2010 Workshop
Collection Care for Beginners
Description: Participants in this workshop will learn about ways to provide basic collections care
on a small budget and without professional training. Discussion topics will include necessary
paperwork, procedures for processing new artifacts and for tracking and updating records for
existing collections, and how to provide a more stable environment for collection and exhibition
spaces. Also included in this session is an introduction to the collections component of the
software system PastPerfect.
Instructor: Angela Stanford, Curator of Collections, Danish Immigrant Museum
When:
Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:00 am to 4:00 p.m.
Where:
Heartland Acres Agribition Center, Independence
IMA Member Registration: $45 (includes lunch)
Non-Member Registration: $55 (includes lunch)
Site Contact Information:
Heartland Acres Agribition Center
2600 Swan Lake Blvd.
Independence, Iowa
319-332-0123
Registrations due by Monday, August 23, 2010 – Limit 15 participants
Monday, August 30, 2010 Heartland Acres Agribition Center 10-4:00 p.m.
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IMA Member?
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Mail Registration and Payment to:
Iowa Museum Association
1116 Washington Street
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Or pay with credit card on-line at www.iowamuseums.org
(click on the button to Donate and use the memo line to note what you are paying for).
Questions: Please e-mail imasweet@cfu.net or call 319-239-2236