Workshop on collections care

Focus on Collections Care Workshop Series
Seattle
April 5-7, 2006

A three-day workshop series presented by San Diego-based Balboa Art
Conservation Center

The workshop series is directed towards persons involved in
collections care management, institutional development and policy
making, and exhibition development and installation.  Students in
degree-related programs are also encouraged to attend.

Day 1:

    Surveying and Assessing Collection Needs
    Handling and Housekeeping for Collections
    Care of Collections:  Photographic Materials

Day 2:

    Collection Care Planning and Fundraising for Implementation
    Making Material Choices for Storage and Exhibit Materials
    Care of Collections: Paintings and Painted Surfaces

Day 3:

    Emergency Preparedness and Response
    Practical Strategies and New Tools for Evaluating the Museum
    Environment
    Care of Collections:  Paper-Based Materials

Each workshop will take place from 9am-4pm.  Participants may select
one workshop per day.  Focus on Collections Care is made possible by
a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal
agency. Additional support was provided by the Andrew A. Mellon
Foundation.

Please contact the

    Balboa Art Conservation Center
    619-236-9702
    wrfso [at] bacc__org

or visit bacc.org to view the complete registration form.
Registration deadline is March 29, 2006.


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