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Training & Classes: Online Museum Classes

January Online Classes
MS104: An Introduction to Collections Preservation Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS217: Museum Cleaning Basics Jan 12 - Feb 21, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
MS242: Museum Microclimates NEW Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425.00 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Jerry Shiner
MS235: Scripting the Exhibition Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425.00 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Karin Hostetter
MS103: The Basics of Museum Registration Jan 19 - Feb 14, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Peggy Schaller
MS001: The Problem with Plastics (short course) Jan 19-23, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten

February Online Classes
MS303: Found in the Collection: Orphans, Old Loans and Abandoned Property Feb 2 - Mar 13, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
MS107: Introduction to Museum Security Feb 2 - Feb 27, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Stevan P. Layne
MS101: Introduction to Museums NEW Feb 2 - Feb 27, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Kiersten Latham
MS208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects: Materials and Methods of Object Numbering Feb 17 - Mar 13, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS236: Education in Museums Feb 17 - Mar 13, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425.00 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Karin Hostetter
MS226: Care of Furniture and Wood Artifacts Feb 17 - Mar 13, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425.00 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Craig Deller
MS012: Keeping Small Animals on Exhibit (Care and Feeding of Small Animal Exhibits) *NEW* (short course) Feb 17 - Feb 20, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Karin Hostetter

March Online Classes
MS002: Collection Protection - Are you Prepared? (short course) Mar 9 - 13, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Terri Schindel
MS213: Museum Artifacts: How they were made and how they deteriorate Mar 2 - Apr 10, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS108: Fundamentals of Museum Volunteer Programs Mar 9 - Apr 3, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Karin Hostetter
MS209: Collections Management Policies for Museums and Related Institutions Mar 9 - May 22, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Bill Tompkins
MS011: Gallery Guides NEW (short course) Mar 9 - 20, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Karin Hostetter
MS205/6: Disaster Plan Research and Writing Mar 9 - Apr 17, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Terri Schindel

April Online Classes
MS223: Care of Metals NEW Mar 30 - Apr 24, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS214: Collection Management Databases Mar 30 - Apr 24, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Sofia Galarza Liu and John Simmons
MS109: Museum Management Mar 30 - May 1, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Sue Near
MS202: Museum Storage Facilities and Furniture Mar 30 - Apr 24, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives Mar 30 - May 15, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Gretchen Anderson with support from BIRC
MS106: Exhibit Fundamentals: Ideas to Installation Mar 30 - May 15, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
MS222: Care of Photographs Mar 30 - May 22, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $475.00 (Includes $50 materials fee) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Gawain Weaver
MS010: Condition Assessments NEW (short course) Apr 13 - Apr 17, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten

May Online Classes
MS212: Care of Textiles May 4 - May 29, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Ann Coppinger
MS204: Materials for Storage and Display May 4 - May 29, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS302: Fundraising for Collections Care May 4 - May 29, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS215: Care of Archaeological Artifacts from the Field to the Lab May 4 - May 29, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Diana Komejan
MS211: Preservation Environments May 4 - May 29, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Ernest A. Conrad

June Online Classes
No Classes in June

July Online Classes
MS104a: An Introduction to Collections Preservation Jul 6 - Jul 31, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS101: Introduction to Museums Jul 6 - Jul 31, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Kiersten Latham
MS107a: Introduction to Museum Security Jul 6 - Jul 31, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Stevan P. Layne
MS207: Cataloging Your Collection Jul 6 - Jul 31, 2009 (Only runs once in 2009) Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Peggy Schaller
MS235: Scripting the Exhibition Jul 6 - Jul 31, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425.00 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Karin Hostetter
MS242: Museum Microclimates NEW Jul 6 - Jul 31, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425.00 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Jerry Shiner
MS007: The Mission Statement: Is it really that important? (short course) Jul 13 - Jul 17, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Peggy Schaller
MS012: Keeping Small Animals on Exhibit (Care and Feeding of Small Animal Exhibits) *NEW* (short course) Jul 13 - Jul 17, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Karin Hostetter

August Online Classes
MS208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects: Materials and Methods of Object Numbering Aug 3 - Aug 28, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS226: Care of Furniture and Wood Artifacts Aug 3 - Aug 28, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425.00 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Craig Deller
MS213a: Museum Artifacts: How they were made and how they deteriorate Aug 3 - Sep 11, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS303a: Found in the Collection: Orphans, Old Loans and Abandoned Property Aug 3 - Sep 11, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
MS001: The Problem with Plastics (short course) Aug 10 - 14, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten

September Online Classes
MS236: Education in Museums Aug 31 - Sep 25, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425.00 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Karin Hostetter
MS243: Making Museum Quality Mannequins NEW Aug 31 - Sep 25, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425.00 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS205/6a: Disaster Plan Research and Writing Aug 31 - Oct 9, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Terri Schindel
MS217: Museum Cleaning Basics Aug 31 - Oct 9, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
MS201: Storage for Infinity: An Overview of Museum Storage Principles Aug 31 - Oct 9, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS109: Museum Management Aug 31 - Oct 2, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Sue Near
MS002a: Collection Protection - Are you Prepared? (short course) Sep 14-18, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Terri Schindel
MS011: Gallery Guides NEW (short course) Sep 7 - 18, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Karin Hostetter
MS209: Collections Management Policies for Museums and Related Institutions Sep 14 - Nov 27, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Bill Tompkins

October Online Classes
MS108: Fundamentals of Museum Volunteer Programs NEW Oct 5 - Oct 30, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Karin Hostetter
MS224: Care of Leather and Skin Materials NEW Oct 5 - Oct 30, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS210: Integrated Pest Management for Museums, Libraries and Archives Oct 5 - Nov 13, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Gretchen Anderson with support from BIRC
MS106: Exhibit Fundamentals: Ideas to Installation Oct 5 - Nov 13, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
MS222: Care of Photographs Oct 5 - Nov 27, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $475.00 (Includes $50 materials fee) [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Gawain Weaver
MS010: Condition Assessments NEW (short course) Oct 12 - 16, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $75 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS214: Collection Management Databases Oct 19 - Nov 13, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Sofia Galarza Liu and John Simmons

November Online Classes
MS101: Introduction to Museums Nov 2 - Nov 27, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Kiersten Latham
MS212a: Care of Textiles Nov 2 - Nov 27, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Ann Coppinger
MS204a: Materials for Storage and Display Nov 2 - Nov 27, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS225: Care of Baskets NEW Nov 2 - Nov 27, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Helen Alten
MS211: Preservation Environments Nov 2 - Nov 27, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Ernest A. Conrad
MS218: Collection Inventories Nov 2 - Nov 27, 2009 Course Description & Info - Student Login Price: $425 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] Instructor: Peggy Schaller

December Online Classes
No Classes in December

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Updated 16 Mar 2009