Knowledge Exchange Training
Every year we provide free workshops to
colleagues in Scotland’s museums.
Current courses for the 2012/2013 season can be found below.
Please use the online booking facility to register your interest in
the course in the first instance, alternatively please download the
registration
form.
Courses 2012/2013
An introduction to Hazardous Materials in museum
collections
13 June 2012
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
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An Introduction to Ethnographic Collections
4 September 2012
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
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Build your own box
Loan boxes inspired by the STICK Old
Tools, New Uses project
13 September 2012 (half day)
Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Coatbridge
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information
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An Introduction to Object Handling
11 October 2012
McLean Museum and Art Gallery, Greenock
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More courses and workshops will be
advertised shortly. Please check back soon.
Responsive programme
We want to find the best mechanism to respond to collections
needs, and to achieve this we are happy to run workshops in any
part of Scotland. If you would like us to run a workshop locally,
please contact us on partnerships@nms.ac.uk. See the
list of previously run courses below for ideas.
Catalogue of courses
- Care and Management of Domestic Technology
- Purchasing Museum Objects
- Care and Management of Silver Collections
- Contemporary Collections of Applied Art and Design
- Dealing with Disposals
- How to borrow from the National Collections
- Working with Volunteers in Collections
- How to Handle Objects in Museum Collections
- Working with Large Objects in Collections
- Introduction courses:
- Loans
- National Fund for Acquisitions
- Hazardous Materials in Museum Collections
- Bird Collections
- Entomology Collections
- Roman Archaeology
- Pest Management
- Mammal collections
- Treasure Trove
- Digitisation
Please contact Megan Combe to discuss running a course in your
area on m.combe@nms.ac.uk.