CONSERVATOR ON RETAINER

Providing ongoing collection care and support for teams.

PROGRAM 5: International Museums & Institutions

The Conservator on Retainer program is a membership program for small to large international organisations giving access to the best scientific advice and support for your institution in good times and bad. Just like having a qualified conservator on staff but for less than a wage. There are several retainer options for organisations to select from. Sign up any time and have 12 months of support for your institution. Upgrades are possible at any time.

PROGRAM BENEFITS

Private Seminars – Asset Management and Risk Assessment is Conservation

The biggest single risk to a collection is reallocation of funds and resources. Institutions must get it right! As an organisation the needs of a collection the pressures of public access and the balance of conservation, equals a huge load in this sector. One which often is expected to just magically manage. These private discussions are designed to look at whole of organisational needs.

Our director has won multiple awards for excellence in heritage conservation and business and will find the answers you need to get through another operational year stronger than before.

Private meetings with your directors, with or without, your team are available for level 2 and 3 members. These discussions are determined by you. The desired topic and agenda need to be arranged a month in advance with our director to ensure we appoint the correct specialists to join the discussion. Our director will work out an agenda and presentation to kick off discussions and professional development opportunities for your team. Discussions will run 1.5 hours with a 5min intermission. A recording of the discussion will be provided at the end.

The topic can be anything regarding your heritage needs. These discussions are totally led by your organisations needs. Endangered Heritage has an extensive network of business advisors, logistics provider, insurance brokers and other related support for your organisation given advanced notice we can ensure we have all of the sectors support you need.

Your selection of Seminars

Monthly professional development seminars online covering a range of essential topics. All delivered by qualified trained conservators with decades of experience. This enables your organisation to create baseline knowledge for staff and volunteers, to be able to build better preservation and conservation protocols. Each year the program will be updated and you can select to attend the seminars which suit you the best. If you are in a time zone that makes it better to have a recording sent, we will do that and you and your team will have access for a few weeks. You can then contact us with individual questions and we will get back to you.

Iconic Conservation

Endangered Heritage is actively seeking corporate sponsorship to support our sector. The Iconic conservation program allows members to nominate 3 artefacts to a register which is offered to companies to sponsor. Nominations can include:

Nomination of an Iconic Conservation treatment of an artefact

Nomination of a workshop or training

Nomination of material support and products to keep your collection safe

There is no guarantee your artefact will get selected, BUT it can remain with our register while you are a member. The program connects potential sponsors to you and your iconic artefact, media, and conservation. If selected by a corporate sponsor you pay nothing. Endangered Heritage will organise delivery of the artefact to the lab, conservation of the artefact with our world class team and the return of the item to your organisation. Or maybe you have nominated for training or material support and a sponsor has agreed to assist. We will help target the support to ensure it is exactly what you need.

PLUS MORE!

Discounts

We understand that with a turnover of staff and volunteers training and updating is a challenge. Endangered Heritage offers customised professional development training for museum and gallery professionals. No one can keep up to date with everything local history, local donations and exhibitions and themes loans and community demands. Let us keep up to date on the science and then we can pass it on. Membership entitles you to discounts for workshops. See our website for an up to date program.

Crisis Support

Disasters can strike any time 24/7. We get that and we care! Members will be given a direct number to contact our team any time day or night to help when something has cataclysmic has gone wrong. Our Director is on the International ICORP committee and on the Australian and New Zealand committee and is certified by CENVP as an environmental and heritage expert.

Intake Fee

All members will have the intake fee for conservation with Endangered Heritage waived. Additionally, freezer treatment for textiles intake will be waived. Quoting on conservation needs for intake items will be free for all items excepting large technology items. (ie: cars train carriages).

Freight and Logistic Support

Endangered heritage will organise freight and logistics, crating or other containment for travelling items in need of coming to the lab in Canberra. The pricing for project managing your heritage item is included in membership. Endangered heritage is proud to work with International Art Services as our preferred carrier and their services will be discussed and the final freight account separately.

Program 5 Membership Options

Level I

$2,100 + GST (USD)

Waive intake fee
Logistics support for transporting art for conservation
Access to ‘ICONIC CONSERVATION’
Crisis support 24/7 emergency phone number in the event of fire, flood or insect infestation
Phone advice 2x a month with expert conservators
Access to 12 themed ZOOM seminars per year
10% discount on digitising
10% discount on workshops at Endangered Heritage
10% discount on workshops at your site (10+ staff)
10% discount on oral history and film editing services
10% discount on conservation and heritage needs assessments

Level II

$3,600 + GST (USD)

Waive intake fee
Logistics support for transporting art for conservation
Access to ‘ICONIC CONSERVATION’
Crisis support 24/7 emergency phone number in the event of fire, flood or insect infestation
Phone advice 3x a month with expert conservators
Access to 18 themed ZOOM seminars per year
15% discount on digitising
15% discount on workshops at Endangered Heritage
15% discount on workshops at your site (10+ staff)
15% discount on oral history and film editing services
15% discount on conservation and heritage needs assessments

Level III

$5,600 + GST (USD)

Waive intake fee
Logistics support for transporting art for conservation
Access to ‘ICONIC CONSERVATION’
Crisis support 24/7 emergency phone number in the event of fire, flood or insect infestation
Phone advice 3x a month with expert conservators
Access to 23 themed ZOOM seminars per year
20% discount on digitising
20% discount on workshops at Endangered Heritage
20% discount on workshops at your site (10+ staff)
20% discount on oral history and film editing services
20% discount on conservation and heritage needs assessments

All programs are valid for 12 months from the date of sign up.