The preservation of cultural collections requires consistent practices in document management, curation, and prevention. To deepen this knowledge, the Museu Paulista of USP is promoting the first edition of the extension course "Preventive Conservation of Collections – Module 2: Collection Management".
Between October and December 2025, the course will bring together professors and specialists from the Museu Paulista of USP, the Museum of Contemporary Art of USP, and the Institute of Brazilian Studies of USP. These are leading professionals in documentation, curatorship, preservation, and preventive conservation. The training is aimed at professionals who have already completed Module 1 and who work in museums, archives, libraries, and cultural institutions.
The methodology combines asynchronous classes, synchronous online meetings, a technical visit, and a final hybrid meeting, encouraging the practical application of the content in the participants' workplaces.
The course will cover topics ranging from the curatorial cycle, acquisition policies, and professional ethics to documentation practices using controlled vocabularies and databases, including preventive conservation applied to documentation, the quality and organization of storage spaces, as well as the preparation, transport, and monitoring of artworks and collections.
Faculty and specialists:
- Professor Dr. Ana Paula Nascimento (Paulista Museum/USP) – architect, professor, specialist in art history, architecture and curating collections
- Dr. Elisabete Marin Ribas (IEB/USP) – documentalist and archivist, focusing on personal collections and safeguarding policies
- Maria Giovanna Fontenelle (Wikimedia Foundation) – journalist and historian, working in digital museology and new media
- Esp. Ina Hergert (Paulista Museum/USP) – specialist in paper conservation and restoration
- Professor Dr. Juliana Bechara Saft (IFSP) – architect, researcher in environmental quality and post-occupancy evaluation in archival spaces
- Specialist Michelle Alencar (MAC/USP) – specialist in archival and information and data management
- Specialist Rejane Elias (MAC/USP) – specialist in conservation and restoration
- Professor Dr. Solange Ferraz de Lima (Paulista Museum/USP) – historian, professor and curator of visual collections
- Specialist Tatiana Herrmann (Paulista Museum/USP) – specialist in the conservation and restoration of paintings
Online and in-person course
Period: October 6 to December 5, 2025
Workload: 45 hours
Registration: 12/09 to 30/09, in this link
Job openings: 25 (selected based on analysis of resume and letter of interest)
Target audience: Professionals and researchers who work with or research cultural collections and who have completed Module 1.
Investment: R$ 200.00
- Up to 4 (four) free places, with justification;
- 50% discount for postgraduate students and USP employees, upon presentation of proof.
Requirements:
- completed degree;
- Passing Module 1;
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in the field;
- Availability for classes and activities;
- Performance or research in cultural collections.
Summary of the schedule:
- Formalization of collections, curatorial cycle, and professional ethics.
- Documentation, controlled vocabularies, and databases.
- Documentation, preservation and preventive conservation applied to documentary practice.
- Organization of storage spaces and their relationship with databases.
- Conservation procedures for exhibiting collections.
- Conservation and transportation of collections.
- On-site technical visit to the IEB/USP Archive
- Hybrid final presentation of the works
Certification: It will be granted to participants who have a minimum attendance of 70% and submit the final work.
