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Hilton Chicago, Chicago, IL
Hosted by the DuSable Museum of African American History
SESSION INFORMATION
Daily Schedule:
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Thursday, Aug. 28
Friday, Aug. 29
Saturday, Aug. 30
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Fantastic Four to the Rescue! Conservation for the Budget Challenged
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Columbia College Chicago
Discover the proper care, handling, storage and exhibition of paintings, objects and paper-based materials in addition to learning correct environmental monitoring and management. The morning session will involve informative presentations by highly experienced conservators. The afternoon session will provide one-on-one discussions with conservators, and hands-on interaction using various types of sample materials. There will be adequate time for Q & A with our experts. This workshop is presented by Hampton University Museum and sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Presenters:
- Environmental Monitoring and Management
Valinda Carroll, Hampton University, William R. Harvey Library; Hampton, VA
- Care and Preservation of Organic and Inorganic Objects
Leslie Guy, Conservator in Private Practice, Philadelphia, PA
- Care and Preservation of Paper-Based Materials
Theodore Stanley, Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ
- Care and Preservation of Paintings
Frederick Wallace, The Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, VA
($35 – includes lunch and materials. Register early! Space is limited to the first 40 participants. Please register by August 11.)
Managing Things: Writing Collections Management Policies
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Columbia College Chicago
Collections care is a core responsibility for all museums that own, care for, or use collections. The basis of good collections care is a comprehensive collections management policy. This workshop will describe how to develop, write, and implement collections management policies, including:
Presenter: John E. Simmons
- The range of the issues collections management policies should address and the pros and cons of choosing one policy option over another.
- Expert advice on how various policy choices made by museums play out in reality and which ones tend to be successful or problematic.
- Step-by-step instruction on who to involve in the policy development, writing, and review process as well as techniques for getting buy-in and ensuring a successful outcome.
- Insight into what makes policies effective.
John E. Simmons consults, writes, teaches collections care workshops, and conducts field work in the US, Latin America, and Asia. He began his professional career as a zoo keeper, and later became a collections manager at the California Academy of Sciences. Until recently, he was collections manager the Natural History Museum and Director of the Museum Studies Program at the University of Kansas. In 2001, Simmons received the Superior Voluntary Service Award from the American Association of Museums, and in 2005 received the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Mentoring of Graduate Students from the University of Kansas. Currently, Simmons runs an independent international museum consulting business (Museologica) based in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and serves as Adjunct Curator of Collections at the Penn State University Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery.
Simmons’ recent publications include the book, Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies (2006); “The theoretical bases of collections management” (2003) and “Museum studies programs in North America” (2006).
($35 – includes lunch and materials. Register early! Space is limited to the first 75 participants. Please register by August 11.)
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