Online courses at Museum Study

Online courses for February 2016:
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Moving Museum Collections
Begins Feb 1, 2016

    Join Instructor Lori Benson, veteran of three large scale museum
    collection moves, for the 4 week online course Moving Museum
    Collections.  This course provides an overview of how to plan
    and manage a move to avoid the many pitfalls.  The course will
    help you define the scope of your project, develop a work plan
    and schedule, prepare a communication scheme, define proposals
    for vendors, choose equipment, estimate costs, identify hazards,
    organize staffing and establish packing techniques and
    standards.  Whether you are moving across the hall or across
    town, Moving Museum Collections will provide a guide for a
    successful move.

    For more information visit
    <URL:http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/moving-museum-collections/>

AASLH Basic of Archives
Begins Feb 22, 2016

    Museum Study will again be hosting the popular Basics of
    Archives course from the American Association for State and
    Local History (AASLH).  The Basics of Archives online course is
    designed to give organizations and individuals who are
    responsible for the care of historical records an introduction
    to the core aspects of managing and protecting historical
    records collections, using appropriate principles and best
    practices.

    For more information and to register visit AASLH's website
    <URL:http://resource.aaslh.org/view/basics-of-archives/>

Collections Care and Management for Archives and Works on Paper
Begins Mar 7, 2016

    Best practices, including practical policies and procedures are
    key to good archives management and care.  Join instructor Susan
    Duhl a Paper Conservator and Archive Management consultant for
    this 4 week course that will introduce basic professional
    standards and procedures for archives collections management and
    recognize the roles of archivists and conservators in the care
    of archives collections.  This course is a good follow on to the
    Basics of Archives course.

    For more information visit
    <URL:http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/collections-care-management-for-archives-and-works-on-paper/>

The Interpretive Exhibit Planners Toolbox
Online course on MuseumStudy.com
Begins Mar 7, 2016

    Guidelines and tools for planning and managing interpretive
    exhibit projects.

    Join instructor John Veverka for this 4 week course designed for
    medium to small museums that may be doing most of their
    interpretive exhibits "in house".  It provides a strategy to
    help them develop cost effective and "successful" interpretive
    exhibits (Provoke, Relate, Reveal) based on interpretive
    objectives and interpretive theme development and illustration.

    For more information visit
    <URL:http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/the-interpretive-exhibit-planners-toolbox/>

Brad Bredehoft
CEO
Museum Study, LLC


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