[Nhcoll-l] Traveling Exhibitions new online course begins August 5

[Helen Alten]

MS 244: Traveling Exhibitions
Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
Dates: Aug 5  to Aug 30, 2013
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Sharing an exciting exhibition with other museums expands your museum's 
reach and impact. When and how do you plan for this undertaking? How do 
you manage the exhibition once it has left your facility? How do you 
ensure a successful exhibition at each venue? Your questions - the more 
the better - facilitate successful exhibition development and touring. 
Traveling exhibits, though, are a two-way street. Sometimes you are the 
lender, sometimes you are the borrower. How do you find and manage 
interesting exhibits created by other institutions in order to expand 
your museum's offerings? In this online course, learn how to find 
interesting exhibits developed by other museums and plan for your 
exhibition from idea to on the road - and beyond!

Logistics:
Participants in Traveling Exhibitions work through sections on their 
own. Materials and resources include online literature, slide lectures 
and dialog between students and the instructor through online forums.

Traveling Exhibitions runs four weeks. To learn more about the course, 
go to http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms244.html If 
you have trouble please contact Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Lin Nelson-Mayson, with over 25 years of museum experience at small and 
large institutions, is director of the University of Minnesota's 
Goldstein Museum of Design. Prior to that, she was the director of 
ExhibitsUSA, a nonprofit exhibition touring organization that annually 
tours over 30 art and humanities exhibitions across the country. For 
five years, she was a coordinator or judge for the American Association 
of Museums' Excellence in Exhibitions Competition. She currently serves 
on the exhibition committee for the National Sculpture Society. Ms. 
Nelson-Mayson has extensive experience with the planning, preparation, 
research and installation of exhibitions. Ms Nelson-Mayson's experience 
includes teaching museum studies and museology courses. Her particular 
interest is the needs of small museums.

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