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Announcing Early Bird Discounts for Full Length Courses
Beginning June 22, 2015 an Early Bird Discount will be available for anyone who signs up for a full length course from museumclasses.org 30 days prior to the start of that course.
Sign up for a full length course up to 30 days prior to its start and pay only $400.00!
For our course list or to sign up: http://www.collectioncare.org/course-list
To take advantage of this discount, you must enter coupon code EARLYBIRD at checkout at collectioncare.org
The Early Bird Discount deadline for August 2015 courses is July 6, 2015.
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Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing Competition
(from the AAM website) "The annual Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing Competition is sponsored by the American Alliance of Museum's Curators Committee (CurCom) in cooperation with EdCom and NAME and in partnership with the Museology Graduate Program at the University of Washington, Seattle.
By highlighting the remarkable work of label writers and editors, the competition seeks to champion high quality label writing and inspire museum professionals to produce their very best work. Each year selected exhibition labels are featured at the Marketplace of Ideas during the AAM annual meeting and in the competition's online archive. The goal is to serve as a resource for museum professionals striving to write excellent label copy.
Each year, jurors representing CurCom, EdCom, NAME as well as previous honorees volunteer their time and expertise to review and select the winning entries. In 2014, the competition received 70 submissions totaling 183 labels. Of those, jurors identified just eleven labels to recognize. In fact, the remarkable collection of past and present jurors is the competition's greatest asset.
2015 marks the third year of the collaboration between CurCom and the University of Washington. This unique partnership provides emerging museum professionals the opportunity to apply skills and theory presented in the classroom to a professional environment. As the competition project manager, graduate students at the University gain leadership, communication and management skills while engaging with label writers and other museum professionals. John Russick, Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Chicago History Museum has organized the competition since 2008. Each year a graduate student from the Museology Program serves as project manager. This year, Elizabeth Rudrud will manage the competition.
Our panel for the 2015 competition includes Benjamin Filene (CurCom), Deborah L. Mack (NAME), Eileen Campbell (EdCom) and Amy Schleser, whose label for the Bunky Echo-Hawk: Modern Warrior exhibit at The Field Museum was honored in the 2014 competition. Submissions will be accepted between October 6, 2014 and December 8, 2014. Details and guidelines can be found at http://www.aam-us.org/resources/professional-networks/curcom "
2014 Award winners can be found at: http://aam-us.org/docs/default-source/awards/2014-excellence-in-label-writing-winners.pdf?sfvrsn=0 2015 Award winners have not yet be posted to the AAM website.
For help writing those award winning labels try our online Scripting the Exhibition course with instructor Karin Hostetter beginning July 6, 2015.
Course Description:
So much to say and so little space in which to say it. That is the dilemma when scripting an exhibition. How do you say what needs to be said in the space available? How do you even figure out how to limit the information in the first place? Discover the value of themes, tangibles, intangibles, and universals in writing exhibit text that visitors really want to read -- and remember. Additional resources provided on font size and colors as well as label layout.
Karin Hostetter has over thirty years experience with museum education. With a career that includes natural history museums, cultural history museums (including first person interpretation), nature centers, and zoos, Ms. Hostetter is experienced in interpretive writing, program and curriculum development, and staff and volunteer training. Ms. Hostetter is owner of Interpret This, a consulting company specializing in interpretive writing, program and curriculum development, and volunteer program management. When she is not consulting with other museums, she likes to volunteer and contract teach at them with a special love for preschool and family programs.
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Museum Ethics
By Peggy Schaller
What are ethics anyway? Webster's Dictionary definitions:
Ethic/Ethics: A system of moral standards or values; the system or code of morals of a particular person, religion, group or profession, etc.
Ethical: Conforming to the standards of conduct of a given profession or group
Moral: manners or customs; good or right in conduct or character; conformity with the generally accepted standards of goodness or rightness in conduct or character
Why is subscribing to the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), ICOM or another Code of Ethics not good enough for an institution? Can't all museums use the same Code of Ethics? The answer to those questions is we can all start at the same place, that is with the overall ethics of the profession, but each museum (or institution or group) is different with similar, but sometimes unique, ethical issues that concern them. It is important for institutions to understand the broad ethical issues of the museum field as a starting point for a specific Code of Ethics for their individual institution. Within the general codes of ethics look for those issues that you feel will be relevant to your institution and define them within that context for your institution.
So why do we need a Code of Ethics anyway? Ethics are not inherent; they are learned and based on a set of agreed upon rules of behavior within a profession or group. Many individuals are not aware of the ethical issues of museum work until they are exposed to them. That is why a Code of Ethics specific to your institution, but based on the overall codes of the field, is a critical piece of your policy documents. The Code of Ethics gives direction to and context for Boards, Staff, and Volunteers in understanding proper behavior when faced with circumstances unique to the museum profession.
To learn more about ethics in museums and the various Codes of Ethics for organizations within our field, join Peggy Schaller for our online course MS267: Museum Ethics beginning July 6, 2015.
Course description:
This course will examine the role of ethics in museums and related institutions. Topics addressed will include the differences in ethics, laws, and morals; what ethics are and where they come from; the ethical codes that museum professionals follow; how ethics affect professional practices; why ethics are important; and how ethical standards can help museums and related institutions better serve society. Participants in the course will gain an understanding of the importance of ethics in professional museum practice, how codes of ethics are written and why they are important, and will develop an understanding of the most significant codes of ethics subscribed to by museum professionals.
Peggy Schaller, founded Collections Research for Museums in 1991 to provide cataloging, collection-management training and services. She has worked with a large variety of museums and collections for more than 20 years. Peggy, who lives in Denver, Colorado, has a bachelor's degree in anthropology with minors in art history and geology from the University of Arizona in Tucson. She has a master's degree in anthropology with a minor in museum studies from the University of Colorado in Boulder and is a Certified Institutional Protection Manager II. She provides workshops and project services to museums and historical societies all across the country. The mission of Collections Research for Museums is to inspire museums to improve their professional standards, collections stewardship and service to their constituency through training in, and assistance with, documenting, preserving, protecting and managing their collections. For more information visit her web site Collections Research for Museums. Peggy is also the Publications Manager, Certificate Program Coordinator, and Course Monitor for Northern States Conservation Center and museumclasses.org.
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Preservation Guide 2: Photographs
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Author: the Historic New Orleans Collection. Preservation Guides by the Historic New Orleans Collection provide clear, in-depth collection care advice. Each guide has illustrative photographs and drawings.
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Regional Workshops
Where you can find some of our instructors in 2015:
Stevan P. Layne Association of Midwest Museums - CIPM Regional Security Management Certification Class, Cincinnati, OH, July 18, 2015
Western Museums Association - Disaster Preparedness for Cultural Institutions, San Jose, CA, October 24, 2015
Gawain Weaver The Care and Identification of Photographs |
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Association of Midwest Museums Conference
Cincinnati, OH
July 19-22, 2015
Society of American Archivists
Cleveland, OH
August 16-22, 2015.
American Association for State and Local History
Louisville, KY
September 16-19, 2015
Mountain-Plains Museums Association
Wichita, KS
September 27 - October 1, 2015
Southeastern Museums Conference
Jacksonville, FL
October 12 - 14, 2015
Western Museums Association
San Jose, CA
October 24-27, 2015
International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection
Hosted by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville AR and the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
October 27-31, 2015
New England Museum Association
Portland, ME
November 4-6, 2015
NAI National Workshop
Virginia Beach, VA
November 10-14, 2015
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Submissions and Comments
How to submit an article or upcoming workshops for inclusion in the Newsletter:
If you would like to submit an article, notice of an organizational meeting or upcoming workshop for an upcoming Collections Caretaker Newsletter, send your submission to peggy@collectioncare.org.
We are always looking for contributions to this newsletter. Submission deadline is the 10th of each month.
Have a comment or suggestion?
Send it to peggy@collectioncare.org
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Welcome to the Collections Caretaker e-Newsletter from Northern States Conservation Center. The newsletter is designed to bring you timely and helpful content that is pertinent to situations we all encounter in our museum and archives work. Feel free to let us know what topics you would like to see featured in Collections Caretaker or even contribute an article.
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Moving a Museum Collection: What we learned....
By Tamara Johnston
- Keep your sense of humor.
- The instant you find out you will have to move any part of your collection, start planning. You cannot plan enough. Be aggressive and get involved in the institutional planning process, don't wait to be asked.
- Submit a budget early. It is better to overestimate than run out of money at a critical point in your move. Ask for more money than you think you will need.
- Expect the unexpected. You will encounter problems when surveying/inventorying in preparation for the move. Solve your problems before you have to pack.
- Take advantage of "in-house" talent. Students, volunteers, conservators, and art handlers may have the potential to be great move assistants.
- Hire a new person to coordinate the move or to do your job. Coordinating a move is a full-time job and all you will do before during and after the move will be things related to the move. You will not have time for anything else. Get into "move mode" - it is all you will be doing until the move is complete.
- If you can, put a moratorium on new business such as loans, research requests, new photography for publications, etc.
- Know exactly where every object's new location will be before you move.
- Be aggressive about funding and staffing. Get as much as you possibly can. Try, try, try until you have exhausted all your funding possibilities. It doesn't hurt to ask for more, you will probably get less anyway.
- Upgrade your collection housing with the move. Do not settle for the same or worse conditions for your collections, get something better. Get more from your move.
- Remember that time is not yours and is not on your side. During a move, a time frame is usually imposed on your collections move by other forces at your institution.
- Remember that you are the main advocate for your collection, if you fail to get the best possible funding, housing, work crew, and record organization, your collection will suffer.
- Have flex-space on both ends of the move.
- Everything takes longer than you think it will and longer than everyone else thinks it will. Schedule in extra time for the unexpected.
- Treat your crew with respect and kindness. This will pay off bigger than anything else you can do. The better you are to work for, the harder people will work for you. (Food, chocolate in particular, works very well.)
- Keep your sense of humor.
Presented at the MAAM Annual Meeting 2004 in Philadelphia, PA. Tamara K. Johnston is a Contract Registrar/Museum Collection Manager; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and Department of Art & Design at UWM's Peck School of the Arts, and Founding Board Member & Treasurer of ARCS. Website: http://www.arcsinfo.org
If you are planing a move or have one coming up in the future, join Helen Alten for our online course MS262: Moving Collections starting July 6, 2015.
Course Description:
Moving collections is a daunting task. Fragile items need special packing and care to be safely transported. Large, heavy or awkward items like dinosaurs and oversized sculptures require special equipment and support from local authorities. How do you design your project to meet the budget and timing demands of your administration? Are your collections over-packed in acidic boxes and does your move includes improving their storage and care? Collections often take up more room when they are stored properly. How do you determine your needed storage space when the collection is decompressed? Moving Collections provides an overview of how to plan and manage a move to avoid the many pitfalls. The course includes: defining your project, developing a Request for Proposal (RFP), developing a work plan, staffing, and packing protocols. Whether you are moving part of the collection within your building or moving the entire collection to another facility, Moving Collections provides a blueprint for you to follow.
Helen Alten founded Northern States Conservation Center 18 years ago and http://www.museumclasses.org10 years ago. She is an objects conservator with a desire to bring about change through museums, improving our communities and the patrimony we leave to our off-spring.
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Having trouble with pests invading your collections?
Do you need help identifying them? How do you get rid of them once you know what they are? How do you prevent them from coming back or getting in in the first place?
Museumpests.net is a great resource for information on pests, treatments, and monitoring. From their homepage:
"Better pest management doesn't mean more chemicals.
In the past, pest management in museums and other collection holding institutions often involved regular applications of toxic chemicals to collection areas and actual collections. Health and safety concerns have led institutions to move away from this approach in favor of preventive and protective measures that are not based on chemicals. This strategy involves numerous measures used in combination and is commonly termed "integrated pest management" or IPM.
Site Organization
This site presents information on invertebrate, vertebrate, and mold pests in museum, library, and archival collections as well as historic structures. This site's first four sections (prevention, monitoring, identification, solutions) cover issues in developing, implementing and managing an IPM plan for your institution - whatever your collection type. Each element is explained with detailed information, samples of documents and forms, and links that you can follow to access even more resources.
- PREVENTION - Preventing access to pests
- MONITORING - Monitoring pest populations
- IDENTIFICATION - Identifying potential pest threats
- SOLUTIONS - Treating outbreaks in the safest manner possible
- RESOURCES - Additional resources pertaining to IPM
- 2014 CONFERENCE - Program content
- BLOG - Updates on the activities of the IPM-WG and its participants
- FAQ - Answers to common questions
- ABOUT US - Museumpests.net and the IPM-WG explained
You can also use the Search feature on the main menu bar to find resources from throughout the site related to your search topic."
Course Description:
The only thing worse than mice or cockroaches in your kitchen, is finding them in your museum collection. Participants in Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives learn low-toxicity methods of controlling infestations. IPM is the standard method for treating incoming items and monitoring holdings. Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives discusses how infestations occur, helps identify risks, provides feasible mitigation strategies, discusses the different techniques of treating infested materials, and helps you complete an IPM plan and monitoring schedule for your institution. The course covers pest identification, insects, rodent, birds, bats, other mammals and mold infestations, as well as other problems raised by participants.
Christina Cain has a 17 year career working with museum collections preservation and registration. Currently the Anthropology Collections Manager at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, she has previous experience at the Denver Art Museum, Astor House Museum, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indiana State Museum, and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Christina specializes in Integrated Pest Management and emergency preparedness. In 2013, she was selected to participate in the IMLS-funded Colorado Connecting to Collections peer assessor training program. The program developed a network of museum professionals to assess collections conditions and emergency preparedness in institutions throughout the state of Colorado. Christina graduated with a Master's of Science in Museum and Field Studies, focusing on anthropological collections management and Integrated Pest Management from the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Pest Management in Museums, Archives, and Historic Houses
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Author: David Pinniger. This is a working guide to help people recognize insect, rodent and bird pests and take practical steps to prevent and control damage to collections. It covers the many recent developments in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in the heritage sector. The book includes new information on trapping and detection of pests and the advantages and disadvantages of physical and chemical control measures. The illustrations have been produced especially for this book and are some of the clearest pictures of museum insects yet published. The chapter on rodent and bird pests completes the comprehensive coverage of any pest problem likely to be encountered. The concerns over the use of pesticides on objects, staff and the environment and the options available are rationally discussed. Applying the principles of IPM, as described in this book, to museums, archives and historic houses is not only safer, but also more cost-effective than many pest control techniques used by museums in the past.
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Disaster Planning Resources
Below are listed some resources that might be useful for moving your Emergency Preparedness/Disaster Plan off the to-do list and into reality.
Elements of a good disaster plan
http://www.architectssecuritygroup.com/Consulting/Articles_and_Downloads_files/DisasterPlanElements.pdf
The dPlan: http://www.dplan.org/
Be Prepared: Guidelines for Small Museums for Writing a Disaster Preparedness Plan
https://aiccm.org.au/sites/default/files/docs/CAN_resources2014/beprepared.pdf
Harwell Template Emergency Plan (this link downloads the plan document for use in Word)
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CCkQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hdrs.co.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fharwell_template_long.doc&ei=spFuVfvYNIrdoATqjoC4Bw&usg=AFQjCNEz8mCpLsU5rZzn1_yfVhkmBEO3Dg&bvm=bv.94911696,d.cGU&cad=rja
Building an Emergency Plan: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/emergency_plan.pdf
Find more resources and help writing your plan in our online course Disaster Plan Research and Writing with instructor Terri Schindel beginning July 6, 2015.
Course Description:
Every museum needs to be prepared for fires, floods, chemical spills, tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters. But surveys show 80 percent lack trained staff, emergency-preparedness plans for their collections, or both. Disaster Plan Research and Writing begins with the creation of disaster-preparedness teams, the importance of ongoing planning, employee safety, board participation and insurance. Participants will learn everything they need to draft their own disaster-preparedness plans. They also will be required to incorporate colleagues in team-building exercises. A written disaster-preparedness plan is not only a good idea, it's also a requirement for accreditation. In the second half of the course, instructor Terri Schindel reviews and provides input as participants write plans that outline the procedures to follow in various emergencies. The completed plan prepares museums physically and mentally to handle emergencies that can harm vulnerable and irreplaceable collections. You will have a completed institutional disaster-preparedness and response plan at the end of the course. Once completed with this course, we recommend the Disaster Preparation and Recovery course taught by Helen Alten to provide more information about staff organization and management during and after a disaster.
Terri Schindel, graduated from the Courtauld Art Institute, University of London with a concentration in textile conservation. Since 1988 she has taught disaster preparedness, response, recovery and salvage, collections care and preventive conservation online and in-person to museum, library and archive staff. Ms. Schindel specializes in delivering collections care and preventive conservation workshops to people working in small, rural and tribal museums. She is familiar with the many challenges and lack of resources facing these institutions. Ms. Schindel is committed to maintaining the uniqueness of each museum while ensuring that they serve as a resource for future generations.
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June Courses
MS 222: Care of Photographs
June 22 to August 14, 2015
Instructor: Gawain Weaver
Description:
Photographic materials cover a diverse range, everything from the daguerreotypes and wet plate negatives of the 19th century to the gelatin silver, chromogenic and inkjet prints of the 20th and now 21st century. Care of Photographs offers a broad introduction to the history, technology, identification, and care of these and other photographic materials. Topics include environmental monitoring, the effects of temperature and relative humidity, and the importance of cold storage for certain photographic materials. It is intended to help those caring for photographic materials to gain a better understanding of their collections and how to care for them.
July Courses
MS 205/206 Disaster Plan Research and Writing
July 6 to August 28, 2015
Instructor: Terri Schindel
Description:
Every museum needs to be prepared for fires, floods, chemical spills, tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters. But surveys show 80 percent lack trained staff, emergency-preparedness plans for their collections, or both. Disaster Plan Research and Writing begins with the creation of disaster-preparedness teams, the importance of ongoing planning, employee safety, board participation and insurance. Participants will learn everything they need to draft their own disaster-preparedness plans. They also will be required to incorporate colleagues in team-building exercises. A written disaster-preparedness plan is not only a good idea, it's also a requirement for accreditation. In the second half of the course, instructor Terri Schindel reviews and provides input as participants write plans that outline the procedures to follow in various emergencies. The completed plan prepares museums physically and mentally to handle emergencies that can harm vulnerable and irreplaceable collections. You will have a completed institutional disaster-preparedness and response plan at the end of the course. Once completed with this course, we recommend the Disaster Preparation and Recovery course taught by Helen Alten to provide more information about staff organization and management during and after a disaster.
MS 207: Collections Management: Cataloging Your Collection
July 6 to 31, 2015
Instructor: Peggy Schaller
Description:
Cataloging may not be the most exciting museum task, but it is among the most important. Without a clear knowledge of your holdings, you can't protect, care for, research or exhibit them. Without knowledge of an item's history, you can't properly appreciate its value to your museum. Cataloging Your Collection covers all details needed to catalog a collection. Procedures for handling, measuring and describing all types of objects and materials are discussed in detail. Participants receive sample forms and learn the best practices for numbering artifacts, performing inventory and assessing the condition of objects. Participants practice describing everyday objects and cataloging items from their own collections or households.
MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives
July 6 to August 14, 2015
Instructor: Christina Cain
Description:
The only thing worse than mice or cockroaches in your kitchen, is finding them in your museum collection. Participants in Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives learn low-toxicity methods of controlling infestations. IPM is the standard method for treating incoming items and monitoring holdings. Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives discusses how infestations occur, helps identify risks, provides feasible mitigation strategies, discusses the different techniques of treating infested materials, and helps you complete an IPM plan and monitoring schedule for your institution. The course covers pest identification, insects, rodent, birds, bats, other mammals and mold infestations, as well as other problems raised by participants.
July 6 to 31, 2015
Instructor: Karin Hostetter
Description:
So much to say and so little space in which to say it. That is the dilemma when scripting an exhibition. How do you say what needs to be said in the space available? How do you even figure out how to limit the information in the first place? Discover the value of themes, tangibles, intangibles, and universals in writing exhibit text that visitors really want to read -- and remember. Additional resources provided on font size and colors as well as label layout.
MS262: Moving Collections
July 6 to 31, 2015
Instructor: Helen Alten
Description:
Moving collections is a daunting task. Fragile items need special packing and care to be safely transported. Large, heavy or awkward items like dinosaurs and oversized sculptures require special equipment and support from local authorities. How do you design your project to meet the budget and timing demands of your administration? Are your collections over-packed in acidic boxes and does your move includes improving their storage and care? Collections often take up more room when they are stored properly. How do you determine your needed storage space when the collection is decompressed? Moving Collections provides an overview of how to plan and manage a move to avoid the many pitfalls. The course includes: defining your project, developing a Request for Proposal (RFP), developing a work plan, staffing, and packing protocols. Whether you are moving part of the collection within your building or moving the entire collection to another facility, Moving Collections provides a blueprint for you to follow.
MS 267: Museum Ethics
July 6 to 31, 2015
Instructor: Peggy Schaller
Description:
This course will examine the role of ethics in museums and related institutions. Topics addressed will include the differences in ethics, laws, and morals; what ethics are and where they come from; the ethical codes that museum professionals follow; how ethics affect professional practices; why ethics are important; and how ethical standards can help museums and related institutions better serve society. Participants in the course will gain an understanding of the importance of ethics in professional museum practice, how codes of ethics are written and why they are important, and will develop an understanding of the most significant codes of ethics subscribed to by museum professionals.
August Courses
MS 204: Materials for Storage and Display
August 3 to 28, 2015
Instructor: Helen Alten
Description:
One of the great benefits of the 21st century is the abundance of materials for storing and displaying collections. Materials for Storage and Display covers this vast array in detail. Lectures and handouts separate materials by properties: rigid, padding, barrier and attachments. Slide shows illustrate the use of each. The course emphasizes acid-free materials and how to retrofit less appropriate materials. Materials for Storage and Display keeps current with the latest materials available for preservation. Using material testing as a decision making tool is covered. Participants receive notebooks with samples of all of the materials discussed.
MS 219: Opening and Closing A Seasonal Museum
August 3 to 28, 2015
Instructor: Diana Komejan
Description:
The seasonal closure of a museum presents unique challenges and opportunities for collection preservation. This is an introductory-level conservation course exploring simple collection preservation methods for seasonal museums. The target Audience for the course is curators and other museum personnel, volunteers, site managers, maintenance personnel. No prior conservation training necessary. Participants will learn about the challenges and opportunities associated with caring for collections in seasonal facilities. They will learn about the risks to collections and how to mitigate them through closing and re-opening procedures, as well as throughout the winter season.
MS 233: Matting and Framing
August 3 to 28, 2015
Instructor Tom Bennett
Description:
Matting and Framing teaches the materials and techniques of conservation-quality framing. For display, matting and framing provides both protective and aesthetic contributions to art on paper. Students will learn about different types of enclosures, different mat styles and cutting methods, the pros and cons of different backing boards and glazing, and different methods of attaching items to a mat, some of which do not involve adhering hinges to art on paper. Lectures, illustrations, product resources, and additional informational references will be provided.
MS 236: Education in Museums
August 3 to 28, 2015
Instructor: Karin Hostetter
Description:
The world of museum education is as varied as the imagination. From school field trips to online blogs, from 2-year-olds to senior citizens, and from formal programs to volunteering, it is all part of the educational delivery system of a museum. In Education in Museums, survey the education programs offered at your site. Determine what exhibits and collections need better representation through education. Develop a long term plan of education program development for your site that you can use to improve services to your community.
MS 244: Traveling Exhibits
August 3 to 28, 2015
Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
Description:
Sharing an exciting exhibition with other museums expands your museum's reach and impact. When and how do you plan for this undertaking? How do you manage the exhibition once it has left your facility? How do you ensure a successful exhibition at each venue? Your questions - the more the better - facilitate successful exhibition development and touring. Traveling exhibits, though, are a two-way street. Sometimes you are the lender, sometimes you are the borrower. How do you find and manage interesting exhibits created by other institutions in order to expand your museum's offerings? In this online course, learn how to find interesting exhibits developed by other museums and plan for your exhibition from idea to on the road - and beyond!
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Northern States Conservation Center (NSCC) provides training, collection care, preservation and conservation treatment services. NSCC offers online museum studies classes at www.museumclasses.org in Collections Management & Care, Museum Administration & Management, Exhibit Practices and Museum Facilities Management.
Sincerely,
Helen Alten, DirectorPeggy Schaller, Publications Manager
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