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Museums are like family scrapbooks. Museums preserve important objects and art works
for communities or nations, much like families preserve their own histories in photographs
and mementos.
The Curatorial Department at Coastal Heritage Society is responsible for preserving our
community's artifacts and historical objects as well as creating exhibits from our museums'
collections. We work to preserve these objects so that current and future generations of
Savannahians and visitors alike can enjoy them.
The Curatorial Department supports all the other departments of Coastal Heritage Society.
The Curator of Collections locates relevant objects and materials in the collection for
research, programming, events, and exhibits conducted by various CHS departments.
Behind the scenes, our Curator of Collections, Lydia Moreton, is the caretaker of the museum
objects. She is the "librarian" for the artifacts, giving each object a "call number" and
maintaining a searchable database of information on every object. She handles the donation
and loan paperwork, cleans and prepares the artifacts, makes special mounts or boxes that
support objects for storage or exhibition, monitors environmental conditions, manages the
budget, and administers the disaster plan.
More information about how we do all that we do, can be found at Exhibits and Saving Our
Treasures.
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Arty Facts!
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FURTHER RESOURCES ON MUSEUMS AND CARING FOR ARTIFACTS
Links
American Association of Museums
American Association for State and Local History
Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries
Coastal Museums Association
Costume Society of America
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Did You Know?
Other
Another good resource for preserving your personal objects is Saving Stuff: How to Care for and
Preserve Your Collectibles, Heirlooms, and Other Prized Possessions by Don Williams and Louisa
Jaggar (copyright 2005, published by Simon and Schuster).
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