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Editor's Picks

This strange “paint disease” is putting Georgia O’Keeffe paintings at risk

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Category: Collections Stewardship
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, houses some 140 oil paintings by the iconic American artist, along with thousands of additional works from O'Keeffe's prolific career. …

Everything Is Bigger at Open-Air Museums

By Christine Negroni, Nytimes
Category: Influence of Museums
DAYTON, Ohio - Every Sunday from May to October, Larry Weinstein plays music for people here in Dayton, on the towering Deeds Carillon, which rises above the city's south side. Suspended …

Perceptions Matter – How Welcoming Are Cultural Organizations? (DATA)

By Colleen Dilenschneider, Colleen Dilenschneider
Category: Data
Not everybody feels that cultural organizations are "places for people like me." It probably won't surprise you: Despite hard work within the sector to shed perceptions that museums and …

How Blockchain Could Change the Museum Industry

By Lauren Styx, MuseumNext
Category: Technology
By Lauren Styx Whether you follow trends in technology, banking, or digital art, chances are you've heard of blockchain. This digital record-keeping technology is relatively new but has …

What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It

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Category: Exhibitions
On the first floor of the American Museum of Natural History, a diorama depicts an imagined 17th-century meeting between Dutch settlers and the Lenape, an Indigenous tribe inhabiting New …

I Am A Historian I Make Exhibits

By B. Erin Cole, CONTINGENT
Category: Exhibitions
<p>Who are museum exhibits for, and what difference does that…

‘They Aren’t Just Little Adults’: Inside The Smithsonian’s Push To Make Museums Fun For Kids

By Martin Austermuhle, WAMU
Category: Education & Interpretation
The Smithsonian's many museums are a popular draw for families, but making everything from contemporary art to fossils engaging for young kids takes thought …

Finding the Poetry in Natural History

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Category: Influence of Museums
Published: February 19, 2019 Alert Keep an eye out for our poet-in-residence (and his typewriter!) around the museum-and start thinking like a poet yourself. Our first-ever …
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Collections Stewardship

A photo showing three people seated at a table, working with original collections. All have gloves on and are writing notes or looking at the objects.

The Collections Stewardship Professional Network is a community of practice focused on the stewardship of collections, archives, and exhibitions, including direct care, handling, documentation, shipping, housing, information management, …

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Leadership of this professional network

John Simmons - Chair, Collections Stewardship
  • Consultant
  • Museologica, Bellefonte, PA
Suzanne Hale - Immediate Past Chair, Collections Stewardship
  • Registrar/Collections Manager
  • Gregory Allicar Museum of Art (formerly the University Art Museum) Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Latest headlines about this professional network

US Department of the Interior’s Toolkit for Working with Partners to Manage Museum Collections*
By Elizabeth Varner
Category: Collections Stewardship
Museum Aims To Be A Model For Making Collections Available Via 3D Printing
By Ann Thompson, Wvxu
Category: Technology
Future Proofing Museum Business Plans: Creating sustainable models for natural history research collections.
By Elizabeth Merritt
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Category: Future Forecasting
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Spotlight: Most read posts from the Alliance Blog this week!

The Self-Care Ritual of Retreats

By Elizabeth Merritt
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Museums as a Pink Collar Profession

By Joan Baldwin
Black and white headshot of Joan Baldwin a white woman with shoulder length brown hair wearing dark rimmed glasses

Outside the Collection Box: Connecting community with collections via augmented reality

By M. Anne Basham
Headshot of Anne Basham standing in front of a computer which is off to the left hand side of the screen. She is a white woman with short cropped hair wearing a tan suit jacket and colorful patterned top.