Workshop on historic sites

Care of the Historic Site: Assessing Needs and Implementing
Solutions

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

We are currently planning a workshop with the California Association
of Museums (CAM) at the Southwest Museum and Casa de Adobe in Los
Angeles, California.  The workshop is scheduled for July 16 as a
pre-workshop to the California Association of Museums Annual
Meeting.  The registration fee is $75 for members and $90 for
non-members and the registration deadline is July 9.

For more information please contact:

    Teri Knoll
    Executive Director
    California Association of Museums
    2002 North Main Street
    Santa Ana, California  92706
    714-567-3645

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

Other workshops are tentatively scheduled for 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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