Increasing awareness among museums, institutions, and tribal communities about the potential risks of pesticide contamination residues on cultural heritage collections is critical, especially with increasing Indigenous involvement in collection care and the formal repatriation of cultural heritage to Native communities. This course will cover the components of how to evaluate potential pesticide contamination and human risk. Each webinar will provide resources and examples on a specific topic, as well as opportunities for discussion and examples. By the end of the course participants will:
- Know how to prepare an institutional pesticide use history.
- Gain information about pesticide chemicals and potential for human risk.
- Participate in a review of commonly used testing and analytical techniques, with information about their limitations, sampling, and other related topics.
- Understand how to organize data and results from analysis and historical research
- Be able to convey information in a way that frames acceptable risk and tribal perspectives.
Course Instructors
- Lisa Goldberg, Conservator, Goldberg Preservation Services, LLC
- Marilen Pool, Objects Conservator, Principal, Sonoran Art Conservation Services
Registration Fee
- $99 Early Bird through January 1, 2025
- $149 Regular Fee
For more info and to register: https://connectingtocollections.org/course_contamination_pesticides/
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Robin Bauer Kilgo (she/her/hers)
Connecting to Collections Care Coordinator, FAIC
c2cc@culturalheritage.orgNational Heritage Responders WG Co-Chair
Contract Registrar/Consultant
rbkilgo@gmail.com------------------------------