CCAHA’s Collections Storage Program, Philadelphia, PA, September 2008 - Save the Date!

 

A Space Odyssey: Storage Strategies for Cultural Collections

presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

 

September 23 & 24, 2008

Philadelphia, PA

 

This comprehensive 2-day program is intended for archives, museum and library collections and will cover:

Planning for Storage Projects

·        Deconstructing Collections Storage: The Essentials

·        Allocating Resources and Funding for Collections Storage Projects

·        Case Study on Funding, Planning and Building New Collections Storage at the Litchfield Historical Society

·        Break-out Sessions

§         Space Planning:  Getting the Most Out of Your Storage Spaces

§         Off-site Storage: Factors in Selection

§         Moving Collections:  Preparing and Transporting Artifacts 

§         Open Storage:  Benefits and Considerations

 

Environmental Control and Implementation

·        Storage Environments: The Big Picture

·        Sustaining Optimal Storage Environments

·        Break-out Sessions

§         Cold Storage: Is it Feasible for Your Collections?

§         Storage Furniture: Factors in Selection

§         Understanding HVAC Systems

§         Instituting an Environmental Monitoring Program

§         Funding and Budgeting for Collections Storage Projects

§         Regulating Environments in Historic Structures

 

Speakers include:

Georgina Bath, Coordinator, Luce Foundation Center for American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Walt Crimm, Vice President Cultural Practice Group, EwingCole Architects

Cathy Fields, Executive Director; and Julie Frey, Curator of Collections, Litchfield Historical Society

Kristen Froehlich, Director of the Collection, Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia

Michael Henry, Watson & Henry Associates

Peter Herzog, Herzog/Wheeler Associates

Emily Kaplan, Conservator, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

James Reilly, Director, Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology

Barbara Lemmen, Photograph Conservator, Lee Price, Director of Development, and Glen Ruzicka, Director of Conservation, CCAHA

 

Cosponsored and hosted by the Union League of Philadelphia.

 

The fee for this two-day program is $225 for CCAHA members and $250 for non-members.  This program is partially subsidized by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Claneil Foundation and the Independence Foundation.

 

Registration begins in May 2008.  For more information, visit www.ccaha.org, call 215-545-0613 or email [log in to unmask] .

 

 

Kim Andrews

Preservation Services Officer

CONSERVATION CENTER for Art and Historic Artifacts

264 S. 23rd Street

Philadelphia, PA  19103

215-545-0613 (phone)

215-735-9313 (fax)

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www.ccaha.org

 

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