Online classes at Northern States Conservation Center

Northern States Conservation Center offers a short, one week, course
on Mission Statements in November.  This course meets the
requirements of the Virginia Association of Museum's new museum
management certificate.

Northern States Conservation Center also has five longer courses that
start next week, November 3, 2008:

    MS 101: Introduction to Museums (4 weeks)
    MS 212: Care of Textiles (4 weeks)
    MS 204: Materials for Storage and Display (4 weeks)
    MS 211: Preservation Environments (4 weeks)
    MS 106: Exhibit Fundamentals: Ideas to Installation (6 weeks)

There is still room in all of them.  If you are interested in
learning more about them, go to <URL:http://www.museumclasses.org>
Please note that there are no shipping charges for any of the online
classes.

MS 007: The Mission Statement: Is it really that important?
Instructor: Peggy Schaller
November 10 through 15, 2008
Price: $75
Location: <URL:http://www.museumclasses.org>

    The heart of every museum is its collection and a mission
    statement is critical to preserving that collection.
    Participants in The Mission Statement will discuss their mission
    statements and whether they really make a difference. Peggy has
    seen and heard it all as a consultant to small and large
    museums.  She will help you figure out ways to make your mission
    statement work for you.

    Logistics: Participants in The Mission Statement will read
    literature and participate in two one-hour chats to discuss how
    a museum's mission statement may or may not impact the daily
    operations. Each student should read course materials and
    prepare questions or comments to share with the other students
    in the chat. This is a mini-course and takes no more than 10
    hours of a student's time.

    To reserve a spot in the course, please pay at
    <URL:http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html>.  If you have
    trouble, please contact Helen Alten at helen<-a t->collectioncare< . >org.

The Instructor:

    Peggy Schaller, founded Collections Research for Museums in 1991
    to provide consulting on cataloging, collection-management
    training and services. She has worked with a large variety of
    museums and collections for more than 13 years. Peggy, who lives
    in Denver, Colorado, has a bachelor's degree in anthropology
    with minors in art history and geology from the University of
    Arizona in Tucson. She has a master's degree in anthropology
    with a minor in museum studies from the University of Colorado
    in Boulder and is a certified institutional protection
    specialist.


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