by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Oct 31, 2016 | Allied Organizations, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Events, STASHc News |
Icon Textile Group Forum on Monday 27th March 2017The 2017 forum will be held on Monday 27th March at the Assembly Rooms in Bath (home to the Fashion Museum)In response to feedback from members it will include presentations on both a specific theme (see below) and on...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Jun 12, 2016 | STASH Flash, STASHc News |
By: Erika Range, Carolyn Leckie, Luci Cipera At the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) in Ottawa, we noticed that collections staff and volunteers are using a wide variety of materials to label their collections. Most seem to be the standard types of things like archival...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | May 7, 2016 | STASHc News |
Many museums display only a small fraction of their collection to the public. While collections in storage may be available for research, the need to increase access and promote relevance of collections has made visible storage of a larger portion of collections a...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Feb 2, 2016 | Events, STASH Flash, STASHc News |
The 2016 STASH Flash storage tips session at the Montreal annual meeting will have three themes:Building on the conference theme the first group of presentations offer solutions for emergency or disaster situations like flooding or earthquakes. Building on a topic...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Nov 17, 2015 | STASH Flash, STASHc News |
Devising storage solutions that mitigate damage to collections from both threats small and expected, and large and catastrophic is a core task for preservation professionals. Doing so in a way that makes use of an institution’s human, financial and material resources...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Nov 17, 2015 | Materials Testing, STASH Flash, STASHc News, Sustainable Materials |
Reflecting on his presentation Defending the Use of (Recycled) Materials, presented at STASH Flash Pre-Meeting Session at the American Institute for Conservation’s 2014 Meeting in San Francisco, CAAnyone who has written a thesis can attest to the lingering thoughts,...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | May 6, 2015 | Events, STASH Flash, STASHc News |
The 2015 STASH Flash session to be held at the Miami meeting on May 13, 4:30 – has an exciting lightening round of tips lined up. Tips presented at the session will be formatted and appear on the www.stashc.com website after the meeting. Tips have been divided...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Dec 12, 2014 | Events, STASH Flash, STASHc News |
In May 2014 FAIC, launched the STASH (Storage Techniques for Art, Science and History collections) website designed to gather, organize and solicit new storage ideas. This project, in collaboration with the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Dec 12, 2014 | Events, STASH Flash, STASHc News |
Safe storage for collections is one of the primary goals of preventive care for collecting institutions, and individuals charged with collections care and cultural institutions often face challenges in designing storage and support systems for individual items or...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Dec 12, 2014 | Events, STASH Flash, STASHc News |
11 Presentations were chosen for the inaugural STASH Flash session that officially launched the STASH website at AIC’s 2014 Annual Meeting. Solutions were grouped into three themesSolutions for individual itemsSolutions for groups of itemsSustainable...
