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Materials for Exhibit, Moving, and Storage course begins March 7 on MuseumStudy.com
Are you using the best materials with your collections? What exactly does "archival" mean? How do you know you the material you are using is acceptable? Can you choose materials that are both good for collections and sustainable for the planet? Join conservator Rebecca Newberry for this 4 week online course, where you will learn what materials are safe for exhibiting, moving, and storing collections and consider ways to apply sustainable practices to materials use. You will create a customized handbook of materials and plan for an exhibit, moving, or storage project by identifying vendors and materials.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/materials-for-exhibit-moving-and-storage

Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 2 course begins March 7 on MuseumStudy.com
This course builds on the foundation instructor Robert Waller established in Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1. We will explore challenges to quantifying risks and strategies for estimating rates of, and expected impacts of, sporadic incidents (type 2 risks) employing examples based on participant situations. Means of determining or estimating rates of progressive changes (type 3 risks) are provided and practiced. Finally, methods for presenting comprehensive, (semi-) quantitative risk profiles are demonstrated and employed by participants.
Prerequisite: Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1 or a Protect Heritage workshop in the last 5 years.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/assessing-risk-to-cultural-property-2

The Interpretive Exhibit Planners Toolbox course begins March 7 on MuseumStudy.com
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 our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/the-interpretive-exhibit-planners-toolbox

(Only 1 spot remains for this popular course) Rights & Reproductions 2: Fair Use, Open Access, and More course begins March 7 on MuseumStudy.com
Rights and reproductions methodologies are seemingly ever-changing with new technologies, additional distribution avenues, evolving case law, applicable court decisions, and new legislation. Join Anne M. Young for the four week online course Rights & Reproductions 2: Fair Use, Open Access, and More. Participants will further investigate current trends in rights and reproductions practices at cultural institutions, through discussions of fair use / fair dealing guidelines and codes, Creative Commons and RightsStatements.org, Open Access and more.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/rights-and-reproductions-2