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Mission Possible: Navigating Collections Inventory from Planning to Execution (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021; Join this interactive discussion to learn how three collections specialists navigated the daunting yet exhilarating process of inventory. Each presenter successfully managed the planning and execution of their collection, varying in size from small t…
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…
Chicago Adventure, Part Two: Catalogue Dialogue: May 29, 2013; Watch Emily Graslie from the popular Brain Scoop series view the storage and cataloguing methods at The Field Museum.
The Gem Room: May 29, 2013; Emily Graslie from the popular Brain Scoop series opens the vaults and unveils some of the shinier secrets from the Field Museum's geology collection.
Secret Museum: Inside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's Collection: February 11, 2013; Take a tour inside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's collection to view storage of the natural history collection and maritime artifacts.
The Spririt Collection: January 29, 2013; Emily Graslie from the popular Brain Scoop series explores the oft forgotten wet specimen collection at the University of Montana in Missoula.
Online Museum Training - Organizing Your Collection Storage: June 29, 2012; Demonstrating ways you can organise your collection storage using examples from the Koorie Heritage Trust and the Victoria Police Museum, a series of photographs showcase best practice techniques.
Horror Collection at the National Media Museum: May 30, 2012; Curator Toni Booth introduces the Hammer Horror Collection and various methods of storage at the National Media Museum in Bradford.
National Center for Ancient Textiles: January 10, 2011; A rare view of ancient textiles and their storage at the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Rolling Textiles on a Tube - (Part 6 of 6) Conservation and Preservation of Heirloom Textiles: December 9, 2009; Series of videos by Minnesota Historical Society where textile conservator Ann Frisina demonstrates and explains how and why to roll textiles and how to prepare a tube with a header.

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