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

As collection managers and registrars, we are charged with a wide array of responsibilities in administrating the balance between...

Think about it: how much time do you spend working with colleagues to achieve preservation-conducive conditions at your institution and...

Originally published at rebeccafifieldpreservation.com. If you’ve ever taken a management or marketing course, you’ve probably heard of...

I was at a children’s playgroup in Beacon, New York yesterday with my son. Yet again, I was trying to pull together in a coherent thread...

AIC is hosting two webinars on sustainable conservation. On December 1 at 2pm EST, I’ll join Simon Lambert and T. Ashley McGrew in...

Originally published at rebeccafifieldpreservation.com. Lots of folks go to New Orleans for conferences. Within the distinctive streets...

I’m headed to Miami for the American Institute for Conservation’s Annual Meeting. I look forward to seeing friends and hearing about the...

Ready NYC has named their family emergency preparedness campaign “Winging it is not an emergency plan.” This may resonate with you if you...

Do we say “museums are not for everyone” and leave it at that? Or should we have meetings this Monday morning to figure out how our...

This was too good not to share. I work at a large NYC art institution (you can figure out which one). We welcome guests from the...

Chester County Historical Society. In addition to Swarthmore College’s Friends Historical Library, Wednesday also took me to the Chester...

Back in May, I gave a lecture on collections emergency preparedness at the New York Archives Conference. It was supposed to be a...

I’m in residence at Winterthur Museum, Library, and Garden working on my 18th century runaway project and participating in a preventive...

My colleague and friend Rob Waller of Protect Heritage Corp. recently sent me a book he collaborated on in 1996, Developing Staff...

American Institute for Conservation‘s Annual Meeting. I’ve been a member of AIC for about 10 years, and this conference was the best I’ve...

Next Sunday, I will be speaking at the American Alliance of Museum’s conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The American Institute for...

Hello Readers of The Still Room! I’ve missed writing posts for the blog, but have been putting my energies into some projects that may be...

The stepped structure of the Maryland State Archives on Rowe Blvd, Annapolis. For a building built in 1984, I think the Maryland State...

Tyvek pillows with (back to front) Ethafoam crumb, polypropylene bead, and glass sand filling. RL Fifield, 2012. Never use sad, crumpled...