Workshop on historic sites

Care of the Historic Site:
Assessing Needs and Implementing Solutions

The National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property is
working with several regional organizations to co-sponsor a one-day
workshop entitled, "Care of the Historic Site:  Assessing Needs and
Implementing Solutions."

The workshop is intended for site administrators, professionals from
small- and medium-sized museums and individuals responsible for or
interested in conservation services for historic buildings and their
contents.  The workshop will demonstrate how historic sites can
better care for their collections and historic buildings.  The
interrelationship of collections and buildings will be stressed.

Participants will learn proper housekeeping procedures, storage and
handling techniques, correct lighting and climate control.  The
workshop will inform participants of the importance of monitoring
the museum environment and establishing a maintenance schedule.
Professional objects and architectural conservators will present how
and why they look at objects and buildings and common problems with
collections and sites.

An objects/architectural conservator team will lead an afternoon
tour of the host site, pointing out specific conservation concerns
while providing advice on low-tech, low-budget temporary solutions,
as well as conservation techniques for the long term.

The Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) provides federal funds to
eligible museums for a general conservation survey of their
collections and sites.  The philosophy of a general conservation
survey will be presented and sample CAP application materials will
be provided.  Host sites will share results of their CAP surveys.

Two upcoming workshops include:

American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday, March 21, 1997

    co-sponsored by Minnesota Association of Museums
    Registration fee:  $40 non-members, $25 members
    Registration deadline:  March 14, 1997

    For registration materials and further information, contact:

        Chris Goodwin
        Bell Museum of Natural History
        10 Church Street, SE
        Minneapolis, MN  55455
        or Sue Baizerman at 612-624-3292

New Canaan Historical Society, New Canaan, Connecticut
Wednesday, April 23, 1997

    co-sponsored by New Canaan Historical Society
    Registration fee:  $50
    Registration deadline:  April 16, 1997

    For registration materials and further information, contact:

        Janet Lindstrom
        New Canaan Historical Society
        13 Oenoke Ridge
        New Canaan, CT 06840
        203-966-1776

Other workshops are tentatively scheduled for the summer in
California and the fall in New York and Colorado.  For further
information and registration materials as they become available,
please contact:

    Kelly Chisholm
    National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property
    3299 K Street, NW, Suite 602
    Washington, DC  20007-4415
    202-625-1495
    Fax: 202-625-1485
    kchisholm<-a t->nic< . >org

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