Do you have firearms (guns!)  in your collection?

Are you CLUELESS about how to care for them?

Would you like to know how to care for your firearms?

Would you like to learn about proper storage techniques?

Do you know where to put numbers on firearms?

 

If you need to know the answers to any of the above questions, you need to attend MPMA’s Pre-Conference Workshop:  Historic Firearms in the Collection.

 

Limited number can attend. So, hurry and register.   Have you registered already?  You can still add this workshop.

 

Do you have firearms in your collection? Doesn’t everyone?? Join this interactive hands-on workshop at the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center! Building on last year’s firearms workshop, Deborah Long, Head of Objects Conservation, will discuss and demonstrate the care and storage of historic firearms in collections. Using the current IMLS funded arms project currently underway at the Nebraska State Historical Society Museum of Nebraska History in Lincoln as a model, Ms. Long will discuss collection storage planning, examination, handling, numbering, cleaning, and storage of firearms. Workshop will be held at the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center.

 

Featured topics:

 

Basic tools and strategies for proper storage
Tools for proper care and handling
Proper numbering techniques
How to properly clean firearms

Tips on keeping your firearms in good condition and safe

Reference material will be provided.

 

REGISTER NOW! For a registration form, respond to this email or visit MPMA online at http://www.mountplainsmuseums.org/ (Go to conferences).  Workshops will be held September 13th in conjunction with MPMA's annual regional museum conference in Omaha, NE, Sept. 13 - Sept.16, 2005.

 

Workshop Presenter:

Deborah Long, Objects Conservator, Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center, Nebraska State Historical Society, Omaha, NE

 

Half-Day Workshop, Tuesday 9:00 am — 12:00 pm  September 13, 2005

Workshop Fee for conference delegates is $30.  Non-delegate fee is $50.

 

MPMA offers these workshops, too:

1. Plastics in Collections

2. Historical / Re-enactment Clothing

3. Terrorism

4. Tribal Museums and Libraries

5. Packing and Shipping Objects

6. Museum Building and Planning

Check these out on MPMA's website:  Click here: The Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA)

 

 

MPMA's Annual Conference in 2005 is in Omaha, Nebraska, September 13-16th.  Come see all the things to do in the big O! MPMA is the professional service provider to museums in ten states: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. For more information, Click here: Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA)

Mountain-Plains Museums Association
7110 West David Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80128-5404
303-979-9358 / fax 303-979-3553 http://www.mountplainsmuseums.org/