Oceania and Africa Collections management Internship. This is a presentation on the projects I worked on and the skills I acquired from my summer internship at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
4. Documentation & Cataloging Transmittal Forms (Used for moving or relocating objects) Department Section Mover’s name Date moved Object # & Description Old & new location Required Argus entry date Copies (Keeper & Registrar) Argus -> Entries ->Clean-up on Fridays w/ Registrar, ChrissoBoulis
7. Collections Storage Mainwaring 407 Oceania Storage Inventory •Create an inventory form for both sections •Documenting the location and objects found there B27- Oceania & Africa Storage
8. Processing Civic Center Objects •Photograping •Measurements •Catalog card info. •Samples •Tagging & bagging •Create new accession record in Argus
9. Textile Row Civic Center Museum Textiles Old & new numbers ->matching inventory Sorting for research Wrapping & tagging ->sewn on tags Sudanese Textile
10. Tour Came for suggestions on preservation and care of their collection African Museum of Philadelphia curators & intern
11. Civic Center Rejects •Locating them •Identifying them •Offering them to other departments •Bagging & tagging •Assigning a temporary location in Argus
12. Condition Reporting (Gallery & Storage) •An accounting of all the objects •Condition of objects, cases, and gallery space •Word document sent to exhibition department •Condition report section in Argus ->Details on individual objects
13. Mount Making Training session with conservation •Ethofoam •Polyethofoam •board (1 & 2 layered) •heat gun •box making •glue gun