Welcome to the Registrars Committee Western Region website
Since 1979, the RC-WR has cooperated with the RC-AAM in advocating for the profession of Registrars and Collections Managers across the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Through formal activities such as workshops and specialized training, published resources found in our Media Library and newsletter, Registrars’ Quarterly, and personal relationships made through annual business meetings and conferences, the RC-WR promotes high standards and best practices in registration. This website is your entry point to accessing these valuable resources. Join the RC-WR and be part of the largest and most active regional registrars’ committee in the United States.
Featured Sponsor
Tru Vue
Now Tru Vue has more glazing options than ever before for framing and
display applications. Our collection of high-performance acrylic glazing
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and displaying works of art. For more information, or inquiries regarding
technical properties of glazing, preservation framing issues, glazing for
traveling exhibitions, permanent collections, and/or loans, please contact:
Julie Heath, Museum & Conservation Liaison
(508) 688-4262 or jheath @tru-vue.com
Current Sponsors
Upcoming Workshops
Environmental Management: Stewardship & Sustainability (Portland, OR)
Location: Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Date: May 22, 2012
Time: 8:45 AM - 5:00 PM (registration and refreshments 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM)
Fees: $85 CCAHA and RC-WR members, regular price $100. Contact RC-WR Chair, Nicole Nathan to obtain the discount code.
Registration deadline: May 7, 2012
WMA Pre-conference Workshops
Pre-Conference Tour Cabot’s Pueblo Museum, CSI: Registrar
Saturday, October 20. 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Lunch will be provided by RCWR. Registration will be handled by Registrars Committee Western Region. Based on annual events organized by the registrars’ committees in the Mid-Atlantic and Mountain-
Plains regions, and the Reinforcement Crew at AAM, the CSI: Registrar event has registrars, conservators and other collections professionals share their skills with an institution in the conference’s host city, providing a day’s worth of volunteer labor for collections-based projects, such as general cleaning, inventory of collections, condition reporting, re-housing of collections, moving collections and numbering collections. This is an all-day event and provides a great opportunity to chat with your colleagues and share experiences while using your skills to help out a museum in need!
To register for this workshop please email Heather Bouchey at heather.bouchey@pam.org
Cockled, Frayed, and Friable: A Conservator’s View to the Art of Condition Reporting
Pre-Conference Workshop at Sunnylands
Sunday, October 21, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sharpen your condition reporting skills in this technical workshop led by conservators working with a variety of materials from paper to organic artifacts to outdoor sculpture. The workshop will cover condition definitions and tools for accurate assessments, proper handling of various objects and materials, and new technologies for photo documentation in condition reporting. The conservator’s view to condition report writing will be invaluable to registrars, collection managers, art couriers, and any museum professional handling art and historical objects.
To register for this workshop please email Heather Bouchey at heather.bouchey@pam.org
Travel Stipends and Scholarships
2012 European Registrars Conference Travel Stipend, Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 4-6, 2012
Download info (77k pdf)
Deadline to apply: July 6, 2012
Information about upcoming workshops, forums, and travel stipends will be sent out to the current membership via email.
Membership
Download the RC-WR Membership Brochure (136k pdf)
