Hi, Marc --

Several topics that have come up on Museum-L repeatedly that you might want to consider adding:

1. Flooring options in exhibition and collections storage areas
2. Live ammunition in the collection
3. Drugs and alcohol in the collection
4. Books, documents and photographs on exhibit (unless lighting and/or exhibit cases will cover this)
6. Insect and pest control

The mini-sessions sound like a great program and a real draw to the exhibits area but grant-writing might be tough to cover very well in a 15-30 min. session. Hopefully, there will be handouts for attendees to take away to review when they get back home and to share with colleagures.

Judy Turner
Whitefish Bay, WI

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--- On Thu, 9/10/09, Marc A Williams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
> I am researching the viability
> of holding a series of 
> mini-sessions in the Exhibit Hall of the New England Museum
> Association (NEMA) 
> annual conference this fall as part of an "Ask A
> Conservator" booth.  I 
> would like to request input from the collective wisdom of
> the list on suggested 
> topics, which should be able to be discussed in 15-30
> minutes.  What would 
> YOU like to hear about?  Please feel free to comment
> (off-list is best) 
> even if you are not attending the conference.  I have
> listed several topics 
> below to get you thinking, so please vote for these or
> suggest others in 
> which you may have a particular interest.  Thanks for
> your 
> help!
>  
> * Mold & Mildew
> * Environmental Monitoring
> * Collections Care Grant Writing
> * Lights & Lighting Control
> * Low-Tech Environmental Control
> * Exhibit Cases - Pluses and Minuses
>  
> Marc


      

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