[NHCOLL-L:3831] Museum management course online in May

[Helen Alten]

MS109: Museum Management ** NEW **
Instructor:  Sue Near
Dates: May 5 through May 30, 2008
Cost: $425
Location: www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Museum Management is complex. A museum exists to preserve collections 
and educate, but it is also an institution that must employ sound 
business practices while being accountable to the public as a 
non-profit organization. Participants will gain an understanding of 
the requirements for museum administration and the processes used to 
run a successful museum. Elements required to efficiently and 
effectively run a museum will be covered, and we will engage in 
discussions about the changing cultural climate that may effect 
museum operations.

Course Outline
1. Introduction
2. Legal and Planning Documents
3. Staff Responsibilities, Organization, & Personnel Management
4. Strategic Planning
5. Budget Management and Accountability
6. Collections Management
7. Facilities Management
8. Marketing and Community Relations
9. Development and Membership
10. Public Programs and Evaluation
11. Overview Future Trends

Course Book:
Museum Administration: An Introduction, Hugh H. Genoways (University 
of Nebraska State Museum) and Lynne M. Ireland (Nebraska State 
Historical Society), Series: American Association for State and Local 
History, AltaMira Press, 2003

Logistics:
Participants in Museum Management work through sections the above 
sections on their own. Instructor Susan Near is available for 
scheduled email support. Materials and resources include online 
literature and references, slide lectures and dialog between students 
and online chats led by the instructor. The course is limited to 20 
participants.

Museum Management runs four weeks.. Please sign up and pay at 
<http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html>http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html 
If you have trouble with either, please contact Helen Alten at 
helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Susan Near recently became special projects manager at the Montana 
Historical Society in Helena. Prior positions at the Historical 
Society include director of museum services (1989-2007), curator of 
collections (1984-1989), and registrar (1982-1984). She also worked 
as collections research specialist at the Valley Forge Historical 
Society in Pennsylvania. She has been curator for more than 20 major 
exhibitions ranging from western art to decorative arts, and has 
conducted material culture research covering a broad range of 
collections. Near co-authored of Montana's State Capitol:The People's 
House, Montana Historical Society Press, 2002. Near has extensive 
administrative experience especially in grant-writing, heritage 
tourism, educational outreach, public relations, marketing, planning 
for new museum construction, and project and event management. She is 
an accreditation visiting committee member for the American 
Association of Museums, has conducted peer reviews for the Museums 
Assessment Program, and has reviewed and served on grants panels for 
the Institute for Museum and Library Services and the National 
Endowment for the Humanities. Ms. Near is a graduate of the Museum 
Studies Program at the University of Delaware and the Getty's Museum 
Management Institute.
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