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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
National Center for Ancient Textiles: January 10, 2011; A rare view of ancient textiles and their storage at the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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.
National Park Service Conserve-O-Gram: April 19, 2021; Short, focused leaflets about caring for museum objects
Off Site Storage: Build or Rent: April 28, 2021; Panel discusses the pros and cons of a museum having its own storage facility versus renting storage space from a fine arts warehouse.

Fine Art Storage – An environmental and economical storage approach: April 28, 2021; Insight into how Hasenkamp has successfully planned for Fine Art Storage with the environment and budget in mind. Learn how to be sustainable and limit your carbon footprint in terms of Fine Art Storage.
Flexible Cataloging for Enormous Collections: April 28, 2021; The Heny Ford musuem acquires a the entire collection of a local museum needing to close. The process consisted of assessing what types of objects were being acquired, physically moving it, reviewing the cataloging process, and how to maintain an ong…
Mission Possible: Navigating Collections Inventory from Planning to Execution (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021
Winter is Coming: Cold Storage for Photographs (Conference Session, 2019): May 15, 2021

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