Association of Manitoba Museums

Cultural Stewardship Program

A number of years ago, the Provincial Archives of Manitoba, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and The Manitoba Museum (formerly The Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature), with funding from the province of Manitoba, formed the Manitoba Heritage Conservation Service (MHCS). MHCS provided conservation treatments, some training, and advice to other heritage institutions in the province.

Funding changed, needs changed, the focus changed from conservation treatment to preventive conservation, and the name changed to the Preventive Conservation Service (PCS). The PCS was offered by The Manitoba Museum along with their Museums Advisory and Training Service for several years.

As of March 31, 2004 these services were no longer offered by The Manitoba Museum. The Association of Manitoba Museums (AMM) felt that these services were needed by the museums in Manitoba. The Province agreed and accepted the AMM's proposal for the creation of the Cultural Stewardship Program (CSP).

The AMM has offered the Cultural Stewardship Program to the museums in Manitoba since 2004. Site visits, artifact condition assessments, mini-presentations, information sessions, environmental monitoring equipment loans, pest kit loans, and selected hands-on training are all available to AMM members for a nominal fee as part of the AMM's Cultural Stewardship Program (CSP). 

All CSP fees have been waived for Members until further notice.

CSP fees for non-members are based on the current hourly rate of a professional Conservator.

 

What is the CSP?  

The AMM Cultural Stewardship Program (CSP) is a program available to all AMM members and non-members. Tdesigned to help museums with preventive conservation. It covers everything from storage and packing to facilities and buildings; CSP is a perfect tool to help you with your conservation issues!

CSP offers a wide range of services such as: artifact assessment, information sessions for your board, emergency preparedness, and one-on-one consultations to address your specific preventive conservation needs.

The AMM also loans environmental monitoring equipment and pest monitoring kits to our members.

Apply for a Site Visit or Equipment Loan

For more information, email CSP Conservator at conservator (at) museumsmanitoba (dot) com  

The Cultural Stewardship Program is supported in part by

The Association of Manitoba Museums acknowledges that we are on Treaty 1 territory and the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the National Homeland of the Red River Metis

We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.