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​Practical Salvage of Heritage Collections
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One-day workshop · Auckland, New Zealand · Early December 2026
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What the workshop will cover
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Organising the initial collections salvage response and working with emergency services.
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Salvage team roles and responsibilities.
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Health and safety, including assessing risks before entering affected areas and safe handling practices.
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Setting up a triage area and selecting salvage equipment and materials.
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Assessing damaged collections, identifying priorities and planning salvage strategies.
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Handling and documenting damaged items.
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Salvage in practice: hands-on exercises using a range of collection materials.
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Resilience and wellbeing for those involved in emergency response.
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The day will combine introductory sessions, hands-on exercises and discussion.
Who it is for
Staff and volunteers working with collections in museums, libraries, archives and historic houses, particularly those responsible for collections care, emergency preparedness or salvage response.
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Workshop trainers
David Ashman is founder and principal conservator of Book Studio One and former Preservation Manager at Auckland Libraries. His expertise includes book and archives conservation, preventive conservation and emergency response planning.
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Andor Vince is a collections care consultant who has held roles at the University of Cambridge Museums and the Fitzwilliam Museum. His expertise includes collections risk management, emergency preparedness and training for emergency response and recovery.
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Proposed arrangements
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Location: Auckland — venue to be confirmed
Date: Early December 2026 — date to be confirmed
Duration: One day
Fee: NZ$650 + GST per person
Group size: Minimum 15 confirmed participants; maximum 20
Express your interest
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We are seeking expressions of interest to help establish demand and confirm arrangements.
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If you or colleagues would be interested in attending at the proposed fee, please click below to register your interest. We will contact you with the confirmed details and booking information if the course proceeds.
The workshop will run only once the minimum of 15 confirmed bookings is reached.
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An expression of interest is not a booking and does not commit you to payment.​​​
On-Demand Workshops
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In addition to the flagship course, we deliver a small number of established courses and masterclasses on request for organisations. These courses support organisational capability in collections care and are delivered by arrangement to reflect organisational context and needs.​
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Risk Management in Heritage (ABC Methodology)
A two-day course focused on the practical application of risk-based approaches to collections care, supporting prioritisation, decision-making, and long-term planning in complex heritage environments.
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Project Management in Conservation and Collections Care
A two-day course focused on applying project management tools within conservation and collections care, supporting realistic scoping, cost and time control, and delivery under constraint.
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Emergency Preparedness for Collections
A half-day intensive course focused on risk-based emergency preparedness for collections in museums, archives, and libraries, supporting the development of usable and maintainable preparedness systems.
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Workshops are delivered by Andor Vince, Collections Care Consultant. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience working with museums, libraries, archives, and historic houses, they are designed to strengthen organisational capability in collections care, project delivery, risk management, emergency preparedness, and decision-making.
Booking and Enquiries
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For course enquiries or to discuss suitability, please contact Andor Vince at andor@heritagecollectioncare.com