Hi Dave,

This sounds like a great and very pertinent course. Thanks for that.

I admit I do not have a policy to share, but rather a request.

Can you add something to your syllabus, if you do not already have such a
topic, that addresses effective/politically appropriate means of educating
investigators in the histories of the structures they run their events in
so that they do not embarrass themselves by discovering "evidence" in
modern reconstructions of historic buildings and/or fake cemeteries?

In my experience the investigators need as much education as the museum
personnel that need to monitor and interact with them

Thanks.

Mark Janzen

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:34 PM, David Harvey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> In mid-September I will be teaching a two-week short online course for
> Museum Classes Online on "*Paranormal Investigations In Museums and
> Historic Sites*". The course is structured to introduce museum colleagues
> to the topic and how these investigations work, to assess the pro's and
> con's, and then at the end the participants formulate their own policies or
> programs. The course is also open to people who investigate the paranormal
> who want to understand the museum or historic site perspective and how best
> to integrate their practices when they approach us.
>
> There are many things you will discover in the course that you may not
> know - for instance that many paranormal groups are devoted to history and
> preservation and often do events as fund-raisers to help their local
> historic sites and museums.
>
> I would love to update my information in regards to policies (sample
> policies would be wonderful if you can share them) and also I'd love to
> hear from museums or historic sites who have their own paranormal / ghost
> programs or who work with a local paranormal group to run one. I have
> already have examples but would love to get it all up to date. Please send
> them to my email off of the list.
>
> The formal announcement for the course will be coming out soon.
>
> If any of you are interested in taking the course you can go to
> http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms013.html to read
> the course description and to register.
>
> As many of you know I have a long career in conservation so I will
> obviously have a segment in the course devoted to preservation to reinforce
> awareness as to why museums and historic sites have many policies related
> to that.
>
> Cheers!
> Dave
>
> David Harvey
> Senior Conservator & Museum Consultant
> Los Angeles CA
> CityOfAngelsConservation.weebly.com
>
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