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MS001: The Problem with Plastics ***NEW*** (short course)
              Jan 10, 2007 11 a.m. EST
              Course Description & Info - Student Login
              Price: $75     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Instructor: Helen Alten



Description:
As we march boldly toward the 22nd century, artifact collecting includes that most fragile of materials - plastic. Not only is it in our collections, but it's used to house our collections, too. What problems have you seen? What problems have others seen? What materials are best? What can we, as caretakers, do to minimize long-term damage? Join Helen for our first mini-course of the season. Bring any questions you have about plastics in your museum.

Logistics:
Participants in the Problem with Plastics will read literature before joining a one-hour chat to discuss plastics in museums. Participants in the Problem with Plastics will be sent information the week before the chat. Each student should read course materials and prepare questions or comments to share with the other students.

This is a mini-course and takes no more than 10 hours of a student's time. It will be held once in 2007

Please sign up at
http://www.museumclasses.org and pay at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble with either, please contact Helen Alten at helen@collectioncare.org


The Instructor:
Helen Alten, Conservator and owner of Northern States Conservation Center, St. Paul, MN has been a Field Education Director, Conservator, and trainer since 1986. Ms. Alten received her conservation diploma from Archaeological Conservation and Materials Science, Institute of Archaeology, University of London in 1986. She began working with people from small, rural, and tribal museums while as the state conservator for Montana and Alaska. Helen currently conducts conservation treatments and operates a conservation center in St. Paul, MN.




MS001: The Problem with Plastics ***NEW*** (short course)
              Jan 10, 2007 11 a.m. EST
              Course Description & Info - Student Login
              Price: $75     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Instructor: Helen Alten








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