MS213: Museum Artifacts: How they were made and how they deteriorate
Instructor: Helen Alten
Dates: Feb 3 through Mar 14, 2014
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org
Description:
Every museum object is unique, but items made of similar materials share
characteristics. Museum Artifacts gives participants an understanding of
the materials and processes used to make objects - knowledge that better
prepares them to decide how to care for their collections. Participants
study two objects that represent all materials found in our museums.
Through an in-depth analysis of their components, participants explore
all possible objects found in any museum.
Logistics:
Participants in Museum Artifacts work through 12 sections on their own.
Instructor Helen Alten 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.
Museum Artifacts runs six weeks. To learn more about the course, go to
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms213.html If you
have trouble please contact us at [log in to unmask]
The Instructor:
Helen Alten, is the Director of the Sheldon Museum in Haines, Alaska and
Founder of Northern States Conservation Center. For nearly 30 years she
has been involved in objects conservation, starting as a pre-program
intern at the Oriental Institute in Chicago and the University Museum of
the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a degree in Archaeological
Conservation and Materials Science from the Institute of Archaeology at
the University of London in England. She has built and run conservation
laboratories in Bulgaria, Montana, Greece, Alaska and Minnesota. She has
a broad understanding of three-dimensional materials and their
deterioration, is a writer for Collections Caretaker, built the popular
www.collectioncare.org web site, lectures throughout the United States
on collection care topics, was instrumental in developing a state-wide
protocol for disaster response in small Minnesota museums, has written,
received and reviewed grants for NEH and IMLS, worked with local
foundations funding one of her pilot programs, and is always in search
of the perfect museum mannequin. She has published chapters on
conservation and deterioration of archeological glass with the Materials
Research Society and the York Archaeological Trust, four chapters on
different mannequin construction techniques in Museum Mannequins: A
Guide for Creating the Perfect Fit (2002), preservation planning,
policies, forms and procedures needed for a small museum in The
Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums' Collection Initiative
Manual, and is co-editor of the penultimate book on numbering museum
collections (still in process) by the Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma.
Helen Alten has been a Field Education Director, Conservator, and staff
trainer. She began working with people from small, rural, and tribal
museums while as the state conservator for Montana and Alaska.
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Brad Bredehoft
General Manager
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org
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