Following are some websites and links to resources that relate to the collections care, handling, and housekeeping.
CARE AND PREVENTATIVE CONSERVATION OF MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
AIC – online brochures relating to care of collections
Chicora Foundation – Preservation links
Getty Conservation Institute Newsletters
Midwest Art Conservation Center
National Park Service Conserv-o-grams
Northeast Document Conservation Center - Preservation Leaflets on a variety of topics
Regional Alliance for Preservation
Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
CONSERVATION GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES
Andrew W.Mellon Foundation – Museum and Art Conservation
Costume Society of America – Grants to Support Costume in Small Museums
Getty Conservation Grants However, please note that the Getty Conservation Grants program has been restructured to fit targeted, special initiative projects, and currently is not available for most conservation projects.
IMLS – grants available in fiscal year 2012
Kress Conservation Grant Program
Tru Vue® Optimum Conservation Grant Program
Intermuseum Conservation Association – list of grant opportunities
Michigan State University Libraries – list of grant opportunities for museums
HOUSEKEEPING
NTHP Housekeeping Manual, available from Preservation Books
British National Trust Manual of Housekeeping, available from online bookstores
Minnesota Historical Society Historic Housekeeping Handbook
Texas Historical Commission Basic Guidelines for the Preservation of Historic Artifacts
National Park Service Museum Handbook – chapter on Museum Housekeeping
ONLINE TRAINING COURSES
American Institute of Conservation courses
Northern States Conservation Center
AASLH online workshops
AAM online workshops
Upstate History Alliance online courses
Nebraska Conservation Center preservation pointers
IN-PERSON TRAINING
Campbell Center in Mount Carroll, IL- many courses in Collections Care, Historic Preservation, Conservation
New England Museum Association workshops
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Williamstown Art Conservation Center
Balboa Art Conservation Center
OBJECT HANDLING, PACKING & CRATING
The PACCIN website has several online articles relating to packing & moving of collections, although the focus tends to be on larger-scale moves, involving more complicated packing methods, crates, etc.
If you have any resources you’d like to see added to the list above, please let me know! Contact Terri Anderson, the John & Neville Bryan Director of Museum Collections at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 202-588-6232 or terri_anderson@nthp.org.
