Thank you for including these on consdistlist. Here are the upcoming
online professional development opportunities at Museum Study for the
next two months.
Materials for Exhibit, Moving and Storage course begins March 5 on
MuseumStudy.com
Are you using the best materials with your collections? What exactly
does “archival” mean? How do you know the material you are using is
acceptable? Join Science Museum of Minnesota Conservator Rebecca
Newberry for this 4 week course. You will learn what materials are safe
for exhibiting, moving, and storing collections. You will create a
customized handbook of good materials and plan for an exhibit, moving,
or storage project by identifying vendors and materials.
For more information visit our website:
http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/materials-for-exhibit-moving-and-storage/
Evaluating Interpretive Exhibits course begins March 5 on MuseumStudy.com
Exhibits are one of the most expensive of interpretive media we use, and
yet one of the media that we often really don't know if "it works". We
judge exhibits by their appearance rather than by their success in
accomplishing meaningful objectives. We like to ask -if you spend
$10,000 on your exhibits, how will you determine if you're receiving
$10,000 in benefits from those exhibits? That's usually when we get the
"deer in the headlights" stare.
Join professional interpreter John Ververka for this 4 week online
course. It is the goal of this course to give you some simple tools for
doing evaluations of, or critiquing exhibits. Some tools for critiquing
existing exhibits - to see if they are accomplishing their objectives
and may be in need of rehabilitation, and some for pre-post testing
evaluation of exhibits first being designed to see if they are
accomplishing their objectives prior to final construction so they can
be "fixed" to be more effective.
For more information visit our website:
http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/evaluating-interpretive-exhibits/
Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1 course begins March 5 on
MuseumStudy.com
Assessing risks to cultural property, including but not limited to
Museum, Library, and Archive collections, is becoming a fundamental
ability for collection care professionals. Join instructor Robert Waller
for the first in a series of courses on Risk to Cultural Property. This
introductory course provides a firm foundation on which to build an
understanding of risk-based approaches to cultural property protection.
For more information visit our website:
http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/assessing-risk-to-cultural-property-1/
Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 2 course begins April 2 on
MuseumStudy.com
This course builds on the foundation established in Assessing Risk to
Cultural Property 1. We will explore challenges to quantifying risks and
strategies for estimating rates of, and expected impacts of, sporadic
incidents (type 2 risks) employing examples based on participant
situations. Means of determining or estimating rates of progressive
changes (type 3 risks) are provided and practised. Finally, methods for
presenting comprehensive, (semi-) quantitative risk profiles are
demonstrated and employed by participants.
For more information visit our website:
http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/assessing-risk-to-cultural-property-2/
Creating Exhibitions Through the Collective course begins April 2 on
MuseumStudy.com
Want to create an exhibit that utilizes your community?
If so, Creating Exhibitions through the Collective is for you. This
class will be focused on community co-curation. We will investigate how
community involvement during all stages of the exhibit development
process can lead to more interpretation that is credible, community
empowerment, and advocacy. Tips and strategies will be provided to build
sustainable frameworks for this type of engagement.
Join Instructor Saul Sopoci Drake for this 4 week online professional
development course.
For more information visit our website:
http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/creating-exhibitions-through-the-collective/
Introduction to Integrated Pest Management online course begins April 2
on MuseumStudy.com
Join Carnegie Museum of Natural History Conservator Gretchen Anderson
for the 4 week course Introduction to Integrated Pest Management.
Silverfish will eat your paper materials, moths will eat your woolens
and feather objects, mice will gladly nest in anything they can! How can
you protect the collection in your care from this very real and very
serious threat? Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a holistic approach,
using low-toxicity strategies to manage the threat. This online course
explores the foundation of knowledge needed to solve pest problems in a
myriad of situations that might be encountered in cultural institutions.
http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/introduction-to-integrated-pest-management/
Moving Museum Collections course begins April 2 on MuseumStudy.com
Join Instructor Lori Benson, veteran of three large scale museum
collection moves, for the 4 week online course Moving Museum Collections.
This course provides an overview of how to plan and manage a move to
avoid the many pitfalls. The course will help you define the scope of
your project, develop a work plan and schedule, prepare a communication
scheme, define proposals for vendors, choose equipment, estimate costs,
identify hazards, organize staffing and establish packing techniques and
standards. Whether you are moving across the hall or across town, Moving
Museum Collections will provide a guide for a successful move.
Visit our website for more information.
http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/moving-museum-collections/
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