403
 
Thursday, May 29
 

5:30pm CDT

Paintings Specialty Group Happy Hour
Thursday May 29, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Stay after the last talk of the day to mingle with your fellow Paintings Specialty Group members - enjoy light refreshments and treat yourself to a glass of wine or a mocktail from the cash bar.
Thursday May 29, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

6:30pm CDT

Imaging Working Group Happy Hour and Studio Tour
Thursday May 29, 2025 6:30pm - 9:00pm CDT
Calling all Imaging Working Group members and fans - join us for a studio tour at the Minneapolis Institute of Art led by Charles Walbridge. The tour will start at 6:30 pm followed by an informal "pay as you go" happy hour at the museum's cafe - Agra Culture. If needed we might be able to offer a second later tour. The cost is free - attendees will need to provide their own transportation and purchase their own food and drink.

Space is limited in the tour and registration is required. Please add the event to your Annual Meeting registration.
Speakers
avatar for Charles Walbridge

Charles Walbridge

Lead Collections Photographer, Minneapolis Instiute of Art
Charles Walbridge is Lead Collections Photographer at Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). He has worked at Mia for more than 15 years and the work he does includes still photography, 3D scanning, conservation photography, image data standards, and museum sustainability.
Thursday May 29, 2025 6:30pm - 9:00pm CDT
Minneapolis Institute of Art 2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404

6:30pm CDT

Reception at Mill City Museum (ASG/BPG/PMG/TSG) - $69
Thursday May 29, 2025 6:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
Join your colleagues tasty food and drink and great conversation at Mill City Museum. Discover Minneapolis when it was the “Flour Milling Capital of the World,” and explore where old mingles with new at Mill City Museum, built into the ruins of what was once the world’s largest flour mill. View and learn about the museum's most recent conservation efforts. Enjoy amazing views of the Mississippi river.

Cost - $69 - includes dinner by the bite and 2 drink tickets plus private access to the galleries.

Transportation is on your own. Walk, take the tram, or ride-share.

In Kind Support generously provided by the Minnesota Historical Society
Thursday May 29, 2025 6:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
Mill City Museum 704 South 2nd St. Minneapolis, MN 55401

7:00pm CDT

OSG/CAN!/EMG/PCN/WAG - Reception at Brit's Pub - $45/$65 TICKETED
Thursday May 29, 2025 7:00pm - 9:30pm CDT
Join your colleagues for a fun night and tasty food and drink at Brit's Pub. Enjoy a well-appointed indoor/outdoor space and enjoy the camaraderie.

Brit's Pub is a short walk from the meeting location the Hyatt Regency and is handicapped accessible.

$65 for Preventive Care Network members and CAN! members. $45 for Objects Specialty Group (OSG) and Wooden Artifacts Group (WAG) members (reduced fee because those groups are underwriting the event).

OSG members, be sure to attend the Objects Conservators Speed Networking Session held pre-reception at the Hyatt Regency from 5:45 - 6:45 pm.
Thursday May 29, 2025 7:00pm - 9:30pm CDT
Brit's Pub 1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403
 
Friday, May 30
 

7:30pm CDT

Drag After Party - $39-75 TICKETED
Friday May 30, 2025 7:30pm - 10:15pm CDT
Back by popular demand, we have partnered with our Research and Technical Studies Group to bring you the 2025 edition of our now annual Drag After Party.

Join us at Roxy’s Cabaret conveniently located across the street from the host hotel – the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. We have rented out the venue until 10 pm at which point it will open to the public. There are two floors. The lower level is the cabaret where the drag shows will be hosted. The 2nd floor consists of a lounge that has an amazing outdoor balcony.

Upgrade to our VIP Package and enjoy a private dinner reception in the 2nd Floor lounge with special guests from 6:30 - 7:30 pm and reserved seats up front for the 8 PM Drag Show.

Here is a timetable for the event:

6:30 - 7:30 PM - VIP Party Buffet (VIP Ticket Holders Only)
7:30 PM – doors open for main event and 1st drag show.
8:00 – 8:45 pm – 1st Drag Show
8:45 pm – 9:30 pm – mix and mingle on the 2nd floor
9:30 – 10:15 pm – 2nd Drag Show

Your ticket includes one drag show and 1 drink ticket. Please select from the three ticket options: VIP Package, Regular Ticket - 1st Drag Show (8PM), Regular Ticket - 2nd Drag Show (9:30 PM). Depending on the number of tickets sold, you might be able to attend both shows. Special event attendees are welcome to stay after the venue opens to the public. Help us support this Minneapolis institution and the local LGBTQ+ community.
Friday May 30, 2025 7:30pm - 10:15pm CDT
Roxy’s Cabaret
 

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