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Chicago Adventure, Part Two: Catalogue Dialogue: May 29, 2013; Watch Emily Graslie from the popular Brain Scoop series view the storage and cataloguing methods at The Field Museum.
The Gem Room: May 29, 2013; Emily Graslie from the popular Brain Scoop series opens the vaults and unveils some of the shinier secrets from the Field Museum's geology collection.
Secret Museum: Inside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's Collection: February 11, 2013; Take a tour inside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's collection to view storage of the natural history collection and maritime artifacts.
The Spririt Collection: January 29, 2013; Emily Graslie from the popular Brain Scoop series explores the oft forgotten wet specimen collection at the University of Montana in Missoula.
From Here to There Museum Standards for Object Handling: November 22, 2012; A trailer of the 2012 museum object-handling video that instructs and reinforces proper techniques for museum professionals.
Online Museum Training - Photographing Collection Items: June 29, 2012; This video by Museums Australia Victoria demonstrates ways in which you can use basic equipment to photograph your collection items for documentation and digitization purposes.
Online Museum Training - Organizing Your Collection Storage: June 29, 2012; Demonstrating ways you can organise your collection storage using examples from the Koorie Heritage Trust and the Victoria Police Museum, a series of photographs showcase best practice techniques.
Horror Collection at the National Media Museum: May 30, 2012; Curator Toni Booth introduces the Hammer Horror Collection and various methods of storage at the National Media Museum in Bradford.
National Center for Ancient Textiles: January 10, 2011; A rare view of ancient textiles and their storage at the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Safe Handling Practices for Chinese Hanging Scrolls: November 9, 2010; Conservators at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art demonstrate safe handling practices for Chinese hanging scrolls.

Safe Handling Practices for Japanese Folding Screens: November 9, 2010
Rolling Textiles on a Tube - (Part 6 of 6) Conservation and Preservation of Heirloom Textiles: December 9, 2009
Moving the U-505 by Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: March 31, 2009

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