Workshop on care of 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 Molly Brown Museum in
Denver, Colorado on Monday, November 10.  The workshop is being
co-sponsored by the Colorado Wyoming Association of Museums and NIC.
The registration fee is $50 and the registration deadline is
November 3, 1997.

For more information please contact:

    Leigh A. Grinstead
    Molly Brown House Museum
    1340 Pennsylvania Street
    Denver, CO  80203
    303-832-4092
    fax: 303-832-2340

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

For further information regarding the Conservation Assessment
Program, please contact:

    Eve Blackburn
    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
    eblackburn<-a t->nic< . >org

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