Register today for March 2026 Programming!
C2C Care/Conserv Environmental Monitoring for Collections of All Sizes Course Part 1: What is Your Building Telling You? | The Why of Environmental Monitoring
March 25, 2026 1:00-2:00 pm ET
Presented by Megan Brakob Narvey, Outreach Conservator at the Minnesota Historical Society
You're already monitoring. You just might not realize it.
Does your basement smell musty? Is there a persistent leak you manage with a bucket? These observations are the foundation of environmental monitoring, and this webinar helps you understand why they matter for long-term preservation.
You'll discover:
- Risk assessment basics: How temperature, humidity, and other factors specifically impact YOUR collection
- Thinking long-term: Why a 100-year preservation timeframe changes how we evaluate risk
- Building your advocacy case: Using data to support grants, funding requests, and stakeholder presentations
- Everyone has a role: Why monitoring isn't just for conservators-staff, volunteers, and docents all contribute
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C2C Care Webinar Preventive Conservation Essentials: Tools, Resources, and Practical Starting Points
March 31, 2026 1:00-2:00 pm ET
Presented by Simon Lambert, Manager of the Preventive Conservation Division at the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
This webinar will offer a guided overview of key preventive conservation tools and resources developed by the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), with a focus on helping small and mid-sized cultural institutions identify priorities, make informed decisions, and take practical action – especially with a focus on realistic, scalable approaches when time, space, or resources are limited. While discussions of preventive conservation often focus on temperature and relative humidity, this session steps back to revisit the basic requirements of preventive conservation and the broader framework needed to reduce risks to collections. At the conclusion of this program, participants will:
- Be introduced to a range of CCI guidelines, decision-making tools, and training resources on topics such as storage, pest management, fire prevention, handling, and environmental monitoring, including new climate control resources such as ClimaSpec and the Climate Control Decision Tool, and
- Be able to match practical guidance to the specific questions they encounter in their daily work.
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Robin Bauer Kilgo (she/her/hers)
Connecting to Collections Care Coordinator, FAIC
c2cc@culturalheritage.org
National Heritage Responders WG Co-Chair
Contract Registrar/Consultant
rbkilgo@gmail.com
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