MS219: Opening and Closing Seasonal Museums
Instructor: Fiona Graham
Dates: Jan 6 through Jan 31, 2014
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
The seasonal closure of a museum presents unique challenges and 
opportunities for collection preservation. This is an introductory-level 
conservation course exploring simple collection preservation methods for 
seasonal museums. The target Audience for the course is curators and 
other museum personnel, volunteers, site managers, maintenance 
personnel. No prior conservation training necessary. Participants will 
learn about the challenges and opportunities associated with caring for 
collections in seasonal facilities. They will learn about the risks to 
collections and how to mitigate them through closing and re-opening 
procedures, as well as throughout the winter season.

Logistics:
Participants in Opening and Closing Seasonal Museums work through 
sections on their own. Instructor Fiona Graham is available for 
scheduled email support. Materials and resources include online 
literature, slide lectures and dialog between students and online chats 
led by the instructor. The course is limited to 20 participants.

Opening and Closing Seasonal Museums runs four weeks. To learn more 
about the course, go to 
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms219.html If you 
have trouble please contact us at [log in to unmask]

The Instructor:
Fiona Graham is an accredited professional conservator (CAPC) offering 
bilingual (English & French) services in preventive conservation and 
heritage restoration to the museum and heritage field. Her areas of 
expertise include; preventive conservation in facility design and 
operations, specifications and project management for conservation 
projects, metals conservation, pest management, condition surveys, 
emergency planning, and policies and procedures. She is currently a 
Conservator at Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, a Tutor at 
Athabasca University and the Course Director for the Ontario Museum 
Association.

-- 
Brad Bredehoft
Sales and Technology Manager
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org

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