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Training & Classes:    Online Museum Classes

January Online Classes
MS103: The Basics of Museum Registration (Only runs once in 2013)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Peggy Schaller
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Jan 7 - Feb 1, 2013      [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS104: An Introduction to Collections Preservation
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Jan 7 - Feb 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Jul 1 - Jul 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS213: Museum Artifacts: How they were made
and how they deteriorate

              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Jan 7 - Feb 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Aug 5 - Sep 13, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS228: Care of Paper Artifacts
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Susan Duhl
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Jan 7 - Feb 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Aug 5 - Aug 30, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS235: Scripting the Exhibition
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Karin Hostetter
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Jan 7 - Feb 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Jul 1 - Jul 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS008: Buy-In: Getting All of the Staff to Support Preservation (short course)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $99
              Jan 21 - 25, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]



February Online Classes
NA107: Introduction to Museum Security
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Stevan P. Layne
              Student Login    Price: $150
              Feb 4 - Mar 1, 2013     Sign up at www.nathpo.org
              
Students must be staff at a tribal institution and meet NATHPO qualifications. This course is subsidized by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through a grant awarded to NATHPO.

MS227: Care of Paintings
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Victoria Montana Ryan
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Feb 4 - Mar 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 3 - Oct 11, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS236: Education in Museums
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Karin Hostetter
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Feb 4 - Mar 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Aug 5 - Aug 30, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS238: Design and Construction of Exhibit Mounts
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Tom Bennett
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Feb 4 - Mar 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 30 - Nov 8, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS242: Museum Microclimates
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Jerry Shiner
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Feb 4 - Mar 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Jul 1 - Jul 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS265: The Green Museum: Introduction to Environmental Sustainability in Museums **NEW**
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Sarah S. Brophy
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Feb 4 - Mar 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS266: Legal Issues in Collection Management **NEW**
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: John Simmons
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Feb 4 - Mar 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS002: Collection Protection - Are you Prepared? (short course)
              Course Description & Info    Instructor: Terri Schindel
              Student Login     Price: $99
              Feb 11 - 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Aug 12 - 16, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]



March Online Classes
NA101: Collections Management: Registration 101
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Peggy Schaller
              Student Login    Price: $150
              Mar 4 - Mar 29, 2013     Sign up at www.nathpo.org
              
Students must be staff at a tribal institution and meet NATHPO qualifications. This course is subsidized by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through a grant awarded to NATHPO.


MS108: Fundamentals of Museum Volunteer Programs
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Karin Hostetter
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Mar 4 - Mar 29, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS201: Storage for Infinity: An Overview of Museum Storage Principles (Only once in 2013)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Lori Benson
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Mar 4 - Mar 29, 2013      [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS205/6: Disaster Plan Research and Writing
              Course Description & Info    Instructor: Terri Schindel
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Mar 4 - Apr 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 3 - Oct 25, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS215: Care of Archaeological Artifacts from the Field to the Lab (Only runs once in 2013)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Diana Komejan
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Nov 5 - Nov 30, 2012     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Mar 4 - Mar 29, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS234: Archives Management (Runs once a year)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Susan Duhl
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Mar 4 - Mar 29, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS243: Making Museum Quality Mannequins
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Mar 4 - Apr 12, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 3 - Oct 11, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS303: Found in the Collection: Orphans, Old
Loans and Abandoned Property (Runs once a year)

              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Mar 4 - Mar 29, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS010: Condition Assessments(short course)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $99
              Mar 11 - 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 9 - 13, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]



April Online Classes
MS106: Exhibit Fundamentals: Ideas to Installation
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Apr 1 - May 10, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 30 - Nov 8, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS217: Museum Cleaning Basics (Runs once a year)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Apr 1 - May 10, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS222: Care of Photographs
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Gawain Weaver
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Apr 1 - May 31, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS224: Care of Leather and Skin Materials (Runs once a year)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Apr 1 - May 10, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS254: Retail Store Management for Small Museums (Runs once a year)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Karl Hoerig
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Apr 1 - Apr 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS001: The Problem with Plastics (short course)
              Course Description & Info    Instructor: Diana Komejan
              Student Login    Price: $99
              Apr 15 - 19, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Oct 7 - 11, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]



May Online Classes
MS109: Museum Management
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Sue Near
              Student Login    Price: $475
              May 6 - Jun 7, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 30 - Nov 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS211: Preservation Environments
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Ernest A. Conrad
              Student Login    Price: $495
              May 6 - Jun 7, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 4 - Dec 6, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS212: Care of Textiles
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Ann Coppinger
              Student Login    Price: $475
              May 6 - May 31, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 4 - Nov 29, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS225: Care of Baskets
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Sherry Doyal
              Student Login    Price: $495
              May 6 - Jun 14, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 30 - Nov 8, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS233: Matting and Framing
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Susan Duhl
              Student Login    Price: $475
              May 6 - May 31, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 4 - Nov 29, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS302: Introduction to Grant Writing and Fundraising (Runs once a year)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $475
              May 6 - May 31, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS011: Gallery Guides (short course)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Karin Hostetter
              Student Login    Price: $99
              May 20 - May 31, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]



June Online Classes
No Classes in June


July Online Classes
MS104: An Introduction to Collections Preservation
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Jan 7 - Feb 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Jul 1 - Jul 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS107: Introduction to Museum Security (only runs once in 2013)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Stevan P. Layne
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Jul 1 - Jul 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS207: Collections Management: Cataloging Your Collection (Only runs once in 2013)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Peggy Schaller
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Jul 1 - Jul 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS235: Scripting the Exhibition
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Karin Hostetter
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Jan 7 - Feb 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Jul 1 - Jul 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS242: Museum Microclimates
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Jerry Shiner
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Feb 4 - Mar 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Jul 1 - Jul 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS262: Moving Collections (Runs once a year)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Lori Benson
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Jul 1 - Jul 26, 2013      [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS007: The Mission Statement: Is it really that important? (short course)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Peggy Schaller
              Student Login    Price: $99
              Jul 15 - Jul 19, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 11 - Nov 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]



August Online Classes   
MS101: Introduction to Museums
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: John Simmons
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Aug 5 - Sep 13, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects: Materials and Methods of Object Numbering
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Aug 5 - Aug 30, 2032     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS213: Museum Artifacts: How they were made
and how they deteriorate

              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Jan 7 - Feb 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Aug 5 - Sep 13, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS226: Care of Furniture and Wood Artifacts (Runs once a year)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Diana Komejan
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Aug 5 - Aug 30, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS228: Care of Paper Artifacts
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Susan Duhl
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Jan 7 - Feb 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Aug 5 - Aug 30, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS236: Education in Museums
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Karin Hostetter
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Feb 4 - Mar 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Aug 5 - Aug 30, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS244: Traveling Exhibitions (Run once a year)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
              Student Login    Price: $475.00
              Aug 5 - Aug 30, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS002: Collection Protection - Are you Prepared? (short course)
              Course Description & Info    Instructor: Terri Schindel
              Student Login     Price: $99
              Feb 11 - 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Aug 12 - 16, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]



September Online Classes   
MS202: Museum Storage Facilities and Furniture (Only once in 2013)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Lori Benson
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Sep 3 - Sep 27, 2013      [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS205/6: Disaster Plan Research and Writing
              Course Description & Info    Instructor: Terri Schindel
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Mar 4 - Apr 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 3 - Oct 25, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS214: Collection Management Databases (only runs once in 2012)
              Course Description & Info     Instructors: Sofia Galarza Liu and John Simmons
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Sep 3 - Sep 27, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS227: Care of Paintings
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Victoria Montana Ryan
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Feb 4 - Mar 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 3 - Oct 11, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS243: Making Museum Quality Mannequins
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Mar 4 - Apr 12, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 3 - Oct 11, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS010: Condition Assessments(short course)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $99
              Mar 11 - 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 9 - 13, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]



October Online Classes
MS106: Exhibit Fundamentals: Ideas to Installation
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Apr 1 - May 10, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 30 - Nov 8, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS109: Museum Management
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Sue Near
              Student Login    Price: $475
              May 6 - Jun 7, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 30 - Nov 1, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS209: Collections Management Policies for
Museums and Related Institutions

              Course Description & Info     Instructor: John Simmons
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Sep 30 - Nov 8, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives
              Course Description & Info    Instructor Gretchen Anderson
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Sep 30 - Nov 8, 2013    [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS222: Care of Photographs
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Gawain Weaver
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Apr 1 - May 31, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS225: Care of Baskets
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Sherry Doyal
              Student Login    Price: $495
              May 6 - Jun 14, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 30 - Nov 8, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS238: Design and Construction of Exhibit Mounts
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Tom Bennett
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Feb 4 - Mar 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Sep 30 - Nov 8, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS001: The Problem with Plastics (short course)
              Course Description & Info    Instructor: Diana Komejan
              Student Login    Price: $99
              Apr 15 - 19, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Oct 7 - 11, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS014: Education Collections **NEW** (short course)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Karin Hostetter
              Student Login    Price: $99
              Nov 12 - 16, 2012     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Oct 21 - 25, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]



November Online Classes
MS204: Materials for Storage and Display
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Nov 5 - Nov 30, 2012     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 4 - Nov 29, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS211: Preservation Environments
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Ernest A. Conrad
              Student Login    Price: $495
              May 6 - Jun 7, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 4 - Dec 6, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS212: Care of Textiles
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Ann Coppinger
              Student Login    Price: $475
              May 6 - May 31, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 4 - Nov 29, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS218: Collection Inventories (Runs once a year)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Peggy Schaller
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Nov 5 - Nov 30, 2012     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 4 - Nov 29, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS223: Care of Metals (Runs once a year)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Fiona Graham
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Nov 4 - Dec 13, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS233: Matting and Framing
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Susan Duhl
              Student Login    Price: $475
              May 6 - May 31, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 4 - Nov 29, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS259: The Volunteer Handbook **NEW**
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Karin Hostetter
              Student Login    Price: $495
              Nov 5 - Dec 14, 2012     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 4 - Dec 13, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS007: The Mission Statement: Is it really that important? (short course)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Peggy Schaller
              Student Login    Price: $99
              Jul 15 - Jul 19, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Nov 11 - Nov 15, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]



December Online Classes
No Classes in December




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