Online course on environment

MS211: Preservation Environments
Instructor: Ernest A. Conrad
Price: $475
Dates: May 2 to May 27, 2011
Location: Online at <URL:http://www.museumclasses.org>

Description: The museum's brick exterior wall is crumbling. The
powder coated metal storage shelves have active rust under the foam
padding. Objects in fur storage are covered in mold. It is raining
in the exhibit hall. This is the damage that occurs to museum
buildings or collection when staff do not understand preservation
environments. Preservation Environments is essential knowledge for
any collecting institution. Everyone should understand how humidity
and temperature are controlled by a building and its mechanical
system. For museum staff considering a new building-and any
institution planning to expand or rebuild an existing one -
Preservation Environments provide important information for
calculating whether the proposed improvements will actually improve
the environmental control of your protective enclosure. Participants
learn the advantages and disadvantages of numerous methods of
temperature and humidity control. Preservation Environments does not
try to turn museum professionals into engineers. Rather, it arms
them with the knowledge they need to work with engineers and
maintenance professionals. And helps explain why damaged occurred
and how to keep it from happening again.

Course Outline:

    Introduction
    Climate Control Basics
    Monitoring and Psychrometrics
    Water-The Enemy
    Preservation Today and Tomorrow
    Conclusion

Logistics: Participants in Preservation Environments work at their
own pace through six sections and interact through online chats.
Instructor Ernest Conrad is available at scheduled times for email
support. Preservation Environments includes online literature, slide
lectures and student-teacher/group-teacher dialog. The course is
limited to 20 participants.

Preservation Environments runs four weeks. 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:

    Ernest A. Conrad's greatest contribution to the preservation
    field was the development of new environmental guidelines for
    engineers who work on museums, libraries and archives. For over
    20 years, Mr. Conrad has focused on environmental issues. He is
    president of Landmark Facilities Group, Inc., an engineering
    firm specializing in environmental systems for museums,
    libraries, archives and historic facilities. A licensed
    mechanical engineer in several states, Mr. Conrad holds a
    bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's in
    environmental engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia,
    Pennsylvania. For more information visit his web site Landmark
    Facilities Group, Inc. <URL:http://www.lfginc.com>

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) publishes standards in the areas of HVAC
and refrigeration. Mr. Conrad recently co-authored the ASHRAE
Applications Handbook "Chapter 20: Museums, Libraries and Archives."
For the first time, there are guidelines specific to our needs in
the engineering literature. Mr. Conrad has studied environments and
designed special climate control systems throughout the United
States for clients as well-known as the National Gallery of Art,
Library of Congress, The Frick Collection, Getty Conservation
Institute, The Pierpont Morgan Library, National Trust for Historic
Preservation, and National Park Service. He has a special interest
in house museums and how climate affects structures and collections
housed within those structures.


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