[ARSCLIST] New approaches to Environmental Management - Save the Date!

["Andrews, Kim" <Kandrews@xxxxxxxxx>]

Environmental Management:  Stewardship and Sustainability
<http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=479cdf23-3a93-4ac9-8b
82-6518165f4b74>   presented by the Conservation Center for Art and
Historic Artifacts

Philadelphia, PA

 

November 12, 2009 - Save the Date!

 

This one-day workshop will explore new approaches to controlling
environmental conditions in cultural institutions. Speakers James
Reilly, Director, Image Permanence Institute; Michael C. Henry, PE, AIA,
Principal Engineer/Architect, Watson & Henry Associates; and Richard L.
Kerschner, Director of Preservation and Conservation, Shelburne Museum
will present strategies that are feasible, physically and financially,
to preserve collections materials for the long-term. 

 

Sessions include:

*        Review of ideal environmental conditions for collections.

*        Relationship between building structure and storage
environments.

*        Best practices for environmental control, including new
approaches.

*        Environmental monitoring and data analysis.

 

This program is intended for cultural heritage staff that monitor and
manage environmental conditions for collections, such as registrars,
facilities managers, archivists, librarians, curators, collections
managers, and stewards of historic house museums. 

 

Program Fee: $85 for CCAHA members/$100 for non-members.  

Major funding for this program is generously provided by the National
Endowment for the Humanities.

Hosted and cosponsored by The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 

 

For more information and to register online, go to
http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,479cdf23-3a93-4ac9-8b82-6518165f4b74
.  Still have questions? Visit our Education Program Calendar at
www.ccaha.org <http://www.ccaha.org/> , call 215-545-0613 or email
pso@xxxxxxxxxx

 

 

 

 

Kim Andrews

Preservation Services Officer

CONSERVATION CENTER for Art and Historic Artifacts

264 S. 23rd Street 

Philadelphia, PA  19103

215-545-0613 (phone)

215-735-9313 (fax)

kandrews@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kandrews@xxxxxxxxx> 

www.ccaha.org

 

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