Heritage Workshops
Photo: Ute moccasins. Image courtesy of Uintah County Heritage Museum.
Strengthen the Fabric of Utah's Collective Heritage!
We support nonprofit organizations that strengthen Utah's cultural sector. Our free regional workshops provide museums, historical societies, arts and cultural organizations with hands-on training in grant-writing, organizational readiness, best practice history research, collection stewardship, exhibit development, and interpretation techniques. Onsite mentored projects give participants the opportunity to apply their new knowledge and skills.
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Collections Stewardship
Utah Collections Preservation program!
Utah Humanities and the Utah Division of Arts & Museums are working together to establish the Utah Collections Preservation (UCP) program, providing preservation training to humanities collections stewards statewide. Starting in 2022, this program will support comprehensive preservation training for collections stewards through webinars, in-person workshops, preservation assessments, and the focused training of seven Collections Preservation Team members. This program is supported by the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Humanities through a Preservation and Access Education and Training grant.
Questions? Contact Marie Desrochers, Preservation Outreach Coordinator, at UA&M (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
In-Person Workshop Series
The following series of workshops will be held in 2022, with content repeated in 2023 in another region. These in-person, full-day workshops complement the webinars and provide hands-on training. Each workshop occurs in two parts and registrants are expected to attend both Part A and Part B (which happen a month apart). Find links to register for in-person workshops here and information about cost and travel stipends below.
ACCESS AND ARTIFACT HANDLING
- Part A: January 6, 2022 at the Summit County Historical Museum, Coalville
- Part B: February 3, 2022 at the Alf Engen Ski Museum, Park City
PRESERVATION IN STORAGE AND DISPLAY
- Part A: April 7, 2022 at the Uintah County Heritage Museum, Vernal
- Part B: May 5, 2022 at the Duchesne County Library & History Center, Duchesne
ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING SYSTEMS
- Part A: July 7, 2022 at the Utah Wing Commemorative Air Force, Heber
- Part B: August 4, 2022 at the Park City Museum Collections Center, Park City
RISK MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & DISASTER RESPONSE:
- Part A: October 6, 2022 at the Field House Museum, Vernal
- Part B: November 3, 2022 at the Wasatch County Library, Heber
Webinar Series
Webinars will occur monthly in 2022 on the following dates, between 11 am and 1 pm. Find link to register for these online sessions here.
- January 20, 2022: Digitization and Collections Care
- February 17, 2022: Handling Procedures Manual
- March 17, 2022: Collections Move
- April 21, 2022: Thinking in Systems: Preservation Site Assessments
- May 19, 2022: Exhibition Planning and Installation
- June 16, 2022: Preservation of Outdated Media
- July 21, 2022: Preservation and Collections Hazards
- August 18, 2022: Preservation through Partnerships: Care of Culturally Sensitive Objects
- September 15, 2022: Collections Management Systems/Databases
- October 20, 2022: Emergency Planning: Pocket Response Plan
- November 17, 2022: Seismic Storage
- December 15, 2022: Security for Collections and Access
Cost & Registration
Monthly webinars are FREE. There will be a small $10 registration fee for the two-part in-person workshops to cover materials. Scholarships are available to offset costs associated with travel to each workshop. If you are interested in applying for a workshop scholarship, please fill out this google form.
Presenters
Workshops will be taught by conservators and preservation experts from Utah.
Heritage Workshops are supported in part by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums and the Utah Division of State History, with funding from the State of Utah.