Programs

Connecting to Collections Workshop Series
Storage Solutions for Historic Collections
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 (low-tech solutions), the care and storage various types of museum and library collections (paper, textiles, painting, decorative arts, tools, etc.),  managing storage rooms, developing retrieval systems, tagging critical collections in preparation 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.   

What you need to do:
All participants will be required to attend the first workshop on designing, implementing and improving collection storage areas (Sept, 27th). Participants may register for as many of the workshops on the care, storage, and handling of paintings, furniture, textiles/costumes, paper/books, decorative arts, metals/tools, and photographs 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 institutions) with one of the faculty members to examine the storage concerns at their institution.

Schedule for the Day:

9:30am -10:00am        Registration
10:00am -12:00pm      Review of the Workshop Topic
12:00pm -1:00pm        Lunch (provided)
1:00pm-3:00pm           Workshop Topic, cont.
3:00pm-3:30pm           Behind-the-scenes tour of host storage area

Monday, September 27, 2010
Storage Solutions for Historic Collections  - MANDATORY PROGRAM
with Alex Allardt, ArtCare Resources
at Litchfield Historical Society

Monday, November 8, 2010
Care and Storage of Books and Papers
with Tara Kennedy, Yale University Library
at Lyme Public Hall

Monday, January 10, 2011
Care and Storage of Paintings
with Thomas Branchick, Williamstown Art Conservation Ctr
at Fairfield Museum & History Center

Additional program scheduled for spring and summer 2011.

Morning refreshments, lunch, and resource materials are provided for all program.  Cost is $15 for each full-day program. Space is limited so reserve your spot today by emailing Sandy at sandy@clho.org or calling (203) 624-9186.  Please visit the Conservation ConneCTion website (www.conservationct.org)  for more information.

Fall 2010 Out & About Series

The CLHO presents the fall Out & About field trip series. The half-day programs (9:30 am to 12:30 pm) include a museum visit and mini-workshop, which provide opportunities for staff and volunteers of member organizations to meet with colleagues in a casual atmosphere. Participants get an insider's view of another Connecticut museum and an opportunity to bring home new ideas for their organizations. This CLHO program presents an exciting option for networking, professional development, and fun. Join us at any or all of these great workshops:

ALL ABOUT BARNS!
What Happens After the Cows and Chickens Have Left
Monday, September 20, 2010
Suffield, CT 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Connecticut Landmarks will be hosting this program about how to identify, restore, reconstruct and use a barn on your property. We will be meeting in the historic Phelps-Hathaway barn in Suffield. Todd Levine from the CT Trust for Historic Preservation will talk about how to identify and date a barn, the CTHP barn survey, how barns are being used in non-agricultural ways and restoration funding sources. We will also visit the “new” old barn that was recently installed on the grounds of the Suffield Historical Society. Lester Smith, the SHS curator will give an insider’s tour. We will then head over to the barn at Hilltop Farm (with our brown bag lunches) and meet with Janet Banks, Past President of the Friends of the Farm at Hilltop. Janet will give us the background and tour of this magnificent 10,000 square foot barn that has been called a cathedral of agriculture.

HIDDEN VOICES
Developing Inclusive Interpretation at Your Site
Monday, November 15, 2010
Mark Twain House, Hartford, 9:30a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Meet at the Mark Twain House and hear how three of your colleagues have developed tour programs that tell the stories of the women, slaves, servants and workers that were in the households of their sites. Donna Baron, Director of the Lebanon Historical Society, will discuss the research that she did to develop the story of slaves at the Webb House in Wethersfield. Beverly Lucas, Curator of Connecticut Landmarks will discuss the programs that they have developed on the Hale women at the Hale Homestead, servants at the Butler-McCook House and a project that they hope to develop. Jeffrey Nichols and Rebecca Floyd will talk about the stories that they have been developing at the Mark Twain House and future plans to expand those stories.

Morning refreshments provided at all program, and the cost is $15 for members and $25 for non-members. Join CLHO today with a “Late Year Joiner” membership (fee $15) and take advantage of the Out About $15 member rate. Joining CLHO today and attending two programs at the member rate, saves you $20. This $20 saving would cover the cost of membership and still leave a savings of $5—enough for a latte! Join CLHO today and sign up now for the fall Out & About series. Space is limited so reserve your spot today by emailing Sandy at sandy@clho.org or calling (203) 624-9186.