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About SEMC

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC), is a nonprofit membership organization, for museums, museum staff, independent professionals and corporate partners focused on the Southeastern United States including: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands.

We work to:

  • Provide educational and professional development opportunities
  • Improve the interchange of ideas and information
  • Encourage respect and collegiality

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) is dedicated to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming conference experience for everyone. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment in any form.

SEMC By-Law revisions (2019)

Contact Us: 
SEMC
 PO Box 550746 
Atlanta, GA 30355-3246
[404] 814-2048 Office 
[404] 814-2031 fax
[email protected]



 Meet the 2025-2028 Council Directors 

The SEMC Council nomination slate was presented to the membership at the 2025 Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 in Montgomery, Alabama at the SEMC2025 Annual Meeting. By a majority vote, returning and incoming Council members were approved.


OFFICERS (2024-2026)

President

DR. CALINDA N. LEE
PRINCIPAL
SOURCES CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT LLC
ATLANTA, GA


Vice President

AHMAD WARD 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HISTORIC MITCHELVILLE FREEDOM PARK
HILTON HEAD, SC
Secretary


Deborah Rose Van Horn  

Senior Curator 
Walt Disney Imagineering
Lake Buena Vista, Fl
Treasurer


Scott alvey

Executive Director
kentucky Historical Society
Frankfort, KY
Past President
Headshot of white male, Matthew Davis, smiling with a suit on

MATTHEW DAVIS

Director of Institutional History Museum
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA