Certificate Program
The Campbell Center currently offers a certificate program in Collections Care. It is also developing a certificate in Historic Preservation. Watch our web site for further developments of this certificate.
The purpose of the certificate program is to give professional recognition to those students who complete the required coursework for a specific level of certification.
Three levels are offered:
beginning/mid-career/senior
Participants may receive more than one specialty certificate at the senior level. There is a $25 registration fee.
Courses for each certificate should be completed within a three-year period.
Beginning Professional Certificate requirements:
Environmental Monitoring and Control
Introduction to Organic and Inorganic Materials
Packing and Shipping Workshop
Collections Management in Storage
Computer Software for Collections Management
+One elective from the collections care courses
Mid-Career Professional Certificate requirements:
Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Grant Writing for Collection Care
-OR-
Collections Policies for Small Museums
Photographic Documentation and Digital Imaging of Museum Collections
+Three electives in a related subject; such as paper, photographs, textiles, etc.
Senior Professional Certificate requirements:
Six electives chosen from the selection of course specialty tracks listed below. Alternative courses or specialty tracks may be chosen if the student can demonstrate how the courses will fit together to meet their individual training objectives.
| CARE OF BOOKS AND PAPER |
| Care of Paper Artifacts |
| Care of Oversize Paper Artifacts |
| Care of Book Collections |
| Book Collections Maintenance and Repair |
| Care of Paper Artifacts |
| Preservation of Archives |
| CARE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS |
| Care of Photographic Collections I, II, and III |
| Care of Paper Artifacts |
| Matting and Hinging Workshop |
| Advanced Matting for Exhibition and Decorative Mounts |
GENERAL COLLECTIONS CARE (choose 6) |
| Care of Ethnographic Collections |
| Care of Textiles I |
| Care of Paper Artifacts |
| Care of Book Collections |
| Care of Photographic Collections I |
| Care of Furniture |
| Care of Stained and Leaded Glass |
| Preservation of Plastics I |
| Care of Works of Art on Paper I |
| Care of Paintings |