Materials for Storage and Display, Box-Making and Exhibit Wall Displays, for the Oklahoma Museums Association, held at the Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK. Two-day regional workshop, Nov. 8-9, 2000.

Care of Family Photographs, Adams Museum public workshop, Deadwood, SD, July 2000.

Fundraising for Collections Care, annually at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation, Mount Carroll, IL. August 2000.

Monitoring Paint Consolidation on Wood with the Intel Play QX3 Computer Microscope, Conservators in Private Practice Session, American Institute for Conservation Annual Meeting, June 11, 2000.

Caring for Objects and Polishing Silver, Nicollet County Historical Society, May 23, 2000.

Caring for Photographs, Minnetonka County, April 27, 2000.

Care of Wood and Basketry, Oklahoma Museums Association, April 6-7, 2000.

Using State Video-teleconference Networks to Reach Rural South Dakota Museum Staff, Conservators in Private Practice Workshop, American Institute for Conservation Annual Meeting, June 13, 1999.

Student Solutions at Their Institutions, Fifth Association of South Dakota Museums video-teleconference in the Basic Collections Care Workshop Series. Site locations: Pierre, Spearfish, Sioux Falls, and Aberdeen, SD, and St. Paul, MN. March 25, 1999.

Fundraising for Collections Care, Fourth Association of South Dakota Museums video-teleconference in the Basic Collections Care Workshop Series. Site locations: Pierre, Spearfish, Sioux Falls, and Aberdeen, SD, and St. Paul, MN. Jan. 28, 1999.

Caring for your Family Papers, Photographs and Metals, Adams Memorial Museum, Deadwood, SD. Nov. 21, 1998.

One-day workshop included encapsulating documents, polishing silver, and handling considerations. Exhibiting Without Damaging, Third Association of South Dakota Museums video-teleconference in the Basic Collections Care Workshop Series. Site locations: Pierre, Spearfish, Sioux Falls, and Aberdeen, SD, and St. Paul, MN. Sept. 10, 1998.

Instructor, Basic Mannequin Workshop annually at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation, Mount Carroll, IL. July 22-25, 1998; June 1999: and July 2000. Four-day overview of mannequins used in museums with hands-on training in manufacturing different types.

A Holistic Approach to Collections Care in a Living History Environment. Presentation of work at Old World Wisconsin where training, staffing and policy changes have resulted in improved collections care. Presented with Ellen Penwell (curator), Jacob Conrad (assistant curator) and Tom Woods (director) of Old World Wisconsin at the Association of Living History Farms and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM) annual conference in Waterloo, Ont. Canada. June 22, 1998. Resulted in formation of a new professional interest group on collections care in living history museums.

Instructor, Inorganic and Organic Materials Section, Collections Care Core Curriculum at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation, Mount Carroll, IL. June 15-19, 1998 and June 2000. Five-day lecture on identifying and caring for materials found in history museums. Based on Bay Foundation model curriculum. In 2000, taught historical and ethnographic core curriculum sessions.

Disaster Response Workshop, Minnesota Alliance of Local Historical Societies, Granite Falls, MN. June 12, 1998. One-day workshop on hands-on flood recovery techniques.

Storage for Infinity, Second Association of South Dakota Museums video-teleconference in the Basic Collections Care Workshop Series. Site locations: Pierre, Spearfish, Sioux Falls, and Aberdeen, SD, and St. Paul, MN. June 11, 1998.

Disaster Response Workshop. May 8, 1998. One-day workshop on hands-on flood and fire recovery techniques for the Gilcrease Museum. Tulsa, OK.

General Principles of Collections Care, First Association of South Dakota Museums video-teleconference in the Basic Collections Care Workshop Series. Site locations: Pierre, Spearfish, Sioux Falls, and Aberdeen, SD, and St. Paul, MN. January 29, 1998.

Caring for Leather, Oklahoma Museums Association, Oklahoma City, OK. November 21, 1997.

Shifting the Conservation Paradigm: Field Education, Western Association of Art Conservators annual conference, Phoenix, AZ. October 28, 1997.

A Maintenance Plan for Totem Poles, Western Association of Art Conservators annual conference, Phoenix, AZ. October 27, 1997.

Basics of Collections Care, Object Marking, Museum Materials and Box-making, Cheney Cowles Museum and Washington Museums Association, Spokane, WA. October 9-10, 1997. Two-day workshop covering the agents of deterioration, current thoughts on object marking and inventory control, a review of the materials used for storage and display and how to construct museum storage containers.

Object Marking and Museum Materials, Washington Museums Association -Registrars Committee, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA. October 7, 1997. Two half day workshops. One on current thoughts on object marking and inventory control, one on a review of the materials used for storage and display.

Building the A.R.K.: A Recovery Kit When All Hell Breaks Loose, Minnesota Alliance of Local Historical Societies, Mora, MN. October 3, 1997. One-day workshop on organizing staff and volunteers for a coordinated disaster response and recovery.

Care, Repair or Despair: The Trials and Tribulations of Collections Preservation, Missouri Valley Historical Society, Bismarck, ND. August 15-17, 1997. Three-day workshop providing an overview of the agents of deterioration, inexpensive solutions to avoid damage, basic non-destructive cleaning, storage and exhibits, and emergency preparedness.

Disaster Response Workshop. August 5-6, 1997. Two-day workshop on hands-on flood recovery techniques for the Siouxland Heritage Museums. Sioux Falls, SD.

Care of Heirlooms, Adams Memorial Museum, Deadwood, SD. May 17, 1997. One-day workshop included rolling textiles, encapsulating documents, constructing padded hangers, and vacuuming textiles.

Instructor, Organic Materials Section, Collections Care Core Curriculum at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation, Mount Carroll, IL. May 12-13, 1997. Two-day lectures on organic materials found in history museums.

Coordinator and Speaker, Beyond Nailpolish II: Artifact Numbering Techniques, American Association of Museums Pre-Session Workshop, Atlanta, April 1997. Full day workshop discussing alternative numbering materials and techniques.

Disaster Response Workshop. January 1997. Two-day workshop on hands-on flood recovery techniques for the Association of South Dakota Museums. South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre, SD.

ABC's of Collections Care and Fundraising for Collections Care. 27-29 October 1996. Two presentations at the Tri-State Conference, Sioux City, IA.

Speaker, Care of the Historic Site, National Institute for Conservation regional workshop held at the Museum of Amana History, Amana, IA, August26,1996.

Speaker, Fundraising for Collections Care, National Institute for Conservation regional workshop held at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation, Mt. Carroll, IL June 1, 1996.

Panel participant, Artifact Numbering Techniques, American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, 8 May, 1996.

Panel participant, Integrated Pest Management, American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, 5 May, 1996.

Fragile Harvest: Preserving Your Heritage through Basic Collection Care. 25 April 1996.

Video-teleconference to 180 participants sponsored by the Iowa Cooperative Preservation Consortium (ICPC). Currently distributed as a 53 minute video.

Basic Disaster Planning; Conservation Concerns for Exhibits; Basic Storage Techniques; and Environmental Concerns for Museums. April 19-20, 1996. Four half-day training sessions for the Association of South Dakota Museums annual meeting, Spearfish, SD.

Materials for Storage and Display and Box-Making, Blanden Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, IA. One-day regional workshop. 17 April 1996.

ABC's of Collections Care, Midwest Open Air Museums, Redwood Falls, MN. Half-day regional workshop. March 14, 1996.

Materials for Storage and Display and Box-Making, Central City Historical Society, Central City, IA. One-day regional workshop. February 16, 1996.

ABC's of Collections Care, Itasca County Historical Society, Grand Rapids, MN. One-day regional workshop. February 9, 1996.

Agents of Deterioration, evening presentation to board of the Itasca County Historical Society, Grand Rapids, MN. February 8, 1996.

Agents of Deterioration, evening lecture for the Gail Mansion staff, Minneapolis, MN. December 1995. Caring for Art and Artifacts, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA. 15-17 November 1995. Regional workshop covering the agents of deterioration and matting and framing techniques.

Care and Handling of Textiles and Numbering Collections Artifacts, Minnesota Alliance for State and Local History Museums annual meeting, St. Cloud, MN. November 10, 1995. Two half-day workshops covering the basics of textile care and artifact numbering. Participants received numbering kits.

Introduction to Collections Care and Emergency Preparedness, site visits and evening lectures for ten museums in and around Wapello County, Iowa. October 23-27, 1995.

Care of Antiques and Heirlooms, Taylor's Lake Historical Society, Taylor's Lake, MN. October 19, 1995. Evening lecture for volunteer appreciation dinner.

Introduction to Collections Care and Emergency Preparedness, site visits and evening lectures for fourteen museums in Linn County, Iowa. October 9-11, 1995.

Panel participant , Artifact Numbering Techniques, Midwest Museums Conference, Cincinnati, OH. September 23, 1995. Discussed the history of numbering objects. Introduced a new version of the artifact numbering kit. Care and Handling of Antiques, public lecture for Chisago County Historical Society, Center City, MN. September 18, 1995.

Caring for Art and Artifacts, Lake Region Heritage Center, Devil's Lake, ND. September 11-15, 1995. Two 2 1/2 day regional workshops covering preservation, storage and display methods and materials, and matting and framing. Included overview of materials for storage and display and constructing boxes.

Textile Care and Storage, Noble County Historical Society, Worthington, MN. August 24, 1995. Full day regional workshop hosted by the Minnesota Historical Society and taught with the Science Museum staff.

ABC's of Collections Care and Materials for Storage and Display, Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, SD. July 10-13, 1995. Three day workshop to train staff in basic collections care techniques.

Materials for Storage and Display, Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island, NE. June 23, 1995. Regional workshop on modern museum materials and how to use them for storage and display. Included box construction.

Instructor, Inorganic Materials Section, Collections Care Core Curriculum at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation, Mount Carroll, IL. May 10-11, 1995.

Participant, NAGPRA Panel, Alliance of Tribal Tourism Advocates Conference, Lower Brule, SD. May 5, 1995. Discussed collections care techniques in relation to NAGPRA.

Disaster Response Workshop. May 3-4, 1995. Two-day workshop on hands-on flood recovery techniques. South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre, SD.

Disaster Response Workshop. April 27-28, 1995. Two-day regional workshop on hands-on flood recovery techniques. Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI.

Quilt Care and Storage, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, IA. April 22, 1995. Training local quilt society members to improve the historic quilt storage.

Storage and Exhibit Materials, three regional half-day workshops taught with Gretchen Anderson, conservator at the Science Museum of Minnesota, for the Minnesota Historical Society Field Services department in Rochester (March 2, 1995), Wilmer (March 23, 1995), Fergus Falls (April 6, 1995)

Pearls of Wisdom on Collections Care, regional workshop for museums in Duluth, MN. March 15, 1995. Half-day course discussing agents of deterioration and material used in storage.

Coordinator, Conservation Symposium, Museums Alaska Annual Meeting, Kodiak, November 1994

Artifact Numbering, Museums Alaska Annual Meeting, Kodiak, November 1994. Presented sample numbering kit and discussed pros and cons of materials used to number artifacts.

Conservation Techniques for Alaska's Archaeological Sites, Alaska Anthropological Association, Juneau, Alaska. March, 1994. 1/2 day workshop on special lifting and excavating techniques for Arctic sites. Taught with Diana Komejan, Conservator for the Yukon Territories.

Save Outdoor Sculpture! Volunteer Training Sessions. Organized and coordinated five day-long training sessions for Save Outdoor Sculpture! volunteers. Included recruiting participants and speakers. The Alaska State Museum, Juneau, February 26, 1994. Sitka National Historic Park, Sitka, April 16, 1994. Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, April 30, 1994. The Totem Heritage Center, Ketchikan, May 14, 1994. The University of Alaska Fairbanks, May 21, 1994.

Caring for Textiles, The University of Alaska Southeast - Community Schools, Juneau AK. Evening workshop on the basics of basket care and cleaning. March 1994.

Constructing Museum Storage Mounts, Pratt Museum of Natural History, Homer, AK. Full day workshop open to museum professionals in Alaska. March 7, 1994.

Caring for Ivory, The University of Alaska Southeast - Community Schools, Juneau AK. Evening workshop on the basics of basket care and cleaning. February 1994.

Caring for Baskets, The University of Alaska Southeast - Community Schools, Juneau AK. Evening workshop on the basics of basket care and cleaning. January 1994.

How to Write Condition Surveys for Traveling Exhibits. Presented as part of the Smithsonian's Crossroads Alaska Workshop, Fairbanks, October 8, 1993.

Coordinator, Conservation Symposium, Museums Alaska Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, October 1993. Developed, chaired, and presented at half-day symposium on conservation in Alaska.

Caring for Wooden Artifacts, The University of Alaska Southeast - Ketchikan Campus, June 12-13, 1993. Evening lecture followed by a half-day workshop on care of ethnographic and historical wood objects.

Coordinator, Archaeological and Ethnographic Objects Discussion Group, American Institute for Conservation Annual Meeting, June 5, 1993. Organized discussion group on current objects conservation problems.

Caring for Antiques, The University of Alaska Southeast - Community Schools, Juneau, AK. Spring 1993 .

Introduction to conservation seven week course covering an overview of all materials found in ethnographic, archaeological, and historical objects.

Conservation on Archaeological Sites. March 28, 1993. Presentation at the Alaska Anthropological Association. Fairbanks, Alaska.

Coordinator, Conservation Symposium, Museums Alaska Annual Meeting, Anchorage, October 1992. Developed, chaired, and presented at half-day symposium on conservation in Alaska.

Results of the 1990 Statewide Conservation Survey, presentation at the Museums Alaska Conservation Symposium, October 1992.

A New Approach to Gut Repairs. International Institute for Conservation-Canadian Group annual meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31, 1992. Presented new technique for repairing seal gut parkas using edible collagen and Rhoplex N-580 adhesive. Included details of life-like mannequin.

Artifact Clinic. May 18, 1992. Public presentation for Museum Day at the Alaska State Museum. Juneau, Alaska.

Basket Repair Workshop. February 25-27, 1992. Sheldon Jackson Museum and the University of Alaska Southeast, Sitka, AK. Three days and evenings on the chemistry of adhesives, the principles of repair, and repair alter-natives. Set-up course syllabus, materials purchase, and reading lists. Taught with Peter Corey, Curator of the Sheldon Jackson Museum, and Dale Kronkright, Conservator in private practice, San Francisco, CA.

Heritage Preservation Workshop. November 23-24, 1991. Tongass Historical Museum, Ketchikan. One and a half days of presentations on the care and preservation of collections. Lectures for staff and public on general deterioration processes, the Southeast environment, textiles, paintings, glass, ceramics, and furniture. Improving the Artifact's Experience. October 24, 1991. Three hour workshop on conservation-based exhibit techniques and materials, presented at the 1991 Museum's Alaska Annual Meeting in Haines.

Artifact Clinic. May 18, 1991. Public presentation for Museum Day at the Alaska State Museum. Juneau, Alaska.

Basket Cleaning and Re-shaping Workshop. March 18-20, 1991. Sheldon Jackson Museum and the University of Alaska Southeast, Sitka, AK. Three days and evenings on the structure of Alaska baskets, fiber analysis, and cleaning and re-shaping techniques. Set up course syllabus, materials purchase, and reading lists. Taught with Peter Corey, Curator of the Sheldon Jackson Museum, and Mary Lou Florian, Chief of Conservation Services at the British Columbia Provincial Museum.

Showing Your Stuff -- Exhibits in Your Library. Workshop for the Alaska Library Association's annual meeting, Juneau, AK. March 2, 1991. Taught with Jerry Howard, Outreach Coordinator, Alaska State Museums.

The Alaska Conservation Program. Slide lecture presented to the Western Association for Art Conservation annual meeting in Catalina, CA, October 1990.

Mass Treatment of Waterlogged Glass: Ideal Solutions vs. Practical Implementation, slide presentation at the American Institute for Conservation 1990 General Session, Richmond, VA. June 1990. (version for publication to be submitted to AIC Journal)

Planning in Museums: A Precursor to a Conservation Grant. Three-hour workshop presented at the Museums Alaska annual conference, Sitka, AK. November 10, 1989.

Museum Quality Mannequin Workshop. September 11-12, 1989. Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka, AK. Two-day workshop on constructing a variety of mannequins for museums. Set up course syllabus, materials purchase, and reading lists. Taught with Norma Strand, mannequin maker, Cody, WY.

One State/One Conservator: Creating Conservation Awareness in Montana, slide lecture presented at the International Institute for Conservation-Canadian Group Pre-Conference Workshop on "Teaching Conservation to Non-Conservators," Newfoundland, May 1989.

Basic Conservation Workshop. An eight-hour hands-on workshop covering vacuuming techniques, padded hangers, correct artifact labeling, basic care of all materials found within an historical museum. Participants received a large bound reference packet. Set up course syllabus, materials purchase, and reading lists. Pre-Conference Workshop, Montana Association of Museums, April 27, 1989, Montana Historical Society, Helena, MT.

Collections Care and Basic Conservation, slide lecture presented at the annual Montana History Conference, Livingston, MT. November 3, 1988.

The Aging of Today's Art: What will our grandchildren see?, slide lecture presented to artists at the one-day workshop "Business Basics for Artists" sponsored by Helena Arts Council and ELECTRUM XVII 1988 in Helena, MT. October 1, 1988.

Textile Conservation, slide presentations to the Missoula Weaver's Guild and the Helena Weaver's Guild. Spring and Fall 1987.

Care and Storage of Antique Quilts, presentation to the Helena Quilter's Guild. Fall 1986.

Care and Handling, workshop presented an average of twice a year to in-house staff and volunteers. 1986 until 1994.

Excavated Medieval Painted Window Glass: A Guide to Its Problems and Possibilities, Institute of Archaeology, The One Day Conference, Spring 1986.