[Nhcoll-l] Applying Numbers to Collection Objects online course starts February 3rd

[Helen Alten]

MS 208: Applying Numbers to Collection Objects
Instructor: Gretchen Anderson
Dates: Feb 3 - Feb 28, 2014
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Applying Numbers to Collection Objects covers the materials and methods 
of object numbering: registration, handling, labeling and marking, 
number placement, documentation, health and safety, transponders and 
barcodes, surface marks, inks, paints and barrier coats. Each 
participant receives a Northern States Conservation Center collections 
labeling kit and performs experiments using its contents. Participants 
learn to determine what pen, ink, barrier coat or tag is appropriate for 
each object and storage or display situation.

Logistics:
Participants in Applying Numbers to Collection Objects work through 
seven sections at their own pace. Instructor Helen Alten will be 
available at scheduled times for email support. Participants work 
individually and interact through forums and online chats. Materials 
include PowerPoint lectures, readings, lecture notes and a collections 
labeling kit with sample materials. Additional resources include 
projects, quizzes and links to relevant web sites.

Applying Numbers to Collection Objects runs four weeks. To learn more 
about the course, go to 
http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms208.html If you 
have trouble please contact us at info at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Objects conservator Gretchen Anderson learned her craft at the American 
Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian's Conservation Analytical 
Lab, the Canadian Conservation Institute, Getty Conservation Lab, the 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Minnesota Historical Society. 
She established the conservation department at the Science Museum of 
Minnesota in 1989. She is the co-author of A Holistic Approach to Museum 
Pest Management, a technical leaflet for the American Association for 
State and Local History and established a rigorous IPM program for the 
Science Museum. She was a key member in the planning team that designed 
and built a new facility for the Science Museum of Minnesota. This 
endeavor resulted in not only a state of the art exhibition and storage 
facility, but also a major publication about the experience of building 
a new museum and creating the correct environments: Moving the Mountain. 
In 2009 she accepted the position of conservator and head of the 
conservation section at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in 
Pittsburgh. Ms. Anderson is a member of the American Institute for 
Conservation and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History 
Collections. She lectures and presents workshops on preventive 
conservation, IPM, cleaning in museums, and practical methods and 
materials for storage of collections.

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