Sustainability initiatives are linked to cost-savings, reduced carbon footprints, improved community relationships, and future resilience, along with the opportunity to optimize the preservation of collections. Doing so can be critical…
Are you using dataloggers that are nearing the end of their lifespan and you wonder what you should replace them with? Or are you not yet using loggers and wonder…
Recent disasters across the country have presented small and mid-sized institutions with the unique challenges of not only dealing with health and safety for people but how to deal with…
There are few repositories and archives that hold extensive collections of oral histories pertaining to people of color, let alone community stories that help tell more comprehensive stories, which speak…
Many small and mid-sized cultural institutions face challenging issues with collections containers that still have contents inside of them, whether they are solids or liquids. Often these are assumed to…
It is not uncommon for cultural institutions to have a quantity of sculpture located out of doors. However, because such works are installed outside, often on a permanent basis, they…
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an important part of protecting collections in cultural institutions. This webinar will provide a brief overview of IPM and focus on how to build support…
Whether you’re working in a museum, historical society, archive, or other type of cultural institution,silver objects—including art, jewelry, coins, or decorative items—require specialized care to preserve their integrity and appearance…
With the funding landscape rapidly shifting and federal funding for sustainable collections management and art conservation under threat, what are some ways that collections caretakers can leverage existing resources and…
Would you like to care for Grandma's grave? Does your historic site have a cemetery whose care has been assigned to you? Just love old cemeteries and want to do…
This webinar revisits and updates the popular 2016 Connecting to Collections Care program on Basic Condition Reporting with the new edition of Basic Condition Reporting (2022) offering both refreshed guidance…
Historic flags, both large and small, are commonly found in small and mid-sized institutions and are made of a wide variety of materials utilizing a myriad of techniques. These materials…
A Three-Part Introductory Course for Environmental Monitoring for Collections of All Sizes Register for one or all three-parts. Each webinar stands alone, but attending all three provides a complete foundation for…
This webinar will offer a guided overview of key preventive conservation tools and resources developed by the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), with a focus on helping small and mid-sized cultural…
Keeping water away from collections at small and mid-sized institutions is paramount to any collection caretaker’s job, but doing that isn’t always straightforward. A little knowledge of water management in…
A Three-Part Introductory Course for Environmental Monitoring for Collections of All Sizes Register for one or all three-parts. Each webinar stands alone, but attending all three provides a complete foundation for…
A Three-Part Introductory Course for Environmental Monitoring for Collections of All Sizes Register for one or all three-parts. Each webinar stands alone, but attending all three provides a complete foundation for…
Risk assessment is the foundation of successful emergency planning, but getting started can be daunting. As part of the annual May Day Programming, join us for an introduction aimed at…
Mountmaking is more than building artifact stands; it is a holistic process of protecting object safety during exhibition. During this webinar, designed for staff at small and mid-sized cultural institutions who are responsible for preparing objects for exhibition, participants will learn the basics for displaying objects — from in-house customization of standard mount blanks to…
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has a long history of prioritizing Indigenous access to collections, recognizing that the objects and belongings held in…
Invisible Histories is a community based archive focusing on LGBTQ history in the US South. During this workshop, co-founders Josh Burford and Maigen Sullivan will share how they have been saving highly at-risk archival data through community outsourcing, volunteer engagement, and word-of-mouth connections. The session will feature detailed examples of programs and projects Invisible Histories…
Building on C2C Care’s 2022 Introduction to Digital Collection Management webinar, this session will focus on putting digital collection management principles into practice for born-digital collections. Watching the 2022 program prior to this session is not necessary, but may be a helpful starting place. Topics will include: the ways digital materials enter collections, safe transfer practices, approaches…
Preparing an entire historic house collection for a major rehabilitation project requires careful planning, coordination, and plenty of flexibility when plans inevitably change. Drawing on the Minnesota Historical Society’s Ramsey…
The Indigenous Collections Care (ICC) Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Indigenous community members. This practical resource serves as a bridge between Indigenous community perspectives and traditional museum collections management practices, on the individual, community, and institutional level, to engage in a meaningful conversation…