Training

Contents:  Half-Day Workshop  4-Day Training 

Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) offers training classes and workshops in cultural heritage preservation and documentation. We train conservators, archaeologists, museum curators, museum photographers, anyone who wants to learn how to use the low-cost, digital techniques in which CHI specializes. We also train staff at special collections libraries on how to capture paper and bindings.

We offer training on site at archaeological excavations, museums, and at the CHI office in San Francisco, California. Customized consulting services are also available.

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» Half-Day Workshop: Digital Imaging Techniques for Conservation and Education

Learn how Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) can be used to create digital substitutions, or surrogates, that reveal object features difficult to discern even under direct physical examination. More…

» 4-Day Training: Reflectance Transformation Imaging: Generating Digital Representations of Cultural Heritage Objects

Learn how to use single-view highlight Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to create digital representations of various size and shape objects. You will learn digital imaging work flow, including all the steps to capture, process, and view RTI digital representations. More…

Examples of Past CHI Training Sessions

CHI has customized training and workshops for these institutions and projects. These links lead to more detailed descriptions of these past CHI training sessions.

• New York University, New York
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Smithsonian Institution, Museum Conservation Institute
• Worcester Art Museum (WAM) Conservation Department
• National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, Ukraine
• National Park Service Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT)