MS103: The
Basics of Museum Registration (Only offered once in
2011)
Instructor: Peggy Schaller
Price: $475
Dates: Feb. 22 to Mar. 21, 2011
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org
Description::
Discover why museums use those little bitsy numbers on
artifacts. Master the ABCs of museum record keeping in the
Basics of Museum Registration. Participants learn about
registration, accession, common numbering systems and how to
craft a mission statement for their museum. Finally, the course
reviews the importance of having - and using - a registration
manual and what it should contain.
Each participant
will write a mission statement, as well as collection and
acquisition policies for a "new" museum. The curriculum also
requires written commentary on museum missions, an
accessioning exercise and drafting a sample registration
manual.
Course
Outline:
1. Introduction
2. The Museum Mission Statement
3. Accessioning and Numbering
4. Registration Manual
5. Conclusion
Logistics:
Participants in the Basics of Museum Registration work at
their own pace through five sections and interact through
online forums and chats. Instructor Peggy Schaller will be
available at scheduled times for email support. The course
covers everything you need to know to process a collection.
Materials include online readings and lecture notes, slide
shows, quizzes and links to relevant web sites.
Basics of Museum
Registration runs for four weeks. To reserve a spot in the
course, please pay at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html
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Student Comments for MS103:
The Basics of Museum Registration
"I have enjoyed many of the classes offered through NSCC and
really learn a lot. … The class was taught extremely well and
provided grateful information. Peggy was an inspiring person!"
" I liked the exercise where we
chose the different items we would have in the museum. That one
was hard because I didn't always know how to justify something I
wanted or didn't want … I was even asking my family at the
dinner table and we were all talking about what we would keep
and what we wouldn't! I would definitely take another class."
"This course was a great quick
course … I will look forward to taking more in the future … The
instructor was very helpful and available."
"The class was set up so that
someone with very little time could learn a lot in a short
period. It provided information that was useful in the actual
context of work."
"I have enjoyed many of the classes
offered through NSCC and really learn a lot. … The class was
taught extremely well and provided great information. Peggy was
an inspiring person with so much to learn from!
The Instructor:
Peggy Schaller, founded Collections Research for
Museums in 1991 to provide cataloging, collection-management
training and services. She has worked with a large variety of
museums and collections for more than 18 years. Peggy, who lives
in Denver, Colorado, has a bachelor's degree in anthropology with
minors in art history and geology from the University of Arizona
in Tucson. She has a master's degree in anthropology with a minor
in museum studies from the University of Colorado in Boulder and
is a Certified Institutional Protection Manager II. She provides
workshops and project services to museums and historical societies
all across the country. The mission of Collections Research for
Museums is to inspire museums to improve their professional
standards, collections stewardship and service to their
constituency through training in, and assistance with,
documenting, preserving, protecting and managing their
collections.