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• Workshop: Natural History Collections: Addressing Issues from Mounted Specimens to Sea Shells

  • When
    10 Oct 2018
  •  
    9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    L.C. Bates Museum Visitors Center, Fairfield, ME
  • Spaces left
    6

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  Natural History Collections:

  Addressing Issues from Mounted Specimens to Sea Shells

  
  

  This 5.5-hour workshop will focus on best practices handling historic collections for the purpose of storing and moving them.

  
  

  In this 5.5-hour workshop, Ron Harvey of Tuckerbrook Conservation will discuss the special needs of natural history collections and how to safely handle, exhibit and store them. He will talk about safety concerns for the people handling the collections as well as for the objects.  Come learn how to best care for the many organic objects from our natural world: from a mounted fish to hair wreath or from powder horn to a mounted bird. 

  An afternoon tour by the conservator of the museum's natural history collections will show both issues and solutions to the care of natural history collections and objects made form natural materials.  To gain specific information from the conservator, participants are encouraged to bring photos of natural history objects in their collections.

  Morning refreshments will be available.  Bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy at half time!

  The workshop will be held in the conference room at the visitors center, the building with the blue roof just north of the museum.

  This event is supported by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences.
  

  
  

  Your Presenter

  This workshop is presented by Ron Harvey, Conservator/Principal at Tuckerbrook Conservation.  Tuckerbrook Conservation offers conservation consulting, treatment, teaching, management, storage, long-term preservation, handling, lecturing, preservation workshops, conservation assessments and assessment of collections, including archaeological, ethnographic, fine art objects, outdoor sculpture, and zinc sculpture.

  
  

  The Venue

  

  The L.C. Bates Museum at Good Will-Hinckley, located on U.S. Route 201 in Hinckley Village in Fairfield, is a natural history museum that includes amazing natural history exhibits, fun local history, Native American collections, rocks and minerals, fossils, outside nature trails, picnic tables, and an arboretum behind the museum.

  The workshop will be held at the visitors center, the building with the blue roof just north of the museum.

  
  

  Online registration will be open through October 7.  To register after this date, contact Deborah Staber at lcbates@gwh.org or 238-4250.

  The size of the workshop space limits registration to 15 participants - register early to reserve your space! If the workshop fills up before you register, you can register to be on the wait list.

  Registration is free to MAM members (please log in first).  If you're not a member, join today!

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• 2018 Fall Conference & Annual Meeting

  • When
    12 Oct 2018
  •  
    8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Olsen Student Center, University of Maine Farmington

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  2018 Annual Conference

  
  

  Presented by Northern Artery, the 2018 conference will offer a mixture of sessions, workshops, networking opportunities, and a dynamic keynote address that will leave you feeling recharged, connected, and inspired with new ideas to assist you in the care and management of your collecting institution.  

  As volunteers and professionals in Maine's community of collecting institutions, many of us are accustomed to looking into the past. At this year's conference, we invite ourselves to look into the future by honing our skills in organizational visioning, strategic planning, and succession planning, as well as various other topics such as educational and event programming, advocacy, diversity and inclusion, preservation and collections care, fundraising, and governance.

  
  

  Keynote Speaker: Colin Woodard

  Colin Woodard will be giving the keynote address titled Deeper Context Downeast: How Maine's Past Informs the Present and Shapes the Future.

  Woodard is an award-winning  author and journalist.  He is State and National Affairs Writer for the Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram, where he was a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist and received a 2012 George Polk Award for his investigative reporting. 

  A native of Maine, Woodard is the author of American Nations: A History of Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, which won the 2012 Maine Literary Award for Non-Fiction.  His other books include the New England bestseller The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier; the New York Times Times Bestseller The Republic of Pirates: Being the True Story And Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down; and American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good, which won the 2017 Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction.

  
  

  Event Program
  

  Check back for a full event program.

  The doors will open for registration check-in at 8:00AM and the last session will end at 4:30PM. The day will include 4 blocks of interactive workshops/discussions with 3 sessions from which to choose in each block. Session topics will include:
  

  • Digital media and technology
  • Preparing for Maine's 2020 bicentennial celebration
    
  • Crafting stories
  • Exhibit design
  • Fundraising
  • Lots of other great discussion topics and networking opportunities!

  There will also opportunities to join round table discussion groups. This is your opportunity to meet with your colleagues in a more intimate setting around topics of common interest, such as:

  • Fundraising
  • Networking among historical societies
  • Institutional administration
  • Collections management
  • Exhibit design
  • Archiving
  • Collections security
  • Diversity, inclusion, and social justice

  
  

  Lunch
  

  Lunch will be held in the dining hall with a multiple options.  Please tell us when registering if you have any dietary restrictions so we can make sure you are accommodated.

  
  

  Annual Meeting
  

  The annual meeting of MAM's membership also takes place at the conference each year--this is your chance as a MAM member to vote on new officers or changes in policy, or to address issues that affect the organization and its membership.

  
  

  The Venue
  

  
  

  The conference will be held at the at University of Maine Farmington at 224 Main Street in downtown Farmington - near Routes 2, 4, and 27.  

  Directions: Use the directions listed on the UMF website.
  

  Parking: On the campus map, parking is available at lots P11, P15, P26 and the Old South Congregational Church. Street parking is also available. No parking passes are needed in these areas.

  Map: See the campus map on the UMF website.

  Bathrooms: There are gender-neutral bathrooms, as well as those labeled for men and women. The gender neutral bathrooms are on the main floor in the Olsen Student Center on the South Street side of the building.

  Accessibility: All spaces used for this event are accessible to standards set in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

  
  

  Registration
  

  Online registration for MAM Members and non-members opens on August 4, 2018. Early bird registration rates are available through September 10, 2018. The last day to register will be September 30, 2018.  To register after September 30, please bring payment to the conference ($75 members; $100 non-members). We will be able to accept checks or credit/debit cards at the conference.

  
  

  Sponsors and Exhibitors
  

  Thank you to our presenting sponsor!

  Northern Artery
  

  
  

  Host Sponsor
  

  
  

  
  

  Gold Sponsors
  

  Maine Community Foundation

  Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education

  SmallCorp

  Seal Cove Auto Museum

  Colby College Museum of Art

  Maine Office of Tourism

  Virtual Archive

  Shape of Love: 200 Years in Maine

  
  

  Silver Sponsors
  

  Northeast Document Conservation Center; Digital Curation at the University of Maine; Maine Historical Society; UMaineOnline; Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine; Andersen Design; Gnome Landscape, Design, Masonry & Maintenance; Ted Anderson Design & Photography; Riverside Museum Solutions; M. Gaertner, Historic Building Consultant

  
  

  Please get in touch about sponsor opportunities.

  Sponsoring and exhibiting at the Maine Archives & Museums Annual Conference are great ways to reach museum and archives professionals throughout Maine.  See here the opportunities available for sponsors and exhibitors.

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• Sponsorship & Exhibitor Opportunities: 2018 Conference

  • When
    12 Oct 2018
  •  
    8:01 AM
  • Location
    University of Maine Farmington

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  Connect with museum and archival professionals throughout Maine!

   

  Maine Archives and Museums (MAM) invites you to become a sponsor and/or exhibitor at the 2018 Conference and Annual Meeting.  Whether you specialize in archival storage materials, consulting services, retail/gift shop items, or services and products that enhance visitor experiences, we welcome your participation.

   

  This conference offers an opportunity for you to share your organization’s mission with professionals working in all aspects of Maine’s museums, historic sites, and archives.  This year’s theme is "Planning for Our Future."  

  
  

  • Find your target audience among professionals representing museums, archives, libraries, historical societies, historic sites, and more.
  • Develop relationships with museum and archives professionals throughout Maine.
  • Continue connections with your current customers.
  • Hear what museum and archives professionals have to say about your products – and their future product needs.
  • Increase your knowledge and understanding of the archives and museums professions.
  • Sell your products on site.
    

  When:  Friday, October 12, 2018, 8:00am-4:30pm

                                 

  Where: University of Maine Farmington

   

  Exhibiting:  Exhibitors will be located in key areas to ensure high traffic to your display.  Time has been built into the schedule to allow attendees to meet with exhibitors throughout the conference. 

   

  Deadline:  September 21, 2018;  special August 3 deadline to be included in the mailer to 1,500 museum and archive professionals in Maine.

   

   

  Sponsorship package #1: “Presenting Sponsor”--$900  (Will be Northern Artery this year)

  
  

  All the benefits of “Gold Sponsorship,” plus:

  • Exclusivity: only one sponsor at this level
  • Logo on event banner and front cover of printed conference program
  • Logo in promotional mailer to over 1,500 mailing addresses (if confirmed before August 3)
  • Speaking opportunity during keynote introduction (or special mention by MAM staff if unable to attend) 
  • Exhibitor space and admission for 4 to the conference

  
  

  
  

  Sponsorship package #2: "Host Sponsor"--$350

  Add an exhibitor space at the event and admission for 1 for an additional $100

  All the benefits of “Gold Sponsorship,” plus:

  • Semi-exclusivity: only 3 sponsors at this level
  • Exclusive Host listing in printed conference program (ex. "Coffee & Registration hosted by Smith Consulting")
    
  • Exclusive signage at event featuring organization name and logo
  • Logo in the conference program, on MAM's website, and in email marketing to over 1,500 email addresses
  • Featured text listing in promotional mailer to over 1,500 mailing addresses (if confirmed before August 3)

  
  

  
  

  Sponsorship package #3: "Gold Sponsor"--$200

  Add an exhibitor space at the event and admission for 1 for an additional $100

  
  

  All the benefits of “Silver Sponsorship,” plus:
  

  • Text listing in promotional mailer to over 1,500 mailing addresses (if confirmed before August 3)
  • Your promotional handout or brochure included in conference packet (please provide approximately 150 handouts or brochures)

  
  

  
  

  Sponsorship package #4: "Silver Sponsor"--$100

  Add an exhibitor space at the event and admission for 1 for an additional $100

  • Text listing in the printed conference program, on MAM’s website, and in email marketing to over 1,500 email addresses
  • List of conference participants

  
  

  
  

  To customizing your own sponsorship package, contact Dugan Murphy at info@MaineMuseums.org or 207-400-6965.
  

   

  Register as a Sponsor Online Today!

   

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• Workshop: Security and Customer Service for Museums and Libraries

  • When
    22 Oct 2018
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St, Portland
  • Spaces left
    23

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  Security and Customer Service

  for Museums and Libraries

  
  

  Customer service and security are intertwined. This two-hour workshop will cover issues that affect small and medium-sized museums and libraries and will offer concrete, hands-on solutions you can implement to help assure the safety of your collections and your visitors. Topics will include: 

  • Security of your building and landscape: red flags and quick fixes
    
  • Conflict resolution: how to handle angry or aggressive patrons 
    
  • Policies: how simple policies and procedures can keep you safe
    
  • Old Home Days: how to manage special occasions that draw large crowds
    
  • Alarm Systems: options and alternatives
    
  • In an Emergency: your relationship with your local police and fire departments
    

  The workshop will include tours of the Brown Research Library and Wadsworth-Longfellow House showcasing security and customer service issues.

  
  

  Schedule

  The workshop will begin at 2PM and continue until 4PM.  This includes tours of Brown Research Library and Wadsworth-Longfellow House showcasing security and customer service issues.

  At 4PM, you are invited to attend the MAM Social Mixer in the Longfellow Garden on Campus.

  
  

  Your Presenters

   
  

  This workshop is presented by Steve Landry and John Babin of Maine Historical Society.  

  Steve Landry, MHS Facilities Manager, has had over 25 years’ experience working in cultural institutions with duties that included staff safety training, insurance loss mitigation, and collections and public safety.  Steve is a Certified Institutional Protection Manager and recently became a Certified Visitor Relations Specialist.  
  

  As Visitor Services Manager at Maine Historical Society, John Babin is responsible for overseeing the paid guides and volunteer docents who give tours in the Wadsworth-Longfellow House, on the Longfellow Trail and the Historic Walking Tour of Portland. John is a Certified Visitor Relations Specialist from the International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection.

  
  

  The Venue

  
  

  This event is hosted in the Earl G. Shettleworth Jr. Lecture Hall at Maine Historical Society.  Paid parking is available in nearby garages and on the street.

  
  

  Online registration will be open through October 18.  To register after this date, contact Nan Cumming at 207-774-1822 ext. 231.

  The size of the workshop space limits registration to 25 participants - register early to reserve your space!

  MAM members enjoy discounted registration (please log in first).  If you're not a member, join today!

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• Portland Mixer

  • When
    22 Oct 2018
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St, Portland

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  Portland Mixer
  

  
  

  Come meet your colleagues in Southern Maine!  This social mixer event will be held in the Longfellow Garden at Maine Historical Society and immediately follows the Security and Customer Service workshop at the same venue.
  

  Please RSVP so we know to expect you! 

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• Workshop: Book and Pamphlet Enclosures

  • When
    07 Nov 2018
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Libby Memorial Library, 27 Staples St, Old Orchard Beach
  • Spaces left
    12

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  Book and Pamphlet Enclosures

  
  

  For museums and archives, proper enclosures can protect books and pamphlets from environments that are detrimental such as temperature, relative humidity, and UV light. There are many ways in building enclosures. This workshop will teach participants various quick and easy way to build enclosures. This is useful for those institutions with limited staff or time to spend on such projects.
  

  Book Conservator, Anastasia Weigle of IN A BIND Studio will offer this hands-on preservation enclosures workshop. It will address the following:

  • Building preservation enclosures using a single sheet of 20 pt. board
  • What materials and tools to use materials.
  • When to use this type of enclosure.

  NOTE: This workshop will not cover building drop-front or clamshell boxes.

  Attendees will need to bring their own lunch.

  
  

  Schedule

  The workshop will begin at 10AM and continue until 3PM.  A half hour will be provided in the middle of the day for lunch.

  
  

  Your Presenter

  
  

  Anastasia Weigle currently owns IN A BIND Studio. as a book conservator, bookbinder, and artist. She has taught various workshops in bookbinding, materials repair, altered book and assemblage/multimedia art. Anastasia holds a B.A. in Natural Science Illustration with a minor in Museum Studies, an M.S.L.I.S. in Archives Management and is currently a doctoral candidate at Simmons College in Information Science. Anastasia's extensive background in library and museum archives has also spilled into her work as an assemblage artist. Her work reflects her profession as an archivist. Her academic skills and her artistic talents are tightly woven together to create a cohesive, structured body of work, which encourages the viewer to discover a piece of themselves inside her art. Anastasia was featured on National Cable Television HGTV’s “That’s Clever” in August 2006 and March 2007, was listed in the 2008 Studio Visit art catalog, featured as one of the ten assemblage artists in the Jan/Feb 2009 Maine Home and Design magazine, and in 1000 Artists Books. Anastasia has published works in The Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, Preserving Local Writers, Genealogists, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Materials, and in the forthcoming book Genealogy and the Librarian: Perspectives on Research, Instruction, Outreach and Management.

  
  

  The Venue

  
  

  This event is hosted in the Libby Memorial Library in Old Orchard Beach.  

  
  

  Online registration will be open through November 4.  To register after this date, contact Anastasia Weigle at 207-493-5946.

  To make sure everyone gets a great experience, this workshop is limited to 10 participants. Register early to reserve your space!

  MAM members enjoy discounted registration (please log in first).  If you're not a member, join today!

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• Workshop: Archival Basics

  • When
    13 Nov 2018
  •  
    2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Colby College (Robinson Memorial Room in Special Collections at Miller Library), Waterville
  • Spaces left
    18

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  Archival Basics

  

  This basic archival workshop will give attendees a holistic understanding of collections care by discussing fundamentals of archives, including governance, preservation, arrangement and description, storage, access and outreach. Specific examples will illustrate key points and a list of resources will be provided. 

  Colby Special Collections will provide coffee, tea, and cookies.

  
  

  Schedule

  2 - 3:10: Part 1 of the workshop, including Q&A on broad topics like governance, preservation, arrangement, and description

  3:10 - 3:30: Snacks

  3:30 - 4:30: Part 2 of the workshop including Q&A on more granular topics like storage, access, and outreach

  4:30 - 5:00: Optional page turning of John James Audubon's The Birds of America in Special Collections

  5 PM: MAM social mixer in at the Silver Street Tavern (2 Silver St) in downtown Waterville

  
  

  Your Presenter

  
  

  This workshop is presented by Pat Burdick, Assistant Director of Colby College Special Collections. Pat has been working with Colby's rare and unique materials for over 20 years. She received her MLS degree with an archival concentration from Simmons College and continues to serve as an archival consultant and workshop presenter throughout the state of Maine. Before finding her way to the world of archives, she completed a masters program in Mechanical Engineering at Lehigh and Georgia Tech, working as a research engineer at MIT. She lives on North Pond in the Belgrade Lakes area with her covivant, artist Kevin James, and three lovely felines. She is a Master Gardener and helps to maintain the gardens at Skowhegan History House and the Fairview Grange in Smithfield as part of her yearly community service. 

  
  

  The Venue

  

  The Robinson Memorial Room is located in Special Collections at Miller Library on the Colby College Campus in Waterville.  View the campus map.

  Parking available in the Roberts Parking Lot, which is a short walk to the Miller Library.
  

  This venue is wheelchair accessible.

  
  

  Online registration will be open through November 8.  To register after this date, contact Pat Burdick at 207-859-5151 or patricia.burdick@colby.edu.

  The size of the workshop space limits registration to 25 participants - register early to reserve your space!

  MAM members enjoy discounted registration (please log in first).  If you're not a member, join today!

  This workshop was originally scheduled for August 1, 2018, but had to be rescheduled.

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• Waterville Mixer

  • When
    13 Nov 2018
  •  
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Silver Street Tavern, 2 Silver St, downtown Waterville

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  Waterville Mixer
  

  

  Come meet your colleagues in Central Maine!  This social mixer event immediately follows the Archival Basics workshop at Colby College.

  Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

  Please RSVP so we know to expect you. 

  This mixer was originally scheduled for August 1 but had to be rescheduled.

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