[Nhcoll-l] Found in the Collection: Orphans, Old Loans and Abandoned Property online course begins March 3rd

[Helen Alten]

MS 303: Found in the Collection: Orphans, Old Loans and Abandoned Property
Instructor: Lin Nelson-Mayson
Dates: Mar 3 to Apr 4, 2014
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Every museum has a few stray items. Some lost tags long ago. Others turn 
up as surprises during inventories. A few are all that remain from 
long-ago exhibits. While you'll want to keep some, others may be 
deteriorating. Even worse, some pose significant hazards for staff and 
the rest of the collection. All raise legal and professional questions. 
How do you deal with objects that have no records? Or loans from 
unidentified or deceased lenders? Found in the Collection addresses how 
to identify abandoned objects and old loans. It further covers the 
application of state laws and rules for identifying owners or 
establishing ownership.

Logistics:
Participants in Found in the Collection work through sections on their 
own. Instructor Lin Nelson-Mayson is available for scheduled email 
support. Materials and resources include online literature, slide 
lectures and dialog between students and online chats led by the 
instructor. The course is limited to 20 participants.

Found in the Collection runs four weeks. To learn more and reserve a 
spot in the course, please go to 
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms303.html If you 
have trouble please contact us at info 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