Capitalize on Collections Care: A Fund-Raising Workshop 1 June 1996, 9:30am - 5:00pm Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies Mt. Carroll, Illinois Sponsored by the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property and the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies Want to breathe new life into your fund-raising program? Look to the heart of your museum's mission: the care and conservation of your museum's collection. "Capitalize on Collections Care: A Fund-Raising Workshop" will explore ways in which institutions can effectively incorporate collections care and conservation into their fund-raising activities, taking advantage of conservation's unique visual qualities to motivate potential donors by showing them the tangible results of such financial support. Whether your institution's goal is to improve your exhibits, expand your education program, stabilize your museum's environment, upgrade your storage facilities or increase your membership and attendance, it is your collections that ultimately motivate individulas, foundations, corporations and state and local governments to support your efforts. This one-day workshop will demonstrate a variety of successful, creative approaches to integrating collections care into such basic fund-raising strategies as annual appeals, capitol campaigns, planned giving and adopt-an-object programs, invigorating your fund raising and benefiting both the care of your collections and the institution as a whole. Speakers and panelists have been selected to represent a wide range of institutional types (art museums, historical societies and historic house museums) and funding projects (from modest cooperative ventures to major fund drives). Speakers include: . Louise Brackman, Curator and Associate Director, Naper Settlement Museum Village, Naperville, IL . Judy Burfeind, Site Manager, Rensselaer Russell House Museum, Waterloo, IA . Carolyn DeLuca, Executive Director, Rockford Art Musuem, Rockford, IL . James De Young, Conservator, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI . Barbara Heller, Head of Conservation, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI . Bill Huebsch, Executive Director, Upper Midwest Conservation Association, Minneapolis, MN . Mary Wood Lee, Executive Director, Campbell Center, Mt. Carroll, IL . Thomas D. Lidtke, Executive Director, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI . Lawrence L. Reger, President, National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, Washington DC Registration fee is US$45. The fee covers lunch, breaks and informational material. For those wishing to arrive the night prior to the workshop, housing on 31 May and breakfast on 1 June are available for $25. Prepayment is required and should be made payable to the Campbell Center. Please register by 15 May. Enrollement is limited. For additional information and to enroll, contact: NIC Workshop Campbell Center 203 East Seminary Street Mt. Carroll, IL 61053-0066 (815) 244-1173 Please do not respond by e-mail Diane Gutenkauf Member, Operating Board, Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies