[NHCOLL-L:5040] Materials for storage and display online class starts Monday

[Helen Alten]

There is still room available in Northern States Conservation Center's 
online class Materials for Storage and Display.  This course covers, in 
detail,  materials that should be used by exhibit fabricators or those 
upgrading storage areas.

*MS 204: Materials for Storage and Display*
*Instructor:* Helen Alten
*Dates: *Nov 1 through 30, 2010
*Location: *online at www.museumclasses.org
*For more information:* 
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms204.html*

Description:*
One of the great benefits of the 21st century is the abundance of 
materials for storing and displaying collections. Materials for Storage 
and Display covers this vast array in detail. Lectures and handouts 
separate materials by properties: rigid, padding, barrier and 
attachments. Slide shows illustrate the use of each. The course 
emphasizes acid-free materials and how to retrofit less appropriate 
materials. Materials for Storage and Display keeps current with the 
latest materials available for preservation. Using material testing as a 
decision making tool is covered. Participants receive notebooks with 
samples of all of the materials discussed.

*Course Outline:*
1. Introduction
2. Choosing and Testing
3. Rigid Materials
4. Padding Materials
5. Barrier Materials
6. Tie Materials
7. Bad Materials
8. Conclusion
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*The Instructor:*
*Helen Alten*, is the Director of Northern States Conservation Center 
and its chief Objects Conservator. For nearly 30 years she has been 
involved in objects conservation since she completed her degree in 
Archaeological Conservation and Materials Science from the Institute of 
Archaeology at the University of London in England. She has built and 
run conservation laboratories in Bulgaria, Montana, Greece, Alaska, 
Minnesota and West Virginia. She has a broad understanding of 
three-dimensional materials and their deterioration, wrote and edited 
the quarterly Collections Caretaker,  maintains the popular 
www.collectioncare.org web site, and lectures throughout the United 
States on collection care topics. Helen Alten began working with people 
from small, rural, and tribal museums while the state conservator for 
Montana and Alaska. Helen currently conducts conservation treatments and 
operates Northern States Conservation Center in Charleston, WV and St. 
Paul, MN.

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