Conservation ConneCTion
Connecting to Collections Workshop Series:
Storage Solutions for Historic Collections Workshops

Care and Storage of Furniture
Connecticut Historical Society
May 9, 2011

Care and Storage of Textiles & Costumes
New Canaan Historical Society
July 18, 2011

Care and Storage of Decorative Arts
Greenwich Historical Society
August 15, 2011

Care and Storage of Photographs
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
September 19, 2011

Care and Storage of Metals & Tools
Windsor Historical Society
November 7, 2011

This multi-part program provides in-depth training on caring, handling, and storing historic collections focusing on best practices and low-tech solutions. The workshops will include designing proper storage environments, the care and storage of various types of museum and library collections, managing storage rooms, developing retrieval systems, tagging critical collections for an emergency or disaster response, plus much more. The faculty for this workshop series are conservators with an expertise in collection care and storage.

Participants may register for as many of the workshops as they choose to attend.

What you get:

• Behind-the-scenes tours of the storage areas at the workshop host sites.

• Resource materials, including a CD-rom with information provided by the workshop faculty on the proper care, handling, and storage of museum and library collections.

• One free "house call" (per participating institution) with one of the faculty members to examine the storage concerns at your own institution.

Click the link below to view the program flyer and registration form:

For more information, visit the Connecticut League of History Organizations or Conservation ConneCTion Web sites or call Kathy Craughwell-Varda, Conservation ConneCTion, at conservation-connection@cslib.org or 203-740-8227.