[OPLINLIST] Interested in Museum Studies? Take a Museum Workshop!

[FILIPAN, RHONDA]

*         Call 330-672-3100 to Register

*         Each workshop costs $452


Museum Object Preparation Methods (1 graduate credit)
Saturdays:  October 8 and 15
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Murphy Auditorium, The Kent State University Museum
CRN = 31228

This workshop will provide students with a basic understanding of the presentation of artifacts in a museum setting.  The course will cover assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the object and how to measure it for mounting, the effect of materials and environment on the preservation and care of materials, basic mountmaking materials and techniques, and an analysis of an object mount in an art, science or historical museum. A hands-on component will be the construction of a basic mount for an object from the student's personal collection.

Developing Memorable Museum Tours (1 graduate credit)
Friday-Saturday:  October 14-15
9:00 am -4:30 pm
317 Library
CRN = 31228

This workshop will examine the important role that museum tours play in fulfilling museums' educational and programmatic goals.  Students will examine the various types and styles of personally and technologically-mediated tours and look at their successful development as well as weighing their relative strengths and limitations. Students will learn to use museum tours as a tool for communicating with specialized museum audiences including children, families and special interest groups



Rhonda S. Filipan, M.A., M.L.S.
Academic Program Coordinator
Kent State University
School of Library and Information Science
330-672-0013
www.slis.kent.edu<http://www.slis.kent.edu>

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