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Resources: Training Handouts

SHCG runs a programme of seminars, events and conferences every year. You can now download some speaker and trainer handouts from our past events.

What to do With Wooden Spoons
Friday 16th April 2010
Our "What to do with wooden spoons!" seminar looked at approaches to interpreting, collecting and researching domestic objects. Topics covered on the day included the 1950s exhibition at MODA, interpreting domestic collections for children, collecting contemporary domestic material and the history of cleaning in the home. Here are Louisa Knight's presentation on the Documenting the Home project and Emily Toettcher's presentation on using audio visual guides to bring collections to life.
Audio Visual Guides by Emily Toettcher (slides).doc
What to do With Wooden Spoons Presentation by Louisa Knight.doc

Marks and Meanings Seminar
Monday 1st June 2009
Dr Jim Andrew focused on what patents can tell us about artefacts, and how to research them. Other common inscriptions such as hallmarks and registered designs were also covered. Delegates learned how to use a free online database to trace 20th century patent numbers.
Code numbers for Registered Designs and Patents.pdf
Hallmarks and patents further reading and websites.pdf
Searching the Espacenet patents database.pdf

An Introduction to Ceramics
Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Robin Emmerson of the Society of Decorative Arts Curators (SODAC) and National Museums Liverpool led a handling session on British pottery and porcelain for beginners, concentrating on the 18th and 19th centuries. Delegates learned how to recognise the basic technical types.
18th and 19th Century British Pottery and Porcelain.pdf

Expressing Belief
Monday 23rd June 2003
Crispin Paine introduced the way that museums tackle the fraught subject of religion and how that relates to religion's changing role in our society. Steph Mastoris looked at a range of objects associated with death in different cultures.
Death burial and commemoration bibliography.pdf
Material religion bibliography.pdf
Religion and Museums reading list.pdf
Religion general bibliography.pdf

How to Identify Whatchamacallits
Friday 1st June 2001
Steph Mastoris introduced strategies for demystifying items, including dating using marks and inscriptions found on artefacts. John Rumsby discussed coins and tokens, including types commonly brought in for identification (handouts reproduced courtesy of Kirklees Council's Museums & Galleries Service and John Rumsby).
Bibliography of coins and medals.pdf
Common coins and tokens.pdf
Dates of marks and inscriptions.pdf



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