Do your collections need to be catalogued? Do you want to train an intern or volunteer to get started on that neglected inventorying project? Is your small museum or historic site considering using museum software such as PastPerfect? 

If you answered “yes” to any one of these questions, then this Sustaining Places workshop is for you! Visit our web site to register now, or read more details below. http://sustainingplaces.com/act/workshop-registration/

Taming Your Treasures: Collections Management for Beginners Workshop 

is a hands-on, two-session workshop that will teach you best practices in handling, describing, photographing, labeling, and keeping track of your museum’s treasures. After you complete this workshop, you will walk away with tools for gaining intellectual control over your collection so that you and your visitors will be able to work with and learn from your museum’s treasures today and in the future.

The Taming Your Treasures workshop will emphasize three-dimensional collections and is designed for beginners. It is suitable for (but not limited to):

* Interns or non-collections staff or volunteers who have never catalogued, inventoried, or labeled collections objects but will in the future

* Board members or non-collection staff or volunteers who have never catalogued, inventoried, or labeled collections objects but want to learn more about best practices in collections management

* Professional or volunteer staff who assess and plan for future cataloguing and inventorying projects

* Professional or volunteer staff considering implementing software such as PastPerfect in the near future to digitize their collections records

Instructors:

Nicole Belolan (Sustaining Places/Museum Studies at the University of Delaware) 

Brian Gomez (PastPerfect Museum Software) 

When and Where:

Sept. 15: Newlin Grist Mill, Glenn Mills, PA 

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Sept. 29: Dept. of History, Univ. of Delaware 

Cost:

Tri-State Coalition of Historic Places Member: $30

Non-Member (Individual): $60

Non-Member (Institution): $70

Registration:

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This workshop is designed by Sustaining Places, which is a collaborative resource project from the Museum Studies Program at the University of Delaware and the Tri-State Coalition of Historic Places. It is supported by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services’ 21st Century Museum Professionals Program.