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Well, that could have gone better: February 22, 2025; In a field where we pride ourselves on being as close to perfect as possible it can be a relief to know that we are not alone in making mistakes. Join our expert panelists Theresa Ketterer - Registrar and Collections Specialist at the Marianna Kistle…
Preserving the Past, Managing the Present: Project Management Software in the Conservation Lab: February 22, 2025; Finding the right software to use in a cultural heritage institution can often feel like fitting a square peg into a round hole. After many years of struggling with ill-equipped systems, the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts began thei…
No Love for White Gloves, or: the Cotton Menace (opens in a new window): June 1, 2024; There is a unique joy in watching a video or reading a news story with images of a librarian handling a rare book. Rare books, unlike many museum objects, are still used today in the same way that they would have been when they were new centuries ago…
Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections: A Practical Guide for Museums (opens in a new window): June 1, 2024; Managing previously unmanaged collections can be challenging. The process of securing the collection and making it accessible needs the mindset of a collections manager as well as the one of a project manager. The book is a step-by-step guide how to …
This strange “paint disease” is putting Georgia O’Keeffe paintings at risk (opens in a new window): January 2, 2024; some 70 percent of all oil paintings have deterioration associated with metal carboxylate soaps to varying degrees
Where are all of the dinosaur fossils kept?: December 3, 2012; Only a small percentage of dinosaur specimens in most major museum's are on public display. Take a look at the storage AMNH uses for their natural history collection
Muse Awards 2012: Behind the Scenes at Palm Beach Zoo: June 21, 2012; Muse Awards 2012: Behind the Scenes at Palm Beach Zoo by Cultural Council of Palm Beach County - A behind the scenes view of living collections.
Behind the Scenes: Field Museum with Bill Stanley-Catalogue Room: May 17, 2012; Take a behind the scenes tour of the Field Museum in Chicago with Chicago Parent's Carrie Kaufman and Bill Stanley of the Field Museum to view storage of the natural history collection.
Baseball's Opening Day - A View From The Vault: March 27, 2012; See the storage and object handling used at the National Baseball Hall of Fame for objects from Opening Day festivities in baseball history.
Behind the Scenes at Shelburne Museum - Evaluating the Costume Collection: November 9, 2009; Textiles historian Lynne Bassett visits the Shelburne Museum and leads an evaluation of the museum's costume collection. Includes a view of the storage of the textile collection.

Derya Golpinar excavates in the Tenement Museum Basement: October 30, 2009
Behind the scenes at the Kelsey Archaeology Museum: October 28, 2009
Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry/Behind the Scenes: October 31, 2007
Welcome to the Photo Collection: September 4, 2007
Behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum: July 20, 2007

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