Week 1. Introduction

• Introduction to the program and course overview.

This is a one-hour-only elcome session. The lecturer will introduce the program and participants will introduce themselves. No prior preparation is necessary.

Week 2. Handling

• general introduction into handling artworks: how to touch, move and place objects
  
• what not to do – common mistakes in art handling
  
• handling equipment and its application
  

Week 3. Packing (How to pack and crate an artwork)

• different crates used for transport (e.g. transportation frames, climate buffered crates) and their applications
  
• overview on materials used for soft packings like Tyvek, bubblewrap, Polyethylene foil or acid-free cardboard
  
• basic guide to safeguard glazed and framed paintings and drawings/works on paper
  

Week 4. Transport

• basics about how to transport artworks
  
• handling equipment: how to make best use of pallet jacks,forklifts and other devices to move heavy duty artworks
  
• requirements for short, in-house as well as long distance transports
  
• introduction on how to communicate with a transport company
  

Week 5. Storage

• general requirements on storage organisation
  
• materials and tools for storage use
  
• monitoring, pest management, housekeeping
  
• summary of good practices for daily work

Closed captioning will be available during the video conference.