Nov. 3, 2006 – Davie Hayes, president of the St. Croix Archeological Society, has been elected for a second term to the Board of the Museum Association of the Caribbean (MAC) at its 19th annual general meeting in Philipsburg, St. Maarten. The St. Maarten National Historical Foundation hosted the meeting and held the opening reception Wednesday evening in the St. Maarten Museum on Front Street.
Hayes has been a MAC member since 2002 and a board member since 2005. Another St. Croix member of the MAC who attended the meeting is author Michael Connors, who is a board member of the St. Croix Landmark Society and head of collections for the Whim Museum. The MAC membership has doubled over the past year and now includes 20 institutions and 14 associates, representing 20 countries.
In addition to board elections and a business meeting, the 36 attendees discussed how to bring more hands-on, interactive approaches to today's museum experience to make it a true learning experience. To get a closer look at what was being accomplished locally, afternoon activities included visiting museums and cultural sites on both sides of St. Martin. Saturday the group planned a trip to Anguilla where it will have a choice of tours, culminating in lunch at Government House with a short address by Gov. Don Mitchell. This is the first meeting that allowed members to visit cultural sites in three countries during its meeting.
Newly elected MAC President Ieteke Witteveen, representing the National Archeological-Anthropological Museum of the Netherlands Antilles, welcomed an initiative from the final speaker, Andr
