Unsure what you should collect and what you might be able to deaccession? Want to make your collections work for you, rather than working for the collections? An Active Collections approach can help your organization create leaner collections with greater impact. In this webinar, you’ll learn how societal trends are affecting what museum audiences need from collections and explore new approaches to collections acquisition, deaccessioning, cataloging, and oversight, with a focus on strategies for small organizations.

Presenters:

• Rainey Tisdale  is co-author and co-founder of Active Collections and a museum consultant specializing in interpretive & strategic planning, content & collections curation, institutional capacity building, and igniting the creative process. 

• Eileen Corcoran currently serves as the Director of Service & Outreach at the Vermont Historical Society, where she manages education and public programming alongside providing professional development, training, and support to the hundreds of local historical societies and museums around the state. She has over twenty-five years of experience working for museums and other cultural organizations in a variety of roles.

• Hannah Kirkpatrick is the Program Coordinator for the Activating 21st Century Local History training program at the Vermont Historical Society. She works directly with cohort members to help them establish collections priorities and increase organizational sustainability. Hannah received her Master of Arts in History from the University of Vermont in 2022 and has worked with cultural heritage and community organizations in Vermont since. 

Pre-registration is required and a Zoom link for the webinar will be sent to you closer to the meeting date. Please register for the webinar by Monday December 1st.

Webinar attendees will have the opportunity to pose detailed follow up questions at a virtual Conversation with Colleagues on Wednesday, December 10th from 12:00-1:00 pm EST. All those who register for the webinar are invited to attend.

If you can’t make it to the live event, you can still register for the workshop; we will send all registrants the link to the recording once it becomes available.

The cost of the virtual workshop is as follows:

• $15 for any non-member of CCCA who wishes to attend

• $10 if you have applied for and been accepted as a Professional Affiliate Member of the CCCA or have made a donation of at least $25 this year as a Friend of the CCCA

• FREE if you have applied for and been accepted as an Emerging Professional or Student Member of the CCCA.

You can pay with a credit card without setting up an account. If you need to pay by check please email us at collectionscarealliance@gmail.com

Your workshop fees and additional donations help our growing community of conservation and preservation professionals aid regional cultural heritage organizations in the care and conservation of their collections and materials.  As a non-profit corporation registered in the state of Vermont, the CCCA relies on the support of our membership and community to help us develop and promote affordable opportunities for training and networking and to improve the long-term preservation of these vulnerable collections. Thank you!

WHEN REGISTERING, PLEASE BE SURE TO SCROLL UP: YOUR CART WILL BE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. CLICK ON IT TO COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION PROCESS. THANK YOU!