Course
Outline:
1. Introduction
2. Choosing and Testing
3. Rigid Materials
4. Padding Materials
5. Barrier Materials
6. Tie Materials
7. Bad Materials
8. Conclusion
The Instructor:
Helen Alten, is the Director of Northern States
Conservation Center and its chief Objects Conservator. For
nearly 30 years she has been involved in objects conservation
since she completed her degree in Archaeological Conservation
and Materials Science from the Institute of Archaeology at the
University of London in England. She has built and run
conservation laboratories in Bulgaria, Montana, Greece, Alaska,
Minnesota and West Virginia. She has a broad understanding of
three-dimensional materials and their deterioration, wrote and
edited the quarterly Collections Caretaker, maintains the
popular www.collectioncare.org web site, and lectures throughout
the United States on collection care topics. Helen Alten began
working with people from small, rural, and tribal museums while
the state conservator for Montana and Alaska. Helen currently
conducts conservation treatments and operates Northern States
Conservation Center in Charleston, WV and St. Paul, MN.