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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.

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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

EXHIBITS (choose 6)
Introduction to Exhibit Development and Design
Exhibit Design for Small Museums with Limited Resources
Design and Construction of Mounts for Exhibits
Exhibit Lighting
Mannequin Making Workshop
Writing Interpretive Exhibit Labels
Matting and Hinging Workshop
Advanced Matting for Exhibition and Decorative Mounts
Designing Mannequins and Costume Forms for Exhibit

TECHNICIAN (choose 6)
Care of Paper Artifacts
Care of Oversize Paper Artifacts
Book Collections Repair and Maintenance
Care of Stained and Leaded Glass
Care of Textiles I, II, and III
Preservation of Plastics I and II
Care of Works of Art on Paper I and II
Care of Paintings
Gilding I, II, and III
Care of Furniture
Care of Photographic Collections I, II, and III

CARE OF 2-DIMENSIONAL WORKS OF ART (choose 6)
Care of Works of Art on Paper I and II
Care of Paintings
Care of Paper Artifacts
Care of Oversize Paper Artifacts
Care of Photographic Collections I, II, and III
Matting and Hinging Workshop
Advanced Matting for Exhibition and Decorative Mounts

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)
This certificate is designed to meet the needs of small museums and historical societies that own collections of artifacts made up of all types of materials.

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