Collections Care & Management Resources

Basics of Care & Preservation

Cataloging 101 Virtual Workshop: Session 1 and Session 2 (VHS 2022)

How to Complete a Condition Assessment webinar recording (VHS 2019)
Webinar Handout

Dealing with Mold in Your Collections webinar recording (VHS & Collections Care and Conservation Alliance, 2020)

Connecting to Collections Care: https://www.connectingtocollections.org/ 

Museum Handbook (National Park Service): https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/handbook.html 

Material Care & Conservation

CCI Notes (Canadian Conservation Institute): https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes.html 

Conserve O Grams (National Park Service): https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html 

Collections Management

Active Collections Resources 

Developing a Collections Management Policy (AAM, 2018)
https://www.aam-us.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/developing-a-cmp-final.pdf 

Collections Management Systems (Canadian Heritage Information Network)
https://www.canada.ca/en/heritage-information-network/services/collections-management-systems.html 

Virtual Roundtable: Museum Nomenclature(VHS 2020)

Virtual Roundtable: Deaccessioning (VHS 2020)

VHS Cataloging Guide (VHS, 2019)

Evaluating the Collection for Possible Deaccession (VHS, 2020)

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