From 24 to 27 March, 12 participants from six museums across the province of Ontario joined forces with the staff of the Brant Museum and Archives to re-organize an archival storage area comprising 30,000 items. This was accomplished in just under 3 days. On the 4th day, a sold-out conference organized at one of the museum’s offsite locations brought together 80 delegates, who gathered to hear about the progress of the RE-ORG Canada (Ontario) participants’ projects, as well as from special guest speakers.
This first edition of RE-ORG Canada (Ontario) concludes in October 2015 and is organized by the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) in collaboration with ICCROM, the Ontario Museums Association, and the Central Institute for Conservation (CIK).
Conference programme:
- “The RE-ORG International initiative; RE-ORG: Canada (Ontario), Simon Lambert, CCI
- “RE-ORG: Southeast Europe; Reorganizing storage at the National Museum of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Azra Bečević-Šarenkapa, National Museum of B&H
- “RE-ORG: Canada (Ontario) condition reports”, RE-ORG course participants
- “Managing a Capital Storage Upgrade Project: Pitfalls, Successes and Lessons Learned”, Susan Neale, Peterborough Museum & Archives
- “Imagine the Worst: Storage Design and Emergency Preparedness”, Irene Karsten, CCI
- “Cleaning House: Centralizing and Reorganizing Storage for the City of Hamilton’s Historic House Museums”, Roberta Sealy, City of Hamilton
- “A Balancing Act: Preparing to Move, Store and Protect Parliament’s Centre Block Art and Artefact Collections”, Tania Mottus, CCI
- “The Big Move: Lessons Learned in Deaccessioning for the Relocation of the Fanshawe Pioneer Village Permanent Collection”, Shanna Dunlop, Fanshawe Pioneer Village
The video-recordings of the conference will be available online shortly. Stay tuned!
Brant Museum and Archives storage area, before and after RE-ORG:
