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Canadian Conservation Institute

The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) has a new online toolkit called RE-ORG: A Method to Reorganize Museum Storage. In addition to the English and French versions, Spanish and Portuguese versions have also been published, thanks to their partners in the Ibermuseos Program. 

The four-part, downloadable toolkit was developed in partnership with ICCROM and is designed to guide heritage institutions through the process of transforming their storage areas so that they can improve preventive conservation conditions as well as access to collections within their facilities. The RE-ORG method has been used by the RE-ORG: Canada participating institutions since 2014 and has been applied in over 100 institutions worldwide.
 
Use this resource to reorganize your storage, to offer advice or to train others. Get started by watching “RE-ORG Fundamentals: Intro to the RE-ORG Method,” a short tutorial video developed by CCI.

Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) Notes:

CCI Notes deal with topics of interest to those who care for cultural objects. Intended for a broad audience, the Notes offer practical advice about issues and questions related to the care, handling and storage of cultural objects. Many Notes are illustrated and provide bibliographies as well as suggestions for contacting suppliers. There are currently over 100 Notes in this ever-expanding series written by CCI staff members.

View CCI Notes

Conserve O Grams

The US National Park Service has developed a similar series of leaflets called Conserve O Grams. They are available free of charge online. They are regularly adding new ones and revising old ones as new information becomes available.  at  https://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html

 

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The Association of Manitoba Museums acknowledges that we are on Treaty 1 territory and the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the National Homeland of the Red River Metis

We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.