Collections Care
Condition Report | Collection Managment Systems | Legal Issues | Object Handling | Photography | Storage
See how your colleagues perform these basics of collection care from around the world.
Condition Report
Newark Museum Official - Registrar Condition Reports for Gustav Stickley exhibition by Newark Museum - Take a look as registrars from the Newark Museum and the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) work on condition reporting for the exhibition Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement, opened September 15, 2010 at the Newark Museum.
Collection Managment Systems
MCN 2012: Developing an Integrated Collections Cataloging and Management System by Museum Computer Network - View this presentation from the MCN Conference where the Cleveland Museum of Art discusses how they developed a collections management system to match their specific needs.
How Digital Asset Management Systems Work by DigitalAssetManagement.com - A Prezi presentation on "How Digital Asset Management Systems Work" by Widen Enterprises for DigitalAssetManagement.com - the DAM educational resource site.
Legal Issues
What the Art World Needs to Know About the Ivory Ban and the Proposed Federal Rule by International Foundation for Art Research - Join distinguished specialists as they discuss the poaching crisis; how the existing laws and the Proposed Rule that are intended to address the crisis impact the art community.
Object Handling
Artifact and Rare Book Handling: To Glove or Not to Glove? by Minnesota Historical Society - When handling rare and often valuable historic objects and books, are gloves always necessary?
From Here to There Museum Standards for Object Handling by Dixie Neilson - A trailer of the 2012 museum object-handling video that instructs and reinforces proper techniques for museum professionals.
Handling Bound Volumes by University of Glasgow - Great basic insturctions on how to handle bound volumes.
Handling Photographic Albums by University of Glasgow - More instruction from University of Glasgow on how to handle photographic albums.
Hands Off! Adventures in Art Handling by Mickey Koch - Part of the PechaKucha 20x20 program, this presentation format shows 20 images, each for 20 seconds on adventures in art handling.
How to Chine Colle' a Mono-print on to Etching (Printmaking) by Snake Artist - A mix of printmaking techniques. Mono printing onto thin paper then chine colle'd onto an etching for a unique print.
Moving the U-505 by Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago - Take a look at how the U505 submarine at the Field Museum was moved from the back lot to the new indoor site.
Safe Handling Practices for Chinese Hanging Scrolls by Freer | Sackler Galleries - Conservators demonstrate safe handling practices for Chinese hanging scrolls.
Safe Handling Practices for Japanese Folding Screensby Freer | Sackler Galleries - Conservators demonstrate safe handling practices for Japanese folding screens.
Photography
Online Museum Training - Photographing Collection Items by Museums Australia Victoria - This video demonstrates ways in which you can use basic equipment to photograph your collection items for documentation and digitization purposes.
Storage
Box Making For Museums, Archives, and Libraries by DF Heritage Conservation Services - Jane Dalley of DFHCS demonstrates how you can create archival and museum grade enclosures tailored to the needs of your collection simply, and easily.
Chicago Adventure, Part Two: Catalogue Dialogue by The Brain Scoop - Watch Emily Graslie from the popular Brain Scoop series view the storage and cataloguing methods at The Field Museum.
Custom Box Build for a Medieval Bible by DF Heritage Conservation Services - How to create a very innovative, two tiered, custom box for supporting a large medieval bible with separated cover. The box design was inspired by a pack of strip gum.
The Gem Room by The Brain Scoop - 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 Spirit Collection by The Brain Scoop - 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 by National Media Museum - 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 Collectionby Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum- Take a tour inside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's collection to view storage of the natural history collection and maritime artifacts.
Online Museum Training - Shipwreck Legislation in Victoria by Museums Australia Victoria - View methods of storing shipwreck artifacts.
Rolling Textiles on a Tube - (Part 6 of 6) Conservation and Preservation of Heirloom Textiles by Minnesota Historical Society - 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 by Israel Archaeology - A rare view of ancient textiles and their storage in Israel Archaeology Collections.
Online Museum Training - Organising Your Collection Store by Museums Australia Victoria - 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.
