MS 208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects
Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
Dates: Feb 3 - Feb 28, 2014
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org
Description:
Applying Numbers to Collection Objects covers the materials and methods
of object numbering: registration, handling, labeling and marking,
number placement, documentation, health and safety, transponders and
barcodes, surface marks, inks, paints and barrier coats. Each
participant receives a Northern States Conservation Center collections
labeling kit and performs experiments using its contents. Participants
learn to determine what pen, ink, barrier coat or tag is appropriate for
each object and storage or display situation.
Logistics:
Participants in Applying Numbers to Collection Objects work through
seven sections at their own pace. Instructor Helen Alten will be
available at scheduled times for email support. Participants work
individually and interact through forums and online chats. Materials
include PowerPoint lectures, readings, lecture notes and a collections
labeling kit with sample materials. Additional resources include
projects, quizzes and links to relevant web sites.
Applying Numbers to Collection Objects runs four weeks. To learn more
about the course, go to
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms208.html If you
have trouble please contact us at [log in to unmask]
The Instructor:
Objects conservator Gretchen Anderson learned her craft at the American
Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian's Conservation Analytical
Lab, the Canadian Conservation Institute, Getty Conservation Lab, the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Minnesota Historical Society.
She established the conservation department at the Science Museum of
Minnesota in 1989. She is the co-author of A Holistic Approach to Museum
Pest Management, a technical leaflet for the American Association for
State and Local History and established a rigorous IPM program for the
Science Museum. She was a key member in the planning team that designed
and built a new facility for the Science Museum of Minnesota. This
endeavor resulted in not only a state of the art exhibition and storage
facility, but also a major publication about the experience of building
a new museum and creating the correct environments: Moving the Mountain.
In 2009 she accepted the position of conservator and head of the
conservation section at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in
Pittsburgh. Ms. Anderson is a member of the American Institute for
Conservation and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History
Collections. She lectures and presents workshops on preventive
conservation, IPM, cleaning in museums, and practical methods and
materials for storage of collections.
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Brad Bredehoft
General Manager
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org
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