MS012: Keeping Small Animals on Exhibit
Karin Hostetter
Price: $95
Dates: Oct 10 to 14, 2011
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Whether by design or accident, many museums find themselves with small collections of small animals - sometimes for exhibit, sometimes not; sometimes for educational program use, sometimes not. Determine which animals work best for your purposes. Know how to care for the animals considering healthy diets, appropriate exhibit or non-exhibit caging, guest safety, veterinary care, and needed permits. 

Logistics:
Participants in Gallery Guides will read literature and participate in four one-hour chats to discuss what is in an effective guide. 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 that lasts two weeks and takes no more than 20 hours of a student's time. This is an opportunity to brain-storm with colleagues about what works and what doesn't work.

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:
Over the years, Ms. Hostetter has been responsible for small animal exhibits and animal care at both the Heard Museum and the Denver Zoo. She worked with wild animal rehabilitation and public education animals, work that included training volunteer animal handlers. Karin co-founded the Zoos, Wildlife Parks, and Aquaria special interest section of the National Association for Interpretation. 

Karin Hostetter is owner of Interpret This, a consulting company specializing in interpretive writing, program and curriculum development, and volunteer program management. When she is not consulting with other museums, she likes to volunteer and contract teach at them with a special love for preschool and family programs.

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