Connecting to Collections Care, brought to you by AIC and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, provides resources, professional development opportunities, and support for caring for collections to all types of small to mid-sized cultural institutions. Join them this winter for a virtual series on pesticide contamination residues.
Dates: Tuesdays from January 21 to February 18, 2025
Time: 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Price: $99 through 1/1/25, $149 after
From AIC:
Increasing awareness among museums, institutions, and tribal communities about the potential risks of pesticide contamination residues on cultural heritage collections is critical, especially with increasing Indigenous involvement in collection care and the formal repatriation of cultural heritage to Native communities. This course will cover the components of how to evaluate potential pesticide contamination and human risk. Each webinar will provide resources and examples on a specific topic, as well as opportunities for discussion and examples. By the end of the course participants will:
- Know how to prepare an institutional pesticide use history.
- Gain information about pesticide chemicals and potential for human risk.
- Participate in a review of commonly used testing and analytical techniques, with information about their limitations, sampling, and other related topics.
- Understand how to organize data and results from analysis and historical research
- Be able to convey information in a way that frames acceptable risk and tribal perspectives.
See details on each week’s schedule along with speaker information at the registration link below.
