MS 208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects:
Materials and Methods of Object Numbering
Dates: Aug 3 to Aug 28, 2009
Price: $425
Instructor: Helen Alten
Location: 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.
Course Outline:
1. Introduction
2. Basic Concepts
3. Associating Numbers and Objects
4. Applying Numbers to Objects: Barrier Coats and Direct Surface Marking
5. Tools of Numbering
6. Recommended Numbering Procedures for Specific Objects
7. Conclusion
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 reserve a spot in the course, please
pay at
<http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html>http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html
If you have trouble please contact Helen Alten at [log in to unmask]
Student Comments for MS208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects:
All in all, I learned more than I thought I
would. I and my colleagues are eager to have the
handouts in a binder for immediate and future reference.
I loved the practical assignments. I loved the
feedback from Helen. And I loved the live chat sessions.
The organization of the course was excellent -
readings were well-constructed and well-placed
within the greater course context … I was pleased
that we had homework where we were expected to
apply some of the concepts we'd read about.
I liked the ability to receive instruction
without having to leave my office or go out of town.
I was able to learn so much about numbering
museum items that I did not know. I had tried to
do research on the Internet and had found some
things, but nothing like what we covered through the course.
The Instructor:
Helen Alten, is the Director of Northern States
Conservation Center and its chief Objects
Conservator. 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, wrote and edited the quarterly
Collections Caretaker, maintains 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. Helen
currently conducts conservation treatments and
operates a conservation center in Charleston, WV and St. Paul, MN.
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