> > I wonder if anyone on the list can recommend a seminar or workshop
> > (preferably summer) for basic collections care. I have the information from
> > the Campbell Center and their core curriculum looks excellent, but the
> > administration here would be happier if I could find something that did not
> > knock two weeks out of my spring teaching schedule and preferably avoided
> > the airfare. The Bos-Wash corridor is the preferred location.
> >
> > I'm interested in basic care and documentation, management and planning,
> > and exhibit and/or mannequin construction and design.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
 
> The Collections Care Training Program, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic
> Association of Museums and the University of Delaware, sounds like it's
> just what you need.  I don't have a contact number here at home, but
> you can contact MAAM or contact the PA Federation of Museums and
..
 
The CCTP is almost 4 weeks long - but is in the summer.
Contact Frank McKelvey, Project Director; 302-731-1424
 
You might also try the Office of Museum Programs -
Smithsonian.  Many of their workshops are 1 week long.
 
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