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Prepping for the American Institute for Conservation / Canadian Association for Conservation Meeting
Preservation professionals are getting ready for the joint American Institute for Conservation/ Canadian Association for Conservation’s...

Becky Fifield
Apr 25, 20162 min read
Share the Care: AIC’s Collection Care Network and the International Association of Museum Facility A
Think about it: how much time do you spend working with colleagues to achieve preservation-conducive conditions at your institution and...

Becky Fifield
Mar 15, 20162 min read


ARCS and PACCIN at New Orleans: Collections Stewardship’s Bright Future
Originally published at rebeccafifieldpreservation.com. Lots of folks go to New Orleans for conferences. Within the distinctive streets...

Becky Fifield
Nov 17, 20153 min read
Museum Monday: Off to Miami! American Institute for Conservation’s Annual Meeting
I’m headed to Miami for the American Institute for Conservation’s Annual Meeting. I look forward to seeing friends and hearing about the...

Becky Fifield
May 11, 20152 min read
The Pain of Mosul – A Preservation Professional’s Perspective
I have spent my life caring for cultural heritage. As a museum collection manager, my work aims to preserve the physical and intellectual...

Becky Fifield
Feb 27, 20152 min read
Museum Monday: Why Set Collections Priorities for Emergencies? How to Get Started
Ready NYC has named their family emergency preparedness campaign “Winging it is not an emergency plan.” This may resonate with you if you...

Becky Fifield
Sep 8, 20143 min read
Transportation Tuesday – B&O Centenary Pageant, 1927
Ladies in nymph-like attire twirling and leaping through fields – sounds like the turn of the century pageantry movement to me. The...

Becky Fifield
Jun 10, 20142 min read
And So It Goes: The Fall Crunch
September and October have been full of professional commitments. For those readers not familiar with museum work, this is often the...

Becky Fifield
Oct 28, 20132 min read


Museum Monday: Collection Care Isn’t A La Carte – Washington Conservation Guild
Look at all those people who came to hear me! Washington Conservation Guild meeting, February 7, 2013. On Thursday, February 7, I was...

Becky Fifield
Feb 11, 20132 min read


Museum Monday: The Discussion After the Storm – Alliance for Response NYC
On January 11, Alliance for Response NYC hosted “Community Based Recovery After Superstorm Sandy.” Alliance for Response is a national...

Becky Fifield
Jan 14, 20131 min read


Hurricane? Oysters Will Travel
The Long Island Express, otherwise known as the Hurricane of 1938, was a category 3 hurricane when it made landfall. It swept away...

Becky Fifield
Nov 10, 20121 min read
Hurricane Sandy: Resources for Museums, Libraries, Archives, and other Cultural Institutions
It’s been a busy week. As the Chair of Alliance for Response NYC, I’ve been busy trying to connect affected institutions with helping...

Becky Fifield
Nov 3, 20121 min read


Museum Monday: Collections Risk Assessment
It can be overwhelming. It can hurt your brain. But it can also help you understand your collection’s preservation needs like nothing...

Becky Fifield
Jul 16, 20121 min read


Museum Monday – Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Spinach? It’s our not-quite-precise pronunciation of the SPNHC acronym for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History...

Becky Fifield
Jun 18, 20121 min read


Museum Monday – Off to Albuquerque for the AIC Annual Meeting!
This week I’m off to the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) annual meeting, this year in...

Becky Fifield
May 7, 20122 min read
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