Haines Sheldon Museum

The Haines Sheldon Museum will build sustainable collections management capacity through mentoring and training opportunities for staff and volunteers along with improved policies and procedures for collections management. A new collections manager will receive mentoring from former museum staff and develop an individual learning plan that identifies core competencies, training activities, and project assignments. The collections manager will also help expand organizational capacity for collections care by providing training sessions for staff and volunteers on object handling basics, labeling, and database use. Staff will attend professional conferences to gain the skills needed to manage, document, and implement best practices for the collection. The project will result in updated collections policies and procedures that reflect current standards and are fully utilized across the museum; an increased amount of collections that are inventoried, documented in the database, and appropriately rehoused in storage areas; and staff and volunteers who are more knowledgeable about collections responsibilities and better able to support the long-term care and use of museum collections.