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 the collection materials. During this special May Day 2025 webinar, participants will:  Learn ways to protect volunteers, staff, and themselves  Find out ways to properly…

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 to changes in the built environment or serve to reinforce cultural identity and collective memory. While some cultural institutions have made a concerted effort to…

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 be the original contents, but sometimes they may not be.  Solids and liquids present different challenges when it comes to preserving, identifying, and disposing of…

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 are especially at the mercy of such things as the elements, age, vandalism, and more. If long-term maintenance of outdoor sculpture is to be carried…

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 for it within your institution. Attendees will learn which tasks can be handled by staff and when it’s necessary to bring in a pest management…

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 over time. During this program attendees will: Gain a basic understanding of the properties and vulnerabilities of silver as a material. Learn safe cleaning techniques…

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 opportunities that are already out there to support their short and long term collections care plans?  This lecture will highlight ways in which collection caretakers…

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 more? Then you have come to the right place. In this webinar we  will  discuss a wide range of cemetery care topics such as:   How…

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…

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…

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…