This is looking to be a great course.
***Course Announcement***
MS211: PRESERVATION ENVIRONMENTS
(Formerly Museum Environmental Control Systems)
Instructor: Ernest A. Conrad
Dates: November 14 through December 8, 2006
Price: $395
Location: http://www.museumclasses.org
Description:
Preservation Environments is essential for anyone considering a new building or
expanding or retrofitting an old one. Participants learn about methods for
controlling temperature and humidity and the advantages and disadvantages
of each. Preservation Environments does not try to turn museum professionals
into engineers, but it does equip them with the vocabulary and basic
knowledge necessary to represent the interests of the collection with facilities
engineers and maintenance professionals. Learn when and how to monitor,
how to read psychrometric charts, how to determine the environmental control
capacities of your building, and where the future might lead museums.
Course Outline
1. Introduction
2. Climate Control Basics
3. Monitoring and Psychrometrics
4. Water The Enemy
5. Preservation Tomorrow
6. Conclusion
Logistics
Participants in Preservation Environments work at their own pace through six
sections and interact through online chats. Instructor Ernest Conrad is
available at scheduled times during the course for email support. Preservation
Environments includes online literature, slide lectures and student-
teacher/group-teacher dialog. The course is limited to 20 participants.
Preservation Environments runs four weeks. Sign up at
http://www.museumclasses.org and pay for the course at
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble completing an
on-line order, please contact Helen Alten at [log in to unmask] or Eric
Swanson at [log in to unmask]
The Instructor:
For over 20 years, Mr. Conrad has focused on environmental issues. He is
president of Landmark Facilities Group, Inc., an engineering firm specializing in
environmental systems for museums, libraries, archives and historic facilities. A
licensed Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering in several states, Mr.
Conrad holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master's
Degree in Environmental Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
A well-respected and honored member of many professional organizations, his
greatest contribution to the preservation field was the development of
environmental guidelines for engineers who work on museums, libraries and
archives. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) publishes standards in the areas of HVAC and
refrigeration. Mr. Conrad recently co-authored the ASHRAE Applications
Handbook "Chapter 20: Museums, Libraries and Archives." For the first time,
there are guidelines specific to our needs in the engineering literature.
Mr. Conrad has studied environments and designed special climate control
systems throughout the United States for clients as well-known as the
National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, The Frick Collection, Getty
Conservation Institute, The Pierpont Morgan Library, National Trust for Historic
Preservation, and National Park Service. He has a special interest in house
museums and how climate affects structures and collections housed within
those structures. Mr. Conrad shares his incredible expertise through lectures
at New York University, the Fashion Institute of Technoloty, the National
Preservation Institute and Simmons College.
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