Annual Workshop Series
Homestead Collections Care Workshops
Workshop Handouts
Annual Workshop Series
Preview our 2008 - 2009 Workshop Series!
REGISTER ONLINE NOW! The November workshop has sold out.
*All of the workshops in our annual workshop series allow you to earn credits toward our Virginia Certificate in Museum Management. The credit applicable to each workshop is listed under that workshop.
The Homestead Collections Care Workshops
In 2007, VAM entered into an historic partnership with The Homestead Resort. Itself an historic structure, The Homestead has a large collection of documents and artifacts that have not received proper care or conservation. VAM agreed to work with the hotel to help catalog, conserve, and store those collections. A series of workshops will enable VAM, with skilled instructors, to teach our participants about various conservation and collections topics, while helping solve the problems the Homestead faces.
All of these unique workshops will follow a two-day format, the first day made up of intensive teaching on the topic by a qualified conservator or curator, the second comprised of hands-on experience in the topic using the Homestead collection. Using this method, the participants receive practical, hands-on training, and the Homestead collection is properly cared for by trained museum professionals.
The number of participants in these workshops is very limited. VAM members will be notified when dates for each workshop are set, and registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. All participants receive 2 free nights’ lodging at the Homestead, and pay a $125 registration fee. Online registration will not be available for these workshops.
Workshop #4: Exhibiting Artifacts SOLD OUT!!
December 3-5, 2008
This final workshop will teach participants how to bring together different artifacts in a small display area, making an effective exhibit with interpretive elements. The hands-on component of this workshop will entail creation of a small exhibit for the public space at the Homestead, using items from their collection.
Workshop Handouts
(a selection from 2005 - present)
November 24, 2008 Furnishing Plan Workshop Handouts:
October 22, 2008 Interpretive Training Workshop Handouts:
Other Handouts: