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 PRACTICUM FOR MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS IN 21ST CENTURY HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS
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The three-year program aims to identify, demonstrate and integrate diverse aspects of historic house museum work common to urban, rural and suburban communities, by training paid and volunteer personnel to evaluate the effectiveness of their stewardship, planning and public presentation in the professional quest to make house museums, their settings, stories and collections valid and valued in the 21st century. The Historic House Museum Practicum series is supported by a grant from the 21st Century Museum Professionals program of The Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS), an independent federal agency. Each year LHC's Historic House Museum Practicum programs will focus on a critical aspect of this complex, interdisciplinary field: 2007: The Context, or public presentation and interpretation in light of mission, documentation, and 21st century audiences; click here for program information 2008: The Content, or collections, and their physical care and lighting in the historic house environment; click here for program information 2009: The Container, or historic building envelope, its surrounding landscape and site. click here for program information
We invite your company to participate in an innovative and federally funded program for staff, trustees, volunteers of, and consultants to historic house museums. Over three years, the Lower Hudson Conference is sponsoring programming that promotes fresh thinking on interpretation, handling and stewardship of collections, buildings and their sites. These symposia and workshops draw capacity—and targeted—audiences who may be interested in your products and services. The next symposium, Contents of the Historic House Museum: Evaluating and Handling Collections in the Historic House Environment, will be held on Monday, March 3, at John Jay Homestead in Katonah, NY. Experts from the museum community will address lighting, climate control, and materials protection and conservation. About 100 symposium attendees are expected from the tri-state region. A spring series of six related workshops at regional historic sites will draw about 40 people each. The copmplete Lower Hudson Conference Historic House Museum Practicum for 21st Century Museum Professionals' 2008 program is attached to this message. For more information, please click: http://lowerhudsonconference.org/Newsletter or contact Lower Hudson Conference at (914) 592-6726, e-mail: lowerhudson@msn.com. Sponsorship Levels · Verbal acknowledgement at symposium · Company listing/logo in symposium handout · Listing on LHC website and newsletter $500 · a display table with an opportunity to network during the event · a display ad in the next issue of the LHC newsletter Please fill out and print this page, and send with your check to: Lower Hudson Conference, 2199 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, NY 10523 Name: __________________________________________________ Title: _____________________________________________________ Company: _________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________ E-mail: __________________________ Tel: [ ] __________________ Sponsorship enclosed: ___ $250 ___$500 [date rec'd ___/___ /08; chk#___] Thank you for considering sponsorship of this program which serves the professional advancement of historic house museum staffs & boards, and
ultimately enhances the experience of their visitors in more than 160 historic house sites of the Greater Hudson and Metropolitan tri-state area. Lower Hudson Conference
A cadre of specialized conservators and museum consultants from the Hudson Valley and metropolitan New York region lead individual practica on collections care that stress physical examination, notation of condition, handling and the challenges of practical house-keeping care for collections during accessioning, research study, while on exhibit or in storage environments. Basic information on how materials like wood, paper, paint and fibers behave under a variety of familiar museum conditions are taught, and specific problems addressed, including: examining collections for pest infestation and mold, damage from ultraviolet light, fluctuating humidity and from improper handling. Faculty stresses standards of preventive care, rather than formal training in repair or restoration/preservation treatment best left to professional conservators. This program helps staff to implement proper institutional collections care practices, and allows institutions access to technical expertise through professional consultants and resources provided by Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies & Museums. Faculty Basic information on how materials like wood, paper, paint and fibers behave under a variety of familiar museum conditions will be taught, and specific problems addressed, including: examining collections for pest infestation and mold, damage from ultraviolet light, fluctuating humidity and from improper handling. Faculty will stress STANDARDS OF PREVENTIVE CARE, rather than formal training in repair or preservation treatment best left to professional conservators. This program will help staff to implement proper institutional collections care practices, and will allow institutions access to technical help and Collections Care Loan Kits through Lower Hudson Conference. Directions
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Lower Hudson Conference presents a learning program of symposia and workshops engaging house museum and
historical society staff, boards and consulting professionals in addressing issues, standards of practice, and fresh thinking on interpretation, handling and stewardship of
historic house collections, buildings and their sites.
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