[Nhcoll-l] January - February 2022 On-Line courses -- Museum Study LLC

Tue Dec 14 14:32:27 EST 2021

Hello,
Please see below for a compendium of on-line courses in Museum Studies and Collections Management.  This list is provided by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Professional Development Committee as a monthly service for nhcoll subscribers.  Please contact the course providers or instructors for more information or questions.
As a reminder, nhcoll is not open for advertising by individuals; however, if you would like to have your courses appear in this compendium, please feel free to submit your offerings to jeff.stephenson at dmns.org<mailto:jeff.stephenson at dmns.org>, and we'll see that you get in.
Thank you

>From Museum Study, LLC

Keeping Historic Houses & Museums Clean 4 week online course begins Jan 3 on MuseumStudy.com
An unkempt museum or historic house is not appealing to the visitor nor is it healthy for the staff and collection. In this 4 week online professional development course instructor Gretchen Anderson will lay a foundation as to how to clean objects and facilities safely. We will explore a variety of subjects, including health and safety for the staff and the objects, cleaning methods for a large variety of collection types common in art & cultural institutions and the importance of documenting what you do.
One former participant said, "This class was so helpful! This was such a great resource! For the first time since I started working here, my staff really seems to understand why I ask them to do what we do. It has really been the start of some great conversations on site and we will 100% use the techniques learned."
Cleaning and sterilizing the museum is in the news these days. Once we get back in to our museums and historic houses we will need to be extra careful. Please join us for this timely class to look at methods to protect both the collection and your visitors.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/keeping-historic-houses-and-museums-clean

Collections Emergencies: Preparedness to Resilience 4 week online course begins Jan 3 on MuseumStudy.com
Diverse hazards are threatening our cultural institutions and can quickly turn into emergencies or disasters. Do you feel comfortable using your emergency plan or responding to an emergency? Have you fully prepared for a response and a resilient recovery? Join Rebecca Kennedy of Curae Collections Care, LLC for the 4 week online course Collections
Emergencies: Preparedness to Resilience. This course will go beyond the basics of emergency planning and teach participants how to turn their plans into living documents that work in all emergency events. We will focus on practical skills to guide participants from preparedness through response, into recovery and finally to resiliency.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/collections-emergencies-preparedness-to-resilience

The Interpretive Exhibit Planners Toolbox course begins Jan 3 on MuseumStudy.com
Guidelines and tools for planning and managing interpretive exhibit projects.
Join instructor John Veverka for this 4 week course designed for medium to small museums that may be doing most of their interpretive exhibits "in house". It provides a strategy to help them develop cost effective and "successful" interpretive exhibits (Provoke, Relate, Reveal) based on interpretive objectives and interpretive theme development and illustration.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/the-interpretive-exhibit-planners-toolbox

Decolonizing Museums in Practice course begins Jan 31 on MuseumStudy.com
Articles about decolonizing museums are everywhere these days, but what does this actually mean in practice for museum professionals?
Join Laura Phillips, Heather George, and Nathan Sentance for this 8 week online course where we will focus on looking critically at how museum professionals can activate decolonial ways of thinking in their own work environment, and in their day to day life.
We will investigate how the words of contemporary Indigenous scholars and curators can be put into practice to promote practices that de-centre the subtle (and not so subtle) colonial ways of thinking that surround us every day.
The text book can take a while to arrive so make sure to order it well in advance if you can not find it locally. This course fills early, registration is now open for the February/March course.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/decolonizing-museums-in-practice

Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections online course begins Jan 31 on MuseumStudy.com
Join instructor Angela Kipp for the 4 week online course Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections. Working with a previously unmanaged collection is one of the most challenging and rewarding projects in the career of a museum professional. Challenging because of the variety of issues like leaking roofs, missing documentation, and the question as to whether there is actually a floor underneath those piles of objects. Rewarding because of the variety of new discoveries and the skills that are learned, along with the satisfying feeling of getting things done.
The process of securing the collection and making it accessible needs the mindset of a collections manager and that of a project manager. This 4 week course helps you to get a grip on your unmanaged collection by developing a plan to tackle it, defining achievable goals by creating logical exits, and finding ways to keep the project going even if you are limited in time, staff and money.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/managing-previously-unmanaged-collections

Creating Exhibitions Through the Collective course begins Jan 31 on MuseumStudy.com
Do you want to create an exhibit that utilizes your community?
If so, Creating Exhibitions through the Collective is for you. This class will be focused on community co-curation. We will investigate how community involvement during all stages of the exhibit development process can lead to more interpretation that is credible, community empowerment, and advocacy. Tips and strategies will be provided to build sustainable frameworks for this type of engagement.
Join Instructor Saul Sopoci Drake for this 4 week online professional development course.
For more information visit our website and view the instructor's video introduction: https://www.museumstudy.com/creating-exhibitions-through-the-collective

Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1 course begins Jan 31 on MuseumStudy.com
Assessing risks to cultural property, including but not limited to Museum, Library, and Archive collections, is becoming a fundamental ability for collection care professionals. Join instructor Robert Waller for the first in a series of online courses on Risk to Cultural Property. This introductory course provides a firm foundation on which to build an understanding of risk-based approaches to cultural property protection.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/assessing-risk-to-cultural-property-1

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