Workshop - CARE OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY Presented by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts CARE OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS This workshop will provide an overview of the care and management of natural history collections from a preventive conservation perspective. Topics will include the history of natural history collections and specimen preparation, documentation systems, storage environments, support materials, collection storage arrays, and health and safety issues. Speaker: John Simmons, President, Museologica Location: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University The Ewell Sale Stewart Library and Archives 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103 www.ansp.org When: Wednesday, February 12, 2013 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Registration Fee: $60.00 Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 For more information and to register visit http://www.cvent.com/d/scqc3k. Questions? Contact Preservation Services at 215-545-0613 or email us at pso@ccaha.org. Support for this program was generously provided in part by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the Independence Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.