Kristen Spring

Kristen Spring is Collection Manager, Geosciences at Queensland Museum. She cares for a collection that includes rock, mineral and fossil material, all of which is housed at an offsite storage facility at Hendra.

She has extensive field and preparation experience as well as having held roles with a technical and research focus.

Kristen’s role includes:

• handling all new acquisitions and registering them into the collection
• organising specimen storage, movement and handling of these specimens to ensure long-term preservation
• understanding and staying updated on the latest geological conservation techniques
• maintaining and updating a digital ‘catalogue’ of all of the collection material, and investigating new technologies to improve how this data is received
• organising loans, in and out, between other institutions for research and display.
• understanding all aspects of the collection, and organising it in a way that enables the curators and visiting researchers to locate material efficiently.
• provide advice to regional museums on collection management practices.

Her knowledge of collection management procedures has enabled her to both create and implement various policies, procedures and guidelines which will be used to further benefit the long term preservation and care of the Geosciences Collection.