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 - Guidelines for Collaboration
- November 12, 2024
- The following Guidelines were developed over a three-year period of collaboration between Native and non-Native museum professionals, cultural leaders, and artists. The Guidelines are intended as a resource for museums and communities planning and ca…
- Standards for Museums with Native American Collections
- November 12, 2024
- The Standards for Museums with Native American Collections (SMNAC) is a comprehensive document for use by museums with Native collections to clarify their roles as stewards and improve the museum field as it relates to Native American peoples, commun…
- Indigenous Collections Care Guide
- November 12, 2024
- The ICC Working Group is creating a Guide, which will provide a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.
- Collections Management as Critical Museum Practice
- November 12, 2024
- There is a common misconception that collections management in museums is a set of rote procedures or technical practices that follow universal standards of best practice. This volume recognises collections management as a political, critical and soc…
- Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing a Collections Management System
- June 27, 2024
- This paper was prepared by the collections management team at History Associates. The team helps clients get the most value out of their collections through improved policies and processes.
- Preservation Self-Assessment Program
- June 27, 2024
- The Preservation Self-Assessment Program (PSAP) is a free online tool that helps collection managers prioritize efforts to improve conditions of collections. Through guided evaluation of materials, storage/exhibit environments, and institutional poli…
- National NAGPRA Program Home What We Do News - National Park Service
- June 25, 2024
- The National NAGPRA Program will host a series of 10 webinars on the new regulations on the third Friday of every month from 1pm to 2:30pm Eastern time. Registration is required, but the meeting information is always the same. Register once and atten…
- Protection from Light Damage
- June 25, 2024
- When we think of light damage, we think of fading, but fading is only the most recognizable form of damage. Light is a very common cause of damage to collections. Many materials are particularly sensitive to light: paper, cloth, leather, photograph…
- Conserving Art on Paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum Lunder Center
- June 1, 2024
- Here in the Paper Conservation Lab conservators examine, document and treat a wide variety of works on paper for exhibition, acquisition and collections storage. The collections include prints, drawings, watercolors, and photographic materials, all o…
- Art Frames Conservation
- June 1, 2024
- Frames conservators who work in this studio preserve and restore frames for display. All frames receive a technical examination before going on loan or on exhibit to assess surface condition, structural integrity and general appearance. The most comm…
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