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Westend
Training Center Opens with Museum Workshops The Museum Training Network, MTN, 501 C 3 MTN is a nonprofit organization formed to link providers and people working in small, rural and tribal museums. MTN is committed to building capabilities through training, resources through grant writing and networking through implementing home projects.link The Museum Training Network and Westend will sponsor a variety of workshops including grant writing and Disaster Preparedness and Response Planning, DPRP, 2007 – 2010. The MTN is also organizing a multi-state training and implementation grant program with the goal that all institutions will write a Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan as well as create a cultural response team that can act locally. People from any size institution are invited to all training opportunities and local/regional events. You do not have to be a member of the Museum Training Network, MTN to participate. Extra mentoring, workshop discounts and grant opportunities will be offered to MTN members. The training delivery methods include online and in-person at Westend in Estes Park, CO. It is a hands-on practical approach resulting in grant funded home projects. All tuition prices at Westend Center include housing (sleeps 20 with two kitchens, 4 dormitory and 2 private rooms). For more information contact terrischindel@aol.com or telephone 1 – 877 213-0549
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| Workshops are 3 to 5 days and participants arrive on Sunday evening and depart Friday afternoon. Grant writing workshops begin on Friday evening and end Sunday noon. The grant writing workshops are ongoing and are scheduled regularly. Collections Care/Preventive Conservation
Core Curriculum Designed for those new to collections care, this course covers the basics of agents of deterioration, preventive methods, and environmental monitoring. In five days participants will learn how to measure and monitor light, UV radiation, relative humidity and temperature fluctuations, pollutants, and pests. Care of collections on exhibit and storage, storage requirements, and demonstration of rehousing techniques. Students are encouraged to bring artifacts and discuss specific challenges in their institution. A field trip to local museums will show how some of these principles are put into practice. Collections Care/Preventive Conservation
– Care of Textiles and Leather In this 5-day workshop, Ms. Schindel, and guest lecturers will provide hands-on collections work in all media. Instruction includes lecture, demonstration, supervised preventive conservation treatments, tours of NPS storage facilities, historic ranch museum, and an opportunity to learn from other participants. Textile Conservation and Museum Mannequins Conservator will teach agents of deterioration, fiber/structure identification, preventive conservation techniques, crease relaxation, surface cleaning, and many display techniques including museum mannequins. Exhibits Boot Camp: Basic Training for
Modern Museums In this 5-day workshop, John Carr will lecture, demonstrate, and teach a hands-on course to include the following: "The Big Picture" Exhibit Concept Development in a Team Setting - "Be Brutal But Make it Fun!" Text and Label Development - "Space-Time Continuum in the Gallery" Rudiments of Exhibit Design - "Playing with Fire" Exhibit Frabication and Mount Making. Participants will benefit from John's mentoring teaching style. Collections Management in Times
of Change Basic records keeping: policies, procedures, numbering systems and forms. Museum procedures,Archives, and Computerization
Planning a new storage facility or up-grading an existing facility? Wondering how to improve storage in acid-free boxes or cabinets? This course covers the basics, including estimating the amount of space needed, optimizing current facilities and furniture, discussing the function of different styles of furniture, and learning how to improve or construct furniture to optimize its function. The course provides opportunities for students to practice making storage mounts, building internal drawer supports, planning storage facility up-grades, and testing materials before use in storage. Helen Alten, fall 2007 Disaster Preparedness Planning and Response Museum Workshops are designed to include individual needs,
mentoring and follow-up site visits for those who are not able to
travel. We understand you may need our help to implement what you
have learned at the workshops, resource your projects, and receive
ongoing encouragement. We have a fifteen-year history of doing just
that for our clients! |
| Museum Workshops are designed to include individual needs, mentoring and follow-up site visits for those who are not able to travel. We understand you may need our help to implement what you have learned at the workshops, resource your projects, and receive ongoing encouragement. We have a fifteen-year history of doing just that for our clients! |