MS 002: Collection Protection – Are you Prepared?
Instructor: Terri Schindel
Price: $99
Dates: Feb 13 to 17, 2012
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Disaster planning is overwhelming. Where do you start? Talk to Terri 
about how to get going. Use her checklist to determine your level of 
preparedness. What do you already have in place? Are you somewhat 
prepared? What can you do next? Help clarify your current state of 
readiness and develop future steps to improve it.

Logistics:
Participants in Collection Protection will read literature and 
participate in two one-hour chats to discuss their institutions disaster 
preparedness. Each student should read course materials and prepare 
questions or comments to share with the other students in the chat. This 
is a mini-course and takes no more than 10 hours of a student's time.

To reserve a spot in the course, please pay at 
http://www.museumclasses.org and pay at 
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble please 
contact Helen Alten at [log in to unmask]

The Instructor:
Terri Schindel, graduated from the Courtauld Art Institute, University 
of London with a concentration in textile conservation. Since 1988 she 
has taught collections care and preventive conservation to museum staff. 
She has assisted museums in writing disaster plans for more than a 
decade and helped develop national standards for disaster-preparedness 
materials. Ms. Schindel specializes in collection care and preventive 
conservation and works regularly with small, rural and tribal museums. 
She is familiar with the many challenges and lack of resources facing 
these institutions. Ms. Schindel is committed to maintaining the 
uniqueness of each museum while ensuring that they serve as a resource 
for future generations.

Courses in Collection Management Policies, Museum Artifacts, Care of 
Paintings, Care of Paper, Education in Museums, Museum Microclimates, 
Fundraising and Objects Found in the Collection all begin February 6. 
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol.html

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

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