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From Basics to Barcodes: Leveraging Technology for Collection Projects (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021; For years, registrars used good ol’ pencil and paper to track their collections, but technology has now become a normal part of a registrar’s daily routine and the go-to method for managing collections. However, when faced with a large-scale collecti…
Who's Responsible? Liability Concepts when working with Service Providers (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021; Museums increasing rely on commercial shipping, storage, and service partners to augment museum capabilities. These partners often provide critical operational support for a host of activities for both exhibitions and collections. These activities in…
Winter is Coming: Cold Storage for Photographs (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021; This session will present macro and micro views related to cold storage at two institutions: The Amon Carter Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2018, The Amon Carter expanded their photography vaults which required the relocation of 45,000…
A Registrar, a Broker and an Underwriter Walk into a Bar... : Advanced Topics in Insurance (Conference Session, 2017): May 15, 2021; Hear three perspectives on insurance topics from a registrar, a fine art broker, and a fine art underwriter. Topics will include ‘absolute liability’, national clauses, jurisdictions, endorsements, and liability limiting language.'
Art of the 4th Dimension: Working with Time-Based Media (Conference Session, 2017): May 15, 2021; No other medium has a relationship to entropy quite like time-based media. By its very nature it presents unique difficulties for institutions and collectors. Due to the medium’s fundamental dependence on technology, duration, and interpretation, tim…
Exhibition Copies & Beyond: Lending Time-Based Media (Conference Session, 2017): May 15, 2021; Museums and commercial galleries are seeing a dramatic increase in the exhibition of time- based media as artists continue to embrace cutting-edge technology: digital video, sound, motion, custom software and electronics, and installation/site-specif…
SOS… help needed! Abilities and knowledge required as an art gallery registrar (Conference Session, 2019): April 26, 2021; This session seeks to show the work that gallery registrars do, as well as the challenges and problems that they face. Presenter: Martha Reta, Head Registrar Kurimanzutto Gallery
Collection Care with Materials Substitution in Thailand: November 3, 2017; Some archival products have been found whose qualities are as good as the imported ones and meet international standards. QSMT conservators agreed to use these materials in collection management, significantly reducing the museum’s budgeted expenditu…
Collection Care with Materials Substitution in Thailand: November 3, 2017; Some archival products have been found whose qualities are as good as the imported ones and meet international standards. QSMT conservators agreed to use these materials in collection management, significantly reducing the museum’s budgeted expenditu…
Collections Abroad: Australasian Registrars: November 3, 2017; This presentation will give you a brief window into the Australasian collections community through the eyes of one of ARCS' sister organizations - the Australasian Registrars Committee (ARC).

Come Home: Access for Indigenous Communities and Practical Implications of Ceremonial Use of Collections: November 3, 2017
How to Evaluate Collection Risk: November 3, 2017
Latin America Shipping Q & A: November 3, 2017
Latin America Shipping Q & A: November 3, 2017

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