MS 238: Design and Construction of Exhibit Mounts
Instructor: Tom Bennett
Price: $495
Dates: May 7 to June 15, 2012
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org
Description:
Sprucing up your exhibits with safe, effective, inexpensive mounts can
be easier and more fun than you thought. With a few tools, good
technique and a bit of practice, you will be well on the way to
presenting your objects in their most interesting light, with an eye on
long-term safety and security. Design and Construction of Exhibit Mounts
presents the basics of mountmaking for the small to medium-sized museum
including tools, techniques and materials. Be prepared to construct
mounts during the course. Students will be sent a list of materials and
tools to acquire before the course commences. Come along and exercise
your creative side while doing the collection a world of good.
Logistics:
Sprucing up your exhibits with safe, effective, inexpensive mounts can
be easier and more fun than you thought. With a few tools, good
technique and a bit of practice, you will be well on the way to
presenting your objects in their most interesting light, with an eye on
long-term safety and security. Design and Construction of Exhibit Mounts
presents the basics of mountmaking for the small to medium-sized museum
including tools, techniques and materials. Be prepared to construct
mounts during the course. Students will be sent a list of materials and
tools to acquire before the course commences. Come along and exercise
your creative side while doing the collection a world of good.
Design and Construction of Exhibit Mounts runs six weeks. To reserve a
spot in the course, please pay at
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble please
contact Helen Alten at [log in to unmask]
The Instructor:
Tom Bennett, Museum Manager at the Heritage Museum at Wells Fargo in
Anchorage, Alaska, has worked as a professional museum mount maker for
25 years. He attended the University of Victoria British Columbia,
Heritage Preservation Program's basic mountmaking course and learned the
rest of his skills on the job. His mounts appear in the Anchorage Museum
of History and Art, the Alaska State Museum, the Museum of the
Aleutians, the Washington Historical Society, the Monterey Historical
Society, the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, the Port of
Seattle (Seattle-Tacoma Airport), and National Park Service and US
Forest Service visitor centers. He has worked for five different museum
exhibit design and fabrication firms as well as being the former
director of the Alaska Museum of Natural History. Tom Bennett works in a
variety of materials, including Plexiglas, brass, wood, and polyethylene
foam.
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Brad Bredehoft for Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org
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