[Nhcoll-l] Hands-on "curatorial" activities

[Carrie Eaton]

Hi all,
We do a behind-the-scenes night at our museum, letting people into our 
repository and collections workroom, among other places (I'm sure many 
of you have a similarly-styled event). Our members really appreciate 
getting to do a short hands-on activity, or something 
semi-participatory. I've done a few things with numbering items or 
photographing objects, but would love to change things up from year to 
year. I'm wondering if anyone out there has crafted some good hands-on 
activities that are related to the care of collections or general 
curatorial practices? What have you tried, what has worked well, and 
what has not worked so well? I'm open to all suggestions and would love 
to hear what you've done!
many thanks,
Carrie

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Carrie Eaton
Collections Manager, UW Geology Museum
1215 West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608)262.4912
carrie at geology.wisc.edu