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Online professional development for cultural institutions

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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cultural Competency 4 week online course bit.ly/46gg7kA begins Oct 5 on Museum Study. Developing culturally competent organizations is a strategic imperative, ensuring our workforce mirrors, represents, and responds to the communities we collaborate with and serve. #culturalcompetency
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ever wanted to know how to tell stories and construct effective exhibition panels? If so, this course is for you. We will focus on providing you with tips on how to research, develop, and structure content. bit.ly/4xPJUwG begins Oct 5 #exhibitionlabels #tellstories #exhibitionpanels
Chalkboard with the words WHAT'S YOUR STORY
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Managing Museum Volunteers 4 week online course bit.ly/2UMGtVa begins Oct 5 on Museum Study. In the Managing Museum Volunteers online course we will discuss developing and maintaining volunteer programs that are versatile and resilient. #museumvolunteer #volunteering #volunteermanagement
Image of a circle of hands and the words Managing Museum Volunteers
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 4 week online course bit.ly/4ms9eUK on Museum Study join instructors Robert Waller and Moya Dumville beg Oct 5 this course provides a firm foundation to build an understanding of risk-based approaches to cultural property protection #culturalpropertyprotection
collection of images abut natural events including drought, volcano, tsunami, tornado, flooding rain event, earthquake
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Moving Museum Collections course bit.ly/4bPk1UW begins Oct 5 on MuseumStudy.com This course provides an overview of how to plan and manage a move to avoid the many pitfalls. #movingcollections #museums #historichouses
large rolling cart with dino parts on the bed and hanging
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Repatriation Beyond NAGPRA online course begins August 31 on Museum Study This four-week course uses case studies, weekly readings, guest speakers, and discussion to delve into the possibilities, complications, and practice of repatriation beyond NAGPRA. #repatriation #NAGPRA #decolonization #UNDRIP
Rainbow at Wolf Point
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Laws and Collections Management 4 week online course bit.ly/4fxr32C begins Aug 3 intro to ethical principles & legal aspects of managing museum collections, scope and significance of ethics and intro to natl & intl laws and regs affecting museums #collectionethics #collectionlaws #museums
collection of objects on a table
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Policies for Managing Collections 4 week online course begins July 6 on Museum Study Learn how to write collections management policies For more information visit our website: www.museumstudy.com/policies-for... #CollectionPolicy #CollectionManagement #Deaccession @followers
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Writing K-12 Lesson Plans for Museums course begins July 6 on Museum Study This course is designed to teach how to develop formal lesson plans. Review a wide variety of K-12 lesson plans. For more information visit our website: www.museumstudy.com/writing-k-12... #museumeducation #k12programming
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Are you juggling multiple projects while wearing numerous hats? Join us Tuesday June 9 for a Museum Study webinar, Adaptable Agile Museums presented by Belinda Waldock. email webinar@museumstudy.com to register #projectmanagement #agileprojectmanagement
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 4 week online course on Museum Study join instructors Robert Waller and Moya Dumville beg May 4 this course bit.ly/4ms9eUK provides a firm foundation to build an understanding of risk-based approaches to cultural property protection #culturalpropertyprotection
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Managing Museum Volunteers online prof dev course www.museumstudy.com/managing-mus... begins May 4 on Museum Study. This course will focus on strategies for running a successful volunteer program that adapts to the needs of the museum #museumvolunteer #volunteering #volunteermanagement
Image of many hands in a circle and the words Managing Museum Volunteers
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Moving Museum Collections online 4 week course bit.ly/2MdCfpv begins Mar 30 on MuseumStudy.com This course provides an overview of how to plan and manage a move to avoid the many pitfalls. Join Lori Benson, veteran of 3 large scale museum collection moves #movingcollections #museums #historichouses
Dinosaur parts on rolling cart (Science Museum of Minnesota 1999)
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Introduction to Integrated Pest Management 4 week online course bit.ly/2tpndV0 begins March 30 on MuseumStudy.com Explore the knowledge needed to solve pest problems encountered in cultural institutions #IPM #PestManagement #PestProblems #holisticpestmanagement
Cartoon by Verne Anderson of a conservator wrangling pests like a circus tamer
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Keeping Historic Houses & Museums Clean 4 week online course bit.ly/30P97Z5 begins March 2 on MuseumStudy.com In this professional development course instructor Gretchen Anderson will lay a foundation as to how to clean objects and facilities safely #museum #historichouse #objects #cleaning
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Check out the new Blog post on Museum Study, A conversation with Angela Kipp about her book Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections. www.museumstudy.com/a-conversati... #unmanagedcollections #wheredoIstart #neglectedcollections #registrartrek #museum @followers #Collections #MuseumDocumentation
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Creating Exhibitions Through the Collective youtu.be/3ApwD5y1z9w course begins Feb 2 on museumstudy.com In this 4-week online class instructor Saul Sopoci Drake will focus on community co-curation bit.ly/31VTv6r #communityexhibits #cocuration #culturalengagement #museum @followers
Course image for the online course Creating Exhibitions Through the Collective spells the word "community"
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections online course www.museumstudy.com/managing-pre... begins Feb 3 on MuseumStudy.com get a grip on your unmanaged collection developing a plan to tackle it, defining achievable goals by creating logical exits and finding ways to keep the project going
Managing Previously Unmanaged Collection 2nd Edition Book Cover
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Join Saul Sopoci Drake for the 4 week online course How to Tell Stories and Construct Effective Exhibition Labels beginning Oct 6 We provide you with tips on how to research, develop, and structure content www.museumstudy.com/how-to-tell-... #exhibitionlabels #tellstories #exhibitionpanels
What's Your Story
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Managing Museum Volunteers course begins September 8 on MuseumStudy.com This course will focus on strategies for running a successful volunteer program that adapts to the needs of the museum. more info visit: www.museumstudy.com/managing-mus... #museumvolunteer #Volunteering #VolunteerManagement
Managing Museum Volunteers course image
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Moving Museum Collections online course begins September 8 on MuseumStudy.com Join us for our 4 week online professional development course Visit our website for more information. www.museumstudy.com/moving-museu... #movingcollections #museums #historichouses #planmove #projectmanagement
Dinosaur parts on a rolling cart
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Beginning Aug 4 on Museum Study Writing K-12 Lesson Plans for Museums online course bit.ly/3o1C7rP This course is designed to teach museum educators how to develop and write formal lesson plans for K-12 programming either for internal programs or use in the classroom #museumeducation #lessonplans
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Laws and Collections Management 4 week online course bit.ly/3ydcWHs begins Aug 4 on Museum Study. Introduction to legal aspects of managing museum collections presenting national & international laws and regulations affecting museums #collectionethics #collectionlaws #collectionpatrimony
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Integrated Pest Management: The Plan and Implementation online course bit.ly/3DtC2nU begins June 30 on Museum Study A written plan formalizes the IPM strategy, organizes your ideas and lays the groundwork for the needs of the collection and building(s) #IPM #pestmanagement
Cartoon of a conservator at an easel detailing an IPM plan to colleagues
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Policies for Managing Collections online course bit.ly/3usQxEE begins June 30 on Museum Study critically examine the purposes and functions of coll mgmt policies, how colls are defined acquired managed used maintained deaccessioned #CollectionPolicy #CollectionManagement #CollectionAcquistion
Book Cover of third edition of Things Great and Small by John E. Simmons
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Painted oxcarts like this one were used to transport coffee to the port
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Visited the National Museum of Costa Rica in San Jose
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Visiting Jody Steiger at the National Theater of Costa Rica
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Introduction to Integrated Pest Management online course begins March 31 on MuseumStudy.com This course explores the knowledge needed to solve pest problems More information visit www.museumstudy.com/introduction... #IPM #PestManagement #PestProblems #holisticpestmanagement #lowtoxicitystrategies
cartoon of pest wrangler by Verne Anderson
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Moving Museum Collections online course begins March 31 on MuseumStudy.com Whether you are moving across the hall or across town, this course will provide a guide for a successful move more info: www.museumstudy.com/moving-museu... #movingcollections #museums #historichouses #planmove
8x12 rolling cart with objects on padding on base, end brackets supporting top structure to hang fragile objects that could crush themselves under their own weight
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Keeping Historic Houses & Museums Clean 4 week online course begins March 3 on MuseumStudy.com Gretchen Anderson will lay a foundation as to how to clean objects and facilities safely For more information visit our website www.museumstudy.com/keeping-hist... #museum #historichouse #objects #cleaning
Cartoon by Verne Anderson of person sweeping a large pile of objects
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Museum Study is pleased that Amy L. Covell-Murthy is joining our faculty Amy will be leading the new course Repatriation Beyond NAGPRA For more information about Amy and the course she will be leading visit our website at www.museumstudy.com/amy-covell-m... #repatriation #NAGPRA #decolonization
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Creating Exhibitions Through the Collective course begins February 3 on MuseumStudy.com For more information visit our website and view the instructor's video introduction: www.museumstudy.com/creating-exh... #communityexhibits #cocuration #culturalengagement #buildingrealtionships #cocreation
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Assessing Risk to Cultural Property 1 online course begins February 3 on MuseumStudy.com Join world renowned Collections Risk expert Robert Waller For more information visit our website: www.museumstudy.com/assessing-ri... #collectioncare #culturalpropertyprotection #collectionrisk #assessingrisk
Images of type 1 catastrophic risks including eathquake, flooding, tornado, tsunami, volcano, and drought
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections online course begins Feb 3 on MuseumStudy.com using the new Second Edition. For more information visit our website: www.museumstudy.com/managing-pre... #unmanagedcollections #wheredoIstart #neglectedcollections #registrartrek
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Preserving Heritage Collections course begins Jan 6 Preserving our collections is part of our mission, how do we do that without unlimited resources? It is a challenge cultural heritage stewards face daily. Learn more www.museumstudy.com/preserving-h... #collectioncare #culturalheritage
Word cloud of Preservation terms like strategy, agents of deterioration, framework for preservation
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Join Helen Wong Smith for Cultural Competency online course begins Jan 6 on Museum Study Creating orgs that are culturally competent ensures we reflect, represent, and are responsive to the communities with whom we collaborate and serve www.museumstudy.com/cultural-com... #CulturalCompetency #DEAI
Diagram of Facets of Cultural Heritage. Three overlapping circles, Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral. The overlap is Competence.
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Museum Study @museumstudy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Join Museum Study and Angela Kipp for the free webinar What's new in the Second Edition of Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections Tuesday Nov 19 at 9 pm Continental Europe, 3 pm Eastern NA Email Webinar@MuseumStudy.com to register for this webinar #unmanagedcollections #neglectedcollections
What's new in the Second Edition of Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections
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