Building a Constituency for Collections Care:
Children, Youth and Families


Introduction
Keynote Remarks:
      Diane Frankel

Fine Arts & Science
Art & Conservation
American History &
      Preservation
Library Sciences &
      Preservation
Archaeology,
      American History &
      Conservation Practice
Museum Practices &
      Conservation

Possible next steps:

  1. Cooperate with school-age organizations, such as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, to:

    • encourage preservation and conservation as public responsibilities.
    • expose young people to conservation as a future professional career.

  2. Collaborate with museum education departments to:

    • increase public awareness of the important role of preservation and conservation.
    • participate in teacher workshops through slide lectures and leading tours of works that have been conserved.
    • develop teacher resource materials that can be integrated into school tours or class curricula.
    • add a conservation aspect to works on view through extended wall labels and brochures.
    • create a focused exhibition or gallery display on the conservation process.

  3. Work with local schools and/or universities to:

    • increase public awareness of the need to preserve cultural resources.
    • establish an internship program.
    • integrate conservation into interdisciplinary studies programs, such as art, science, and museum studies.


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