As a Beloit College summer program, the Center for Collections Care will adhere to Beloit College COVID-19 related decisions and will respond accordingly. In light of COVID-19, the Center for Collections Care Cancellation Policy has been updated. To learn more about the College’s response, please view the COVID-19 Information page.

Participants should not finalize travel arrangement until they receive confirmation that their class has met the minimum enrollment. The Center strongly recommends that participants make refundable travel plans. The Center will not reimburse participants for travel expenses or credit card transaction fees.

• If Beloit College cancels a course at any time, participants will receive a full course fee refund.
• Participants will receive a full course fee refund if they cancel one-month before the course start date.
• Participants who cancel two-weeks before the course start date will receive a full course fee refund, minus a $200 administrative fee.

Email the program director, Nicolette Meister, to cancel your registration: meistern@beloit.edu. 

The Center for Collections Care at Beloit College is pleased to offer a limited number of in-person course scholarships in 2022. To be eligible for a scholarship, you must be one of the following:

1. An emerging museum, library, archive, or conservation professional currently enrolled in a graduate program.
2. A volunteer or employee of a small museum, library, archive, or historical society or site that provides public access to its collections. We use the AASLH definition of a small museum: a small museum typically has an annual budget of less than $250,000, operates with a small staff with multiple responsibilities, and employs volunteers to perform key staff functions.

Eight $700 scholarships are available for the following in-person courses:

• Introduction to Textile Conservation (June 13-16)
• Matting and Framing Works of Art on Paper (June 27-30)
• Storage Solutions (July 14-16)
• Introduction to Paper Conservation (July 18-21)

Applicants must complete the 2022 Scholarship Application by March 22, 2022 and submit a resume/cv via email to Nicolette Meister, Faculty Director, meistern@beloit.edu.

Center for Collections Care Advisory Board members will review and award scholarships. Awardees will be notified by email by April 22, 2022. Scholarships must be used the year they are awarded.

State and regional professional organizations are often a source of funding for professional development. For example, the Wisconsin Federation of Museums offers “mini-grant awards of up to $750 annually to assist affiliate institutions in the care and exhibit of collections, training of staff, and improving overall service to their communities.”

In addition, with advanced planning, funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grants for Small Institutions can be used for training at the Center for Collections Care at Beloit College.