Registration is Open: Introduction to Collections Management – Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador

Dates: May 11 – June 8, 2026
Location: Online
Instructor: Erin Dee-Richard
Fee: $95 for MANL and ANLA members, $120 for non-members

About the Course

This course provides an overview of the principles, practices, and responsibilities of collections management in heritage institutions. Over the four weeks of prerecorded and live sessions participants will explore collections management activities such as acquisitions, documentation, digitization, and deaccessioning. Participants will examine stewardship roles and responsibilities with relevant laws and ethical frameworks of museums. And they will gain knowledge in policy making, registration, records management, classification systems, museum standards, and physical management of collections.

This course consists of 4 pre-recorded sessions and 2 live sessions. The schedule is provided in the full course description, available here. Please note that the live sessions will not be recorded.

Registration

This is a core course for the Museum Studies Certificate Program, but you do not have to be completing the certificate to take the course.

To register, please fill out this form by 12:00 PM NDT on Friday, May 8. Your confirmation of registration will be forwarded to you, once payment has been received.

If you experience technical difficulties filling out the form, please email us at programs@museumsnl.ca. Please make sure to include all of the required information in your email.

The capacity is limited to 20 participants. Due to the limited capacity, invoices are due upon receipt. Please make sure to pay within 48 hours after receiving the invoice to secure your spot. All payments are final.

The first pre-recorded session will be sent to you by 4:30 PM NDT on Monday, May 11. We recommend that you check your spam folder in case the email gets filtered into spam. If you have any questions, email us at programs@museumsnl.ca.

This workshop was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Cultural Economic Development Program, Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation.