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0[Presentation Slides] Taking Your Museum to the Next Level with the Museum Assessment Program and the Conservation Assessment Program

Posted on: 11-3-2011

Find out how MAP and CAP can help small and mid-sized museums of all disciplines achieve standards and best practices and attain excellence in operations. Learn how your peers have used MAP and CAP to help their museums become more relevant and sustainable, improve operations, improve collections stewardship, increase funding, and prepare for Accreditation. This session covered how to use the programs to meet broader institutional goals including sustainability, a clearer understanding of the museum’s audience and their needs, improved …

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0Things that go bump in the night: When collections strike back

Posted on: 10-25-2010

From the bizarre (e.g., a radioactive machine used to determine fit of a shoe on a customer’s foot) to the seemingly mundane (e.g., rubber-covered power cords), there are potential safety concerns with all kinds of museum collections.  In this morning’s packed-to-capacity session, three experienced museum professionals shared tips on how to identify and address such safety issues in your own collections. Michael Leister, director of the Air Mobility Command Museum, cautioned: “There is such a thing as bad publicity!” Anna Dhody, curator …

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0Green and museums: Stalled, but revving the engines

Posted on: 10-12-2010

Today’s post is by Sarah S. Brophy, LEED – AP O&M and co-author of The Green Museum. The Green Museum Movement seems to have found a place of rest partway to the goal.  Much like dieters who make good progress at the beginning only to find they reach a point where previous efforts just aren’t enough to make a difference, it seems greening museums has reached a plateau. At the beginning of the Recession I thought this evolution from Green …

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