We have three professional development opportunities at Museum Study in September including Moving Museum Collections, Managing Museum Volunteers, and the second level of Rob Waller's Risk Assessment workshops dealing with type 2 and type 3 risk and the Cultural Property Risk Analysis Model. For more information about any of these opportunities click on the link to the appropriate course page.
Moving Museum Collections online
course begins September 8
Join us for our 4 week online professional development course
Moving Museum Collections with Instructor Lori Benson. Whether
you are about to embark on a collection move or are years out
from a move Lori's experience will help you prepare. As a
veteran of three major museum moves she has valuable knowledge
that can benefit you in your upcoming project.
This course provides an overview of how to plan and manage a
move to avoid the many pitfalls. Lori 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.
Visit our website for more information.
https://www.museumstudy.com/moving-museum-collections
Managing Museum Volunteers course
begins September 8
The Managing Museum Volunteers course will focus on strategies
for running a successful volunteer program that adapts to the
needs of the museum. Appropriate for professionals starting a
new volunteer program or wanting to reinvigorate an existing
one, this course will include topics such as: assessing the
museum’s needs for volunteers; managing the recruitment,
selection, onboarding, training, and evaluating of volunteers;
and troubleshooting problems with volunteers. We will also
consider some of the ways that volunteerism in the US is
changing overall and how those changes might affect museums.
Join Instructor Tara Young for this 4 week online professional
development course.
For more information visit our website:
https://www.museumstudy.com/managing-museum-volunteers
Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 2
online course begins September 8
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