Each spring, the alumni association sponsors a symposium on some aspect of current museum theories and practices. The symposium is open to the public, and offers an annual opportunity for alumni, faculty, and current HA students to reconnect.

Click here for details on the 2010 HAPA Symposium.

• "Justify Your Existence: A Question of Relevance" - 2007
• "Extreme Makeover: Remaking your Museum Career"- 2006
• "You Want Me To Do What??? Museum Training Versus Museum Reality"- 2005
• "Beyond History"- 2004
• "Food for Thought: delectables of Museum Knowledge"- 2003
• "Been There! Done That! Now What? The Ever Changing Museum Field"- 2002
• "Don't Forget the Twentieth Century! Strategies for Preserving and Revising the 1900's"- 2001

• William Eiland, Director, Georgia Museum of Art.
• Kristie Frieze, Executive Director, Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation-2006
• Janice Klein, Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian: Other Duties as Assigned-2005
• Dr. Stephen Asma, author of Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture an Evolution of Natural History Museum- 2004
• Dr. Bruce Kraig, Illinois Humanities Scholar, Emeritus Professor of History, Roosevelt University- 2003
• Alice Ross, food historian- 2003
• Dr. Henry Glassie, Professor of Folklore, Indiana University- 2002