NSCC Museum Collection Training - Site Visits Providing collection care, preservation and conservation treatment services to collectors and collecting institutions. The visit starts with an initial meeting with the director to lay out the agenda for the visit and ask some basic questions about the organization. At the end of the site visit, a second meeting with the director provides an overview of the assessor's findings.
Larger institutions require more time for site analysis and report writing.
A number of institutions use these reports to write long range plans and successfully obtain grant funds. This site visit examines the facility for potential large-scale risks to the collection. The visit starts with a staff meeting to discuss emergency priorities and first response. After the meeting, a facility walk-through with five key staff members identifies areas of large or small risk. These people also attend separate meetings with representatives from the museum's insurance carrier and the local fire and police departments.