Bureau of Indian Affairs
More than 5,600,000 items
Housed at 102 BIA locations and 71 other institutions

Indian Arts & Crafts Board
More than 11,000 items
Housed at 3 IACB locations

Internships - Through the National Council for Preservation Education

FedBizOpps - A conduit to the entire Federal contracting community

Harpers Ferry Center Office of Acquisition Management - Negotiates and establishes contracts and assistance agreements for the National Park Service

Date: TBD

Location: TBD

Description: This five-day course provides training in the fundamentals of managing museum property.

Topics include:

Overview of the Interior Museum Program and the Office of Property and Acquisition Management
How Museum Collections Support DOI and Bureau Missions
Managing Archive Collections
Guidance on Reporting Requirements
Scope of Collections Statement
Museum Documentation (Accessions, Cataloging, Loans, & Deaccessioning)
Museum Collection Preservation
Storing and Exhibiting Museum Property
Museum Protection (Fire Protection, Security, and Emergency Management)
Working with Non-Federal repositories
Ideas on how to use museum collections

Participants: Curators, Museum Specialists, Property Managers, Archeologists, & other resource specialists with museum responsibilities, both within federal agencies and at partner repositories.

Course length: 36 hours

Funding: There is no tuition. Benefitting account for travel and per diem.
Lodging: $
M/IE: $

Application form for this course is available as a Word document. Print out the application. Application deadline will be set when course is scheduled.

Date: TBD

Location: TBD

Description: This course provides training in the fundamentals of managing natural history collections. The course is broken into two parts. The first 2 days of the training will focus on general museum property management topics. The final 3 days of the training will focus on issues specific to different types of natural history collections. Students are welcome to attend all or part of the training.

General Topics include:

How museums support bureau missions
Planning documents
Scope of collection statements
Documenting collections
Managing archival collections
Integrated Pest Management
Working with Non-Federal Facilities
Exhibiting museum property
Security/Fire protection
Emergency management planning

Natural History specific topics include:

History of the preparation and care of natural history specimens
Preparation, care, and preservation of wet specimens
Basic Taxonomy
Natural History laws and mandates as they relate to museum collections
Planning for curation of natural history collections with partners
Caring for Vertebrate, Insect, Tree Ring, Plant, and Paleontology, and Geology specimens.
Testing for toxic preservatives

Participants: Curators, Museum Specialists, Property Managers, Archeologists, Natural History Specialists, & other resource specialists with museum responsibilities, both within federal agencies and at partner repositories.

Course length: 40 hours

Class size: 30 participants

Funding: There is no tuition. Benefitting account for travel and per diem.
Lodging: $
M/IE: $

Application form for this course is available as a Word document. Print out the application. Application deadline will be set when course is scheduled.

Training provided by other institutions and organizations

• American Association for State and Local History
• American Association of Museums
  
• Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies
  
• Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCHA)
• NFACE Directory of Archival Continuing Education Opportunities
• Northern States Conservation Center
• Smithsonian Institution
• Society of American Archivist

• DOI University
• National Park Service
  • Managing Archeological Collections, a distance learning and technical assistance effort
  • Cultural Resources Training
  • National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
  • Training and Development Programs
    
  • Museum Management Program Training Opportunities
• Fish & Wildlife
• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Reclamation
• US Geological Survey
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Indian Arts & Crafts Board
• Minerals Management Service

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U.S. Department of the Interior
Interior Museum Program, Mail Stop 2607
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240

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Last modified: Feb 2009

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Contact information:

Interior Museum Program
1849 C St NW MS 2607
Washington, DC 20240

Phone: 202-208-4698

Fax: 202-513-0822

Location:
Main Interior Building
Room 2071

The Interior Museum Program is a part of the Department of Interior's Office of Acquisition and Property Management