September Course Announcement
MS202: Museum Storage Facilities and Furniture
Instructor: Helen Alten
Dates: September 25 October 20, 2006
Price: $350
Museum Storage Facilities and Furniture at www.museumclasses.org
concentrates on building systems and furniture as they relate to storage
and protection of the collection. Environmental controls, insulation,
floor coatings, and predicting space requirements are covered. Then the
course covers the types of storage furniture you might choose for your new
facility. Commercially available furniture and home-made furniture are
discussed. This course provides the blueprint for how to approach
architects and engineers as well as redesigning your facility
yourself. Starting with the philosophy of storage, the course covers
construction requirements, security, fire and water prevention, types of
furniture, and how to plan for collections growth. A new unit details how
commercial museum quality storage cabinetry is constructed. Blueprints are
provided for high-quality, home-made cabinets.
The course format is self-paced through 5 sections. The instructor will be
available by e-mail, and at predetermined intervals throughout the course
for real-time chats. Students will be working individually and interact
through forums and scheduled on-line chats. Materials include web versions
of reading materials and lecture notes. Supporting resources include
message forums, weekly online chats, email support, projects, quizzes, and
links to relevant websites.
The course will last for four weeks and cover all the details needed to
plan storage expansions or improvements. (It does not include
improvements such as mounts to individual artifacts.) This course will
include handouts, on-line literature, slide lectures, and
student-teacher/group-teacher dialog.
If you are interested in the course, please sign up at
www.museumclasses.org and pay for the course at
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html. If you have trouble with
either, please contact Helen Alten at [log in to unmask]
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