Moving Large Painting
For Use at Antietam
Students Listen to Lecture
Research Using Computer
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- Accountability: Developing a catalog of the location of each individual object, the object name, the description, the condition, the value, and other important information, such as where the object originally came from. The significance of the object, as it relates to the park or site that it comes from, determines how an object will be used. If an object is original to the park or the person or event that the park represents, it has more associational value or significance than a period piece (one that was made at the same time, but has no direct relationship to the park). This information is then computerized for ease of accessibility and accountability.
- Preservation: In the field of preservation, the term "agent of deterioration" is used to
identify the different types of things that can harm or degrade an object.
- Training: Provide specialized training, cross-training, both formal and informal, and on and off-site to employees, other agencies, and visiting professionals from other countries.
- Exhibits: Develop and review of exhibit plans as well as production exhibits.
- Research: Provide methods of accessing and using collections and collections' related materials for use in interpretive programs, exhibits, publications, and multimedia.
- Acquisition: Assist parks in acquiring objects that are significant to telling the park's story.
- Accreditation: Assist parks with evaluating and maintaining professional standards of museum operations in accordance with the National Park Service and the American Association of Museums.
- New Technology: Develop and circulate latest information on environmental, security, fire, housekeeping, lighting, pest management and exhibits.
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