[NHCOLL-L:5682] Keeping Small Animals on Exhibit online short course starts October 10

[Helen Alten]

MS012: Keeping Small Animals on Exhibit
Karin Hostetter
Price: $95
Dates: Oct 10 to 14, 2011
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Whether by design or accident, many museums find themselves with small 
collections of small animals - sometimes for exhibit, sometimes not; 
sometimes for educational program use, sometimes not. Determine which 
animals work best for your purposes. Know how to care for the animals 
considering healthy diets, appropriate exhibit or non-exhibit caging, 
guest safety, veterinary care, and needed permits.

Logistics:
Participants in Gallery Guides will read literature and participate in 
four one-hour chats to discuss what is in an effective guide. Each 
student should read course materials and prepare questions or comments 
to share with the other students in the chat. This is a mini-course that 
lasts two weeks and takes no more than 20 hours of a student's time. 
This is an opportunity to brain-storm with colleagues about what works 
and what doesn't work.

To reserve a spot in the course, please pay at 
http://www.museumclasses.org and pay at 
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble please 
contact Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Over the years, Ms. Hostetter has been responsible for small animal 
exhibits and animal care at both the Heard Museum and the Denver Zoo. 
She worked with wild animal rehabilitation and public education animals, 
work that included training volunteer animal handlers. Karin co-founded 
the Zoos, Wildlife Parks, and Aquaria special interest section of the 
National Association for Interpretation.

Karin Hostetter is owner of Interpret This, a consulting company 
specializing in interpretive writing, program and curriculum 
development, and volunteer program management. When she is not 
consulting with other museums, she likes to volunteer and contract teach 
at them with a special love for preschool and family programs.

-- 
Brad Bredehoft for Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org