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What to Expect from the Museum Collections

Management and Care Program (MCMC)

 

Each CD comes with the following :

 

Video Lectures

Each session is taught through a mixture of lecture footage and PowerPoint presentations. This unique system allows students jump forwards and backwards through the lecture for quick reference or accessing certain topics again for review. The result is a comprehensive understanding of the material, eliminating the worry of missing any crucial information while you are taking notes.

Video Scenarios

In addition to video lectures, some sessions have additional videos. Some are virtual field trips to some of Washington D.C.'s most prominent collections, while others are vignettes dealing some theoretical situations you may encounter in the collections management field.
....Learn about the preventive conservation planning involved in the construction of a new museum wing.
(Click for a video sample)
  ...Take a virtual field trip to some of Washington' s largest collections.

 

Blackboard

The Distance Education program utilizes a class organizational system called Blackboard, a system used by on-campus GWU students as well, which allows students to check and submit assignments, test their knowledge, question the professor, and even communicate with the rest of their classmates.

 

In addition to these features, which come standard with every disk, you'll be treated to presentations and additional information from a wide array of museum professionals and other experts in related fields.
Check out a sample of some of the features for each individual course:

 

Collections Management: Legal and Ethical Issues (CMLE)

 

....Learn from some of the museum community's most distinguished experts, such as Marie Malaro, author of A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections, who provides short bits of wisdom for each section, known as "Missives from Marie"
(click here to view one of the Missives from Marie)

 

Collections Management: Practical Applications (CMPA)

...Hear about collections planning from the authors of The AAM Guide to Collections Planning,  Jim Gardener and Beth Merritt.
...See how objects are marked by the Senior Objects Conservator Beth Richwine.
...Take a trip to the Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland to learn about various storage techniques.
(click for a video sample)

Preventive Conservation: Philosophy and Theory (PCPT)

...Tackle the issues of dealing with conservation in a culturally sensitive way with conservators from Washington D.C.'s most prestigious museums.
...Test materials in the Department of Botany at the National Museum of Natural History.

 

 

Preventive Conservation: Practical Applications (PCPA)

...Learn pest management from experts like Jeremy Jacobs of the Museum Support Center for the National Museum of Natural History.

 

 
(Click for a video sample)
  ...Watch the staff at the National Gallery of Art practice art handling, narrated by Shelley Sturman, Head of Conservation.

 

 

As you can see, there's a lot more to the Distance Education program than just lectures. The Museum Collections Management and Care Program provides the complete education needed to succeed in today's museum.