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Training & Classes:   Museum Studies Intermediate Courses
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]


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]


MS203: Museum Storage Techniques
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $475
              (Dates TBD)     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


MS220: Plastics in Museums (free course)
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Helen Alten
              Student Login    Price: $0.00 FREE CLASS
              Anticipated opening 2011     [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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


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]


MS255: Dangerous Materials: Chemical Poisons in Collections
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Nancy Odegaard
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Apr 1 - Apr 26, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]


MS256: Establishing a Museum ** NEW **
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: Claudia Nicholson
              Student Login    Price: $475.00
              May 6 - 31, 2013     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              


MS257: Care and Conservation of Outdoor Sculpture **NEW**
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: David Harvey
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Coming Soon, 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]


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]


MS264: Motion and Still Photography in Museums and Historic Sites **NEW**
              Course Description & Info     Instructor: David Harvey
              Student Login    Price: $475
              Coming Soon, 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]





If you are interested in these courses, please contact Helen Alten at and sign up at MuseumClasses.org. Signing up as a prospective student now for any future courses is encouraged and does not require payment. Students will not be enrolled in paid courses until payment has been received. Students are manually enrolled into courses as they open, enrollment keys are no longer necessary.


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