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Creating Virtual Learning Opportunities in Museums course begins July 6 on Museum Study
Join Hillary Rose for this virtual professional development course born out of the challenges we all encountered to deliver virtual learning experiences when we had to close to the public. Creating Virtual Learning Opportunities in Museums will cover creating both synchronous and asynchronous programs, connecting with teachers, and some technical skills to ensure that you can support teachers and students virtually as they learn from you and your museum.
Participants will create at least 3 different virtual museum education programs and learn to use technology tools and build skills to help them develop additional virtual learning opportunities.
If you missed the webinar Hillary gave Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Using SAMR to Create Virtual Programs Inspired by your In-Person Programs you can watch it on our YouTube Channel. The link is on the course page. Hillary goes into greater depth about the SAMR Model (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) in week one of the course.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/creating-virtual-learning-opportunities-in-museums

Museum Study - Creating Virtual Learning Opportunities in Museums Creating Virtual Learning Opportunities in Museums course. Instructor Hillary Hanel Rose. Participants will learn to use technology tools and build skills to develop additional virtual learning opportunities.

Policies for Managing Collections 4 week online course begins July 6 on Museum Study
Museums today are faced with many new and unexpected challenges, including climate change, developing sustainable practices in collection care, preservation of digital information, decolonization and repatriation, changing environmental parameters for collection storage, and strategies for coping with ever-larger collections with shrinking budgets. In his May 2024 webinar, John E. Simmons discussed how good collection management policies can help museums address these issues and other topics in the new, revised third edition of Things Great and Small: Collection Management Policies.
Join instructor John Simmons author of Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies for the 4 week long course Policies for Managing Collections. In this course we will critically examine the purposes and functions of collections management policies, including how collections are defined, acquired, managed, used, maintained, and deaccessioned.
Learn how to write collections management policies for your own institution and how to evaluate the effectiveness of your policies. Participants can purchase the Third Edition of the book at a discount.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/policies-for-managing-collections

Writing K-12 Lesson Plans for Museums course begins July 6 on Museum Study
The kids are will be heading back to school. Their teachers will be needing lesson plans. Are you ready to help?
Join Instructor Tara Young beginning July 6 for the 4 week online professional development course Writing K-12 Lesson Plans for Museums.
This course is designed to teach museum educators how to develop and write formal lesson plans for K-12 programming.
You will review a wide variety of K-12 lesson plans from different types of museums. Each week’s lecture, chat, and assignment will be iterative, and students will end the course with a finished lesson plan that they can put into use at their museums.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/writing-k-12-lesson-plans-for-museums

Museum Study - Writing K-12 Lesson Plans for Museums Writing K-12 Lesson Plans for Museums course. Instructor Tara Young. Teach museum educators how to develop and write formal lesson plans for K-12 programming.

5 Reasons Why Agile Approaches work in Museums, Arts & Heritage
New Blog post on Museum Study by Belinda Waldock
https://www.museumstudy.com/5-reasons-why-agile-approaches-work-in-museums-arts-heritage

5 Reasons Why Agile Approaches work in Museums, Arts & Heritage Professional development to help you build a better cultural institution and be a stronger member of the team that carries out the mission of your institution

Are you juggling multiple projects while wearing numerous hats?
Working across teams and partners while navigating constant change?
Trying to improve how things work but struggling to create the space to do it?
Join us on Tuesday June 9 for a Museum Study webinar, Adaptable Agile Museums presented by Belinda Waldock.
Learn how museum teams across the UK are adopting agile approaches to navigate shifting landscapes, complex collaborations, uncertainty, and the unknown.
Agile museums use approaches that connect the whole museum, creating alignment across teams, projects, and priorities while enabling a more responsive and adaptable way of working.
Discover how to build resilience, flexibility, and adaptability across your organisation while juggling multiple projects and wearing numerous hats. At the same time, empower volunteers and ignite innovation and creativity.
This session is relevant across the whole museum, from exhibitions and events to education, collections, curation, conservation, marketing, leadership, and communications.
In this talk, Belinda Waldock will explain what agile is and why it works so effectively in museums and cultural organisations. She will share stories and insights from her work across the UK, bringing practical examples to life.
You’ll leave with simple, actionable ideas to help you become more adaptable in both your work and your wider life.
Belinda Waldock works with museums across the UK to adopt agile approaches that build organisational resilience and support innovation. With a background in growth, innovation, and wellbeing, she has founded and grown not-for-profit organisations and is the author of Being Agile in Business, published by Pearson.
To register for the webinar email [email protected] with the subject: Adaptable Agile Museums. Please include your name, institution, and title.

Storage Techniques online course begins June 1 on Museum Study
Is your collection at risk due to poor storage methods? Good storage mounts are essential for preserving museum collections. Join Instructor Gretchen Anderson for the 4 week course Storage Techniques.
Building on the related course, Materials for Exhibit, Moving, and Storage, in Storage Techniques, you will learn about the materials, tools, ideas, and techniques needed to create quality storage mounts. You will design and build a storage mount for an object of your choosing and plan a storage improvement project for a collection of objects using archival materials and techniques.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/storage-techniques

Museum Study Storage Techniques Storage Techniques course. Instructor Rebecca Newberry. Learn about the materials, tools, ideas and techniques needed to create quality storage mounts.

Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1 course begins May 4 on Museum Study
Assessing risks to cultural property, including but not limited to Museum, Library, and Archive collections, is becoming a fundamental ability for collection care professionals. Join instructors Robert Waller and Moya Dumville for the first in a series of online courses on Risk to Cultural Property. This introductory course provides a firm foundation on which to build an understanding of risk-based approaches to cultural property protection.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/assessing-risk-to-cultural-property-1

Museum Study Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1 Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1 course. Instructor Robert Waller. This introductory course provides a firm foundation on which to build an understanding of risk-based approaches to cultural property protection.

Creating Successful Traveling Exhibitions course begins May 4 on Museum Study
Ever wanted to know how to develop a traveling exhibition?
If so, Creating Successful Traveling Exhibitions is for you. This class will be focused on providing you with the nuts and bolts on how to develop and tour traveling exhibitions. We will be delving into all stages of the traveling exhibit development process and tips and strategies will be provided to build sustainable frameworks for these types of exhibitions.
Join Instructor Saul Sopoci Drake for this 4 week online professional development course.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/creating-successful-traveling-exhibitions

Museum Study Creating Successful Traveling Exhibitions Creating Successful Traveling Exhibitions course. Instructor Saul Sopoci Drake. How to develop a traveling exhibition.

Managing Museum Volunteers course begins May 4 on MuseumStudy
The Managing Museum Volunteers course will focus on strategies for running a successful volunteer program that adapts to the needs of the museum. Appropriate for professionals starting a new volunteer program or wanting to reinvigorate an existing one, this course will include topics such as: assessing the museum’s needs for volunteers; managing the recruitment, selection, onboarding, training, and evaluating of volunteers; and troubleshooting problems with volunteers. We will also consider some of the ways that volunteerism in the US is changing overall and how those changes might affect museums.
Join Instructor Tara Young for this 4 week online professional development course.
For more information visit our website: https://www.museumstudy.com/managing-museum-volunteers

Museum Study - Managing Museum Volunteers Managing Museum Volunteers course. Instructor Tara Young. This course will focus on strategies for running a successful volunteer program that adapts to the needs of the museum.

Moving Museum Collections online course begins March 30 on Museum Study
Are you planning a remodel, new storage, or a new building and will need to move all or part of your collection? Don't wait until the last minute. Join Instructor Lori Benson, veteran of three large scale museum collection moves, for the 4 week online course Moving Museum Collections.
This course provides an overview of how to plan and manage a move to avoid the many pitfalls. The course will help you define the scope of your project, develop a work plan and schedule, prepare a communication scheme, define proposals for vendors, choose equipment, estimate costs, identify hazards, organize staffing, and establish packing techniques and standards. Whether you are moving across the hall or across town, Moving Museum Collections will provide a guide for a successful move.
For more information visit our website: http://www.museumstudy.com/courses/course-list/moving-museum-collections/

Museum Study Moving Museum Collections Moving Museum Collections course. Instructor Lori Benson. A how-to for planning and managing a museum collections move to avoid the many pitfalls associated with a move project.