Basics to Museum Registration
4-Week Course Starts SEP 08, 2025
Course Description
Learn practical applications of museum registration by learning to identify the day-to-day responsibilities of registrars including accessioning/deaccessioning objects, loan procedures, and creating and managing key documents used in the museum field. These documents include:
Learning Objectives
- Identify the day-to-day responsibilities of registrars and basic procedure of accessioning.
- Create, use, manage, and differentiate between key registration documents used regularly in the museum field.
- Recall best practices, policies, and procedures based on institutional needs in a work environment.
- Create a basic tool-kit of core documents and policies designed around best practices.
Total Course Hours: 10 Hours/1 CEU
"People working in the museum industry often wear many hats. This class is great for all museum professionals to take. No matter what your trained area of expertise is in"
- Eva Gritz, Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society, Santa Clarita CA
Your Instructor
Andrea Squeri is the Collections Manager at The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, & Carriages (LIM), located in Stony Brook, New York. As the Collections Manager, Andrea maintains the vast collection of approximately 75,000 objects at LIM with the curatorial team by leading rehousing and inventorying projects and completing procedures for new accessions and deaccessions. She also conducts necessary registrar work regarding loans, both incoming and outgoing, and other exhibition needs from preparation, to installation, and deinstallation.
Andrea's interest in teaching began with being a mentor for others and seeing them succeed in their goals. She received her master’s in museum studies from John Hopkins University where she concentrated on collection and curatorial centered courses. Andrea is passionate about all aspects of collections management and preservation, along with being an avid book reader, a cat lover, and an aerial fitness enthusiast.
Frequently Asked Questions
Participants will spend approximately 2.5 hours each week on viewing lectures, answering quizzes, and completing discussion, reading, and written assignments.
It is recommended that you complete each week's work within that week to stay in sync with other learners.
1. View all lectures
2. Answer all quizzes
3. Complete all assignments
When you complete these three items you can expect to receive you certificate within 2 weeks.
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