Professional Development Course: Collections Care and Management
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Course overview
This five-day programme will provide participants with a practical overview of exploration of the key aspects of caring for and managing their collections. Sessions include the life cycle of the museum object, developing collections policies, plans and procedures, due diligence and provenance research, copyright, conservation and preventive conservation, object handling and courier training and digitisation. All teaching is delivered by experts from the V&A collections management and conservation teams, with a guest session by a leading external authority on copyright, and includes both talks and hands-on workshops to suit different styles of learning. Participants will also be invited to share real examples of projects from experiences working in different institutions. The course is only open to museum professionals with responsibilities related to collections care and management.Other course opportunities
"Collections Care and Management" is one of several professional development courses organised by the V&A in the coming months. Other relevant opportunities include the following:- Curating Fashion and Dress, 13-17 January 2020
- The Making of Exhibitions, 27-31 January 2020
- Generating New Income Streams, 16-20 March 2020
Registration and further information
Registration for the professional development course on "Collections Care and Management" is open until 29 September 2019. For additional information and registration, please visit https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/q6dO0ypA/collections-care-and-management-nov-2019Similar content
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