Connecting to Collections Care, brought to you by the Foundation for Advancements in Conservation, will host a free webinar in August on safeguarding museum collections. This issue has never been more relevant as museums look to diversify revenue streams by branching out into the event hosting space.
Safeguarding Collections
Date: Tuesday, August, 20, 2024
Time: 1 – 2 p.m. EST
Location: Online, Zoom
Has your cultural institution hosted late night events with food and drink? Filmed TV or movie productions? Or perhaps you’ve had a motorcycle drive through the building that exhibit or store collections…
Safeguarding collections can be a difficult task and determining which risks should be prioritized for mitigation is never easy. Compounding this, it’s becoming more and more commonplace for museums to host myriad events or engage in novel promotional activities.
But there are ways collections stewardships can advocate for the safety of our collections while maintaining access. Join this C2C Care program to delve deeper into the type of issues collection stewards and other museum professionals encounter as at small and mid-sized institutions when presented with this type of situation.
Presenters:
- Warren Bunn, Senior Manager, Collections and Exhibitions, Corning Museum of Glass
- Moya Dumville, Paper Conservator and Risk Analysis Advisor, Protect Heritage, and Professor of Conservation at the Fleming College Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management Program
