Ohio Museums Association - 2022 Conference Health Policy

With Your Safety In Mind—#OMA2022 Health Protocols

OMA is excited to welcome you to Cincinnati for our first in-person event since 2019. As eager as we are to put COVID in our rearview, we know we aren’t there just yet.

With your safety and the safety of your home communities in mind, we are implementing new protocols for 2022. As of December 17, 2021, all conference registrants must show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or provide a negative test (taken no earlier than 72 hours prior to arriving onsite).

As of March 14, 2022, in accordance with CDC guidelines, masks are welcome (but not required) during the OMA 2022 annual conference events at Graduate Cincinnati.

Please note: Masks may be required at some of our tour locations, and will still be required on the buses to and from our Saturday and Sunday tours. If you are attending Saturday or Sunday tours, please check the list below for the safety measures for each location to ensure you are prepared for your visit.

Saturday Tour Locations:

  • Cincinnati Skirball Museum: For visitors to the Skirball Museum showing proof of vaccination and booster, masks are optional. Unvaccinated or unboosted visitors must wear masks. Please be prepared to show your vaccination card.
  • National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: Masks are recommended for unvaccinated guests.
  • Taft Museum of Art: Masking is optional for visitors.
  • Weston Art Gallery: Masks are required, physical distancing is recommended.
  • American Sign Museum: Masks and social distancing are recommended.

Saturday Tour Locations:

  • Cincinnati Museum Center: Masks are recommended for unvaccinated guests.
  • Cincinnati Art Museum: Masks are recommended for all visitors over 2 years of age for the safety of unvaccinated children.

We know that the nature of pandemic-related public health measures are changing rapidly, and OMA will continue to evaluate and update these protocols to be in-line with recommended standards as we get closer to the event.

We thank you for helping us ensure the health of our attendees, speakers, hosts, and home communities with these guidelines.

Information Privacy Protocols

For those submitting proof of vaccination at the time of registration:

  • Please upload a PDF of your vaccine card during the online registration process. 
  • If registering via paper form by mail, please include a copy of your vaccine card with your registration form.
  • PDF copies of vaccine cards will be kept on a password protected folder on a biometric password protected computer, accessible only by the OMA executive director.
  • After the conference, the password protected folder will be erased and completely deleted from the computer system. No copies will remain in the posession of OMA after the conference.
  • If an attendee does not feel comfortable sharing a PDF of their vaccine card, but would like to verify vaccine status via video call with OMA's executive director, please email OMA at [email protected] to set up a time for this verification. Please have your vaccine card clearly visible for verification during the video call.

  • As of March 14, 2022, in accordance with CDC guidelines, masks are welcome (but not required) during the OMA 2022 annual conference events at Graduate Cincinnati. Please note: Masks may be required at some of our tour locations, and will still be required on the buses to and from our Saturday and Sunday tours.

For those submitting a negative test onsite in April:

  • An email copy of lab test results, or photo of lab test or at-home testing results must be presented to OMA staff before receiving conference materials, or before the attendee has access to conference events.
  • To be permitted into the event, negative test result must be from a test taken no sooner than 72 hours from attendee checking into the conference registration desk.
  • Test date and negative result must be clearly marked in the documentation provided by the attendee.

  • As of March 14, 2022, in accordance with CDC guidelines, masks are welcome (but not required) during the OMA 2022 annual conference events at Graduate Cincinnati. Please note: Masks may be required at some of our tour locations, and will still be required on the buses to and from our Saturday and Sunday tours.

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