Hi Amanda,

I don't know of any single reference for all the guidelines you're requesting. But there are surely some great ones for several components. My favorite sources for preservation information are the National Park Service's conserve-o-grams (http://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/conserv.html), and though many books have come along since, A. Bruce MacLeish's _Care of Antiques and Historical Collections_.

In addition to the Connecting to Collections online community, many states have strong museum field service offices that exist just to help your type of organization. I'm not sure what state you're in, but if your state does not have this type of service, one of the others that do would surely help you. Feel free to contact me off-list if you'd like some help from NC!

Best regards,
Adrienne Berney
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NC Connecting to Collections
NC Dept. of Cultural Resources
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Reference and Scholarships

I am interning at a small, historic-house museum and serving as their  
collections manager this semester, attempting to put the collections  
into order. I had two questions and any information would be greatly  
appreciated:
1) Is there a basic reference manual for museum professionals that  
explains cataloging, preservation, and exhibition methods and  
procedures?
2) Are there scholarships/grants available for small, private house  
museums that enable them to purchase archiving and preservation  
materials?

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