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

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...

RL Fifield vacuuming samplers with a dental vacuum in the old Textile Conservation Lab, MFA Boston, 2001. Back in the early aughts, I was...

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...

I have spent my life caring for cultural heritage. As a museum collection manager, my work aims to preserve the physical and intellectual...

Der Wöchentliche Pennsylvanische Staatsbote 9/17/1773. RL Fifield Photo. Library of Congress. Many of us choose some aspect of life to...

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...

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

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...

Look at all those people who came to hear me! Washington Conservation Guild meeting, February 7, 2013. On Thursday, February 7, I was...

Who Makes Collections Care Happen? Easy. Technicians dust artwork. But that’s a little simplistic view of both the work of  a valuable,...

Last weekend, I pushed it. I bought two tomatoes at the local farmer’s market on 67th street. New York state tomatoes are okay (they...

Lecturing at the Bergen County Historical Society, March 2011. I’m a Collections Manager in a large New York City institution. My first...

Where there is space, there is dust. RL Fifield dusting. Over dust, visitors to our museum and I connect. Dust is an ongoing challenge...

What is that box with all the dials sitting in the corner of the gallery? A hygrothermograph. Photo: Oakton. Chances are, it’s a...

It can be overwhelming. It can hurt your brain. But it can also help you understand your collection’s preservation needs like nothing...