Online course on keeping small animals on exhibit

MS012: Keeping Small Animals on Exhibit
Karin Hostetter
Price: $95
Oct 10-14, 2011
Location: online at <URL:http://www.museumclasses.org>

Description: Whether by design or accident, many museums find
themselves with small collections of small animals--sometimes for
exhibit, sometimes not; sometimes for educational program use,
sometimes not. Determine which animals work best for your purposes.
Know how to care for the animals considering healthy diets,
appropriate exhibit or non-exhibit caging, guest safety, veterinary
care, and needed permits.

Logistics: Participants in Gallery Guides will read literature and
participate in four one-hour chats to discuss what is in an
effective guide. 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 that lasts two weeks and takes no
more than 20 hours of a student's time. This is an opportunity to
brain-storm with colleagues about what works and what doesn't work.

To reserve a spot in the course, please pay at
<URL:http://www.museumclasses.org> and 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:

    Over the years, Ms. Hostetter has been responsible for small
    animal exhibits and animal care at both the Heard Museum and the
    Denver Zoo. She worked with wild animal rehabilitation and
    public education animals, work that included training volunteer
    animal handlers. Karin co-founded the Zoos, Wildlife Parks, and
    Aquaria special interest section of the National Association for
    Interpretation.

    Karin Hostetter is owner of Interpret This, a consulting company
    specializing in interpretive writing, program and curriculum
    development, and volunteer program management. When she is not
    consulting with other museums, she likes to volunteer and
    contract teach at them with a special love for preschool and
    family programs.

Brad Bredehoft for Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center


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