[Nhcoll-l] Museum Management online course starts May 6

[helen at collectioncare.org]

MS109: Museum Management
Instructor: Sue Near
Dates: May 6 through June 7, 2013
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Sound business practices are critical for a museum to
fulfill its mission. Sounds like vegetables, right? 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.
Instructor Sue Near teaches participants how to administer
a successful museum efficiently and effectively.
Participants will engage in discussions about the changing
cultural climate and its effect on museum operations.

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 six weeks. To learn more about the
course and reserve a spot, go to
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have
trouble please contact Helen Alten at
helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Susan Near is 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 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.

Helen Alten
Director
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org