Science Museum of Minnesota

The Science Museum of Minnesota will hire two conservators to carry out two complementary collection surveys. A general conservation survey will update information gathered in 1996 and will reflect the move of the collections to a new, purpose-built facility in 1999. A separate media collections survey will focus on the museum’s photographs, slides, film, videos, audiocassettes, and digital format media, which are considered most at-risk. The results of the surveys will be used to prioritize and plan future collections care and to develop a new, integrated long-range conservation plan. The conservators will also conduct workshops for museum staff and professional colleagues on natural history conservation and media preservation.