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Midwest Art Conservation Center Preservation Updates  

*2010 A Space Odyssey: Storage Strategies for Cultural Collections* 
Date: October 12-13, 2010 | 9:00 - 4:00 
Location: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
Hosted and cosponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society; and in
partnership with the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
This comprehensive 2-day program will address storage planning needs for
institutions of all sizes.  Participants in this two-day conference will
hear experts in the field of design, space planning, and environmental
control and modification speak about practical methods and applications to
improve and maximize storage spaces for cultural collections.  

*Research and Writing of a Long Range Conservation Plan*
Date: October 25-26, 2010 | 9:00 - 4:00 
Location: South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
Elisa Redman, Associate Director of Preservation Services will teach this
two-day workshop in which participants will gain experience developing and
writing a Long Range Conservation Plan, a useful tool that defines
institutional preservation and conservation goals for a 5- to 10-year
period. 

*Introduction to Cleaning Museum Artifacts: What's Right and What's Wrong?*
Date: Oct. 29, 2010 | 9:30 - 4:30
Location: North Dakota Governor's Conference, State Historical Society of ND
This 1-day workshop taught by Neil Cockerline, Director of Preservation
Services and Conservator, is designed for collections staff who have little
or no formal conservation training and yet often find themselves charged
with the responsibility for "sprucing up" collection artifacts for storage
or exhibition purposes.  

For more details about workshops, click
<http://www.preserveart.org/workshops.html> here. 

 


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