Hi Everyone!

I am cross-posting this announcement from the Objects Specilaty Group (AIC) Listserve.

Cheers!
Dave

David Harvey
Conservator
Los Angeles, California  USA
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The Midwest Regional Conservation Guild is pleased to announce our fall pre-conference symposium: The Latest Trends in Museum Storage, to be held
November 5, 2004 at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Ohio.  The annual fall MRCG meeting (open to members only) follows on November 6 and 7th.

List of Speakers:

Martin Radecki:  Planning Museum Storage Areas

Stephen Bonadies:  Choosing Museum Storage Furniture

To be announced:  Storage for the Small Museum

Barbara Heller:  Storage of Oversized Artifacts

Debbie Hess Norris:  Storage of Photographic Materials

Emily Kaplan:  Storage of Ethnographic Artifacts

Toby Raphael:  Internal Storage Cabinet Environments

Sherelyn Ogden/ Ann Frisina: Textile Storage

Hilary Kaplan: The Storage of Paper and Archival Artifacts


For more information on the symposium content or for general information, please contact Laurie Booth, Midwest Conservation Services, at [log in to unmask] or at (440) 543-2202.

Early Registration Information, until September 30, 2004 (includes lunch):

MRCG Members: US$ 100
American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Members US$135
All Others: US$160

Late Registration (September 16-November 5, 2004)

All Registrants: US$195

Please note that registration for this symposium is limited to 140, so register early!  To register please send your payment with the following information, for each registrant, to:

James Cutrone
Secretary/Treasurer, MRCG
1274 W. 76th St.
Cleveland, OH  44102
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Name
Affiliation
Mailing Address
Telephone No./Fax No.
Email address
Lunch preference: Vegetarian or non-vegetarian

Checks should be made out to "MRCG" and must be received by September 30th to qualify for the discount.

Hotel Information

A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the InterContinental Suites Hotel in nearby Unversity Circle.  To reserve a room there at the special symposium price of $99/day, please contact the hotel at (216) 707-4000 or (800) 707-8999 and mention the museum storage symposium in order to receive the discounted rate.

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