In this video, Michelle Taylor, the Manager/Curator of the Prince Albert Historical Society discusses The Re:Org Method, (developed by ICCROM). Re:Org is a step-by-step approach to help those who work with cultural collections

By Kathleen Watkin, MAS Advisor Why Digitalize? Many museums have video tapes in their collections. Whether they contain images of the community’s 1987 Santa Claus parade or the private home videos of a

By Kathleen Watkin, MAS Museum Advisor Universal Design is the concept of designing all products and the built environment itself to be aesthetic and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless

By Kathleen Watkin, MAS Advisor Often when we are conducting inventories and/or looking for artifacts in our storage rooms we come across “Found in Collections artifacts or (FICs). These are artifacts that have

“Found in Collections:” What to do with Artefacts with Limited Information                                              Kathleen

    A Museum’s Rights and Deaccessioning the Collection                                          By Chris Selman and Kathleen Watkin

Firearms in the Museum: Are They Safe? Kathleen Watkin (MAS Advisor) and Wendy Fitch (MAS Executive Director) It has come to the attention of Museum Association of Saskatchewan that one of our member

By: Kathleen Watkin,  MAS Advisor In order for a collection inventory to be successful it must be an institutionally wide priority. Your museum needs to have an up-to-date Collections Management Policy. This will

Conducting (and Maintaining!) a Collection Inventory: Part 1: Introduction to Inventories By: Kathleen Watkin, MAS Advisor What is an Inventory? An inventory is an itemized list of objects that the museum has accessioned or received

Metal shipping containers are often used for short and long term storage during museum expansion, renovation as well as a solution to limited permanent storage solutions. While shipping containers are widely available and