Have Gloves Will Travel brings Professional Museum Collections Management and Registrar Services to Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota Museums, Historical & Cultural Societies and Private Collectors.
SERVICES:
Contractor Services in the Midwest, with a focus on Minnesota Historical & Cultural Heritage Grant projects, especially in the areas of collections management policies & procedures, collections surveys, registration, inventories, cataloging and rehousing collections artifacts.
Oh No! Ethnobotany: The safe handling and storage of potentially
hazardous materials.• Cultural sensitivity to and understanding of day-to-day challenges
facing small museums and historical societies managed by volunteer and part-time staff • Inventory
& Cataloging • Museum collection database management (esp. PastPerfect 5.0 and web-based Collector Systems) • Conditions
assessments • Resourcefulness with a focus
on details • Taking the initiative to study discrete collections • Respectful of
cultural and intrinsic objects • Expert object packing and handling • Accession,
deaccession and loan procedures • Policy, Procedure &
Process Development • accessionPad™
EXPERTISE: History & Science research; Collections Surveys; Facilitating the Development & Writing of Collections Policies and Procedures; Development of phased plans for 1st time inventories; Inventories & Cataloging; Guiding volunteer-led museums to understand and adopt museum standards and best practices in collections care; Identifying and solving numbering and registration problems; Collaborating with staff and outside experts to strategize and solve challenges; Providing guidance, workshops & training on the care of collections; Knowledge of digital solutions and software training; To assist and inspire!
EXPERTISE: History & Science research; Collections Surveys; Facilitating the Development & Writing of Collections Policies and Procedures; Development of phased plans for 1st time inventories; Inventories & Cataloging; Guiding volunteer-led museums to understand and adopt museum standards and best practices in collections care; Identifying and solving numbering and registration problems; Collaborating with staff and outside experts to strategize and solve challenges; Providing guidance, workshops & training on the care of collections; Knowledge of digital solutions and software training; To assist and inspire!
EXPERIENCE & PROJECTS:
- Prospect House and Civil War Museum 2019
- Brown County Historical Society 2019
- Edina Morningside Community Church Archives 2018-2020
- Polish Kashubian Cultural Institute and Museum of Winona 2012-2020
- Roseville Historical Society 2018
- City of Afton Historical Society 2010-2018
- City of Centerville Dupre Collection 2017-2018
- Pine County Historical Society 2014-2019
- City of Afton Historical Society 2010-2018
- Glensheen Historic House Museum 2014.
- Minnesota Historical Society (Associate Registrar) 2002-2009. (Historic Sites Registrar for: Alexander Ramsey House, Historic Fort Snelling, James J Hill House, Mill City Museum, Mille Lacs Indian Museum & Trading Post, Minnehaha Depot, Minnesota State Capitol, Minnesota Governor’s Residence, Sibley Historic Site, Split Rock Lighthouse 2002-2009.
- Meeker County Historical Society 2010
- GAR Civil War Hall & Museum, Litchfield 2011
- Travel Registrar: Minnesota Historical Society's traveling exhibition, "Ben Franklin, In Search of a Better World" 2011-2012
- Minnesota Museum of American Art 2010-2011
- Peta Wakan Tipi: Dream of Wild Health 2002
- Science Museum of Minnesota 1998-2002; Museum Associate 2003-present