Over a twelve-month period, from October 2015 to October 2016, six museums and galleries from the Atlantic region of Canada have been working on a storage reorganization project to improve access to their collections as part of the Canadian Conservation Institute's (CCI) RE-ORG: Canada Program. These museums, which are using the new RE-ORG Museum's Workbook (available soon), are all located in the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
From 1 – 4 March 2016, ten participants gathered at the Colchester Historeum in Truro, Nova Scotia for a three-day intensive hands-on workshop, followed by a one-day conference. This event was made possible thanks to invaluable collaboration with the Association of Nova Scotia Museums (ANSM) and with the financial support of the Museum Assistance Program (MAP) of the Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada.
Over three days, the participants got to work reorganizing a storage area (30 m2) that contained a mixed collection of about 10,000 objects. Through their group work, they made significant improvements in access and space efficiency. The fourth and final day was a conference open to the wider professional community that aimed to showcase the work done by the participants. Also presented and discussed were the various storage reorganization projects underway in the Atlantic region, in other regions of Canada, and around the world as part of ICCROM's RE-ORG International initiative.
RE-ORG: Canada (Atlantic) is the second edition of the RE-ORG: Canada program; the first edition was held in the province of Ontario. This RE-ORG project in Canada was held concurrently with the RE-ORG Assam project that took place at the Assam State Museum in India, 29 February – 11 March 2016.
Participating Canadian museums: New Brunswick Museum and Galerie d'art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen and Musée Acadien, Université de Moncton, PEI Museums and Heritage Foundation and PEI Community Museums Association, Baile nan Gàidheal/Highland Village, and Nova Scotia Museum.
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