[Nhcoll-l] Introduction to Museums online course starts March 3rd

[Helen Alten]

MS101: Introduction to Museums
Instructor: John Simmons
Dates: Mar 3 to Apr 11, 2014
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
The United States has more than 17,000 museums, we can only guess at the 
world's total. While most people think of a museum as a well-staffed, 
professionally run institution, the vast majority of museums are started 
and run by people with little or no basic training in museum studies or 
preservation. Introduction to Museums is designed to change that. The 
course introduces basic concepts, terminology and the role of various 
staff members, including curators, registrars and directors. 
Introduction to Museums is aimed at staff members, board members, 
interns, volunteers, as well as anyone interested in becoming a museum 
professional or learning more about the profession.

Logistics:
Participants in Introduction to Museums work through sections at their 
own pace. Instructor John Simmons is available for scheduled email 
support. Materials and resources include online literature and dialog 
between students and online chats led by the instructor. The course is 
limited to 20 participants.

Introduction to Museums runs six weeks. To learn more about the course, 
go to http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms101.html If 
you have trouble please contact Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
John E. Simmons runs Museologica, an independent consulting company, and 
serves as Adjunct Curator of Collections at the Earth and Mineral 
Sciences Museum and Art Gallery at Pennsylvania State University. He has 
a B.S. in Systematics and Ecology and a Master's degree in Historical 
Administration and Museum Studies. Simmons began his professional career 
as a zoo keeper, then worked as collections manager at the California 
Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of the University of 
Kansas, where he also served as Director of the Museum Studies Program 
until 2007. He received 2011 Carolyn L. Rose Award for outstanding 
commitment to Natural History Collections Care and Management from the 
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, the 
Superior Voluntary Service Award from the American Association of 
Museums and the Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Mentoring of Graduate 
Students from the University of Kansas. Simmons' publications include 
three books, Herpetological Collecting and Collections Management 
(2002), Cuidado, Manejo y Conservación de las Colecciones Biológicas 
(2005, with Yaneth Muñoz-Saba), and Things Great and Small: Collections 
Management Policies (2006). He consults, teaches, and does field work in 
the US, Latin America and Asia. For more information visit his web site 
MUSEOLOGICA

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