About SICCA
SICCA is founded in 2013 and held its first meeting in March 2014. The Mission of SICCA is to provide no-cost, collections care related professional development opportunities. SICCA also strives to promote networking and institution collaborations.
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SICCA offers four core activities a year - annual meeting, workshop/lecture, lunch/dinner networking, and field trip to a non-member institution. SICCA continues to grow each year with additional activities often added to the roster.
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Membership with SICCA is opened to anyone who desires to learn and upholds the best practices of collections care and commits to the preservation of cultural heritage and artifacts. Affiliation with an organization is not required. Students with strong interest in the museum and collections management field are encouraged to join.
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As of October 2023 SICCA has disbanded.
See how our members described SICCA.
WordCloud created from February 2016 members survey
About the President
Kaman Hillenburg, Founder and President of SICCA
Kaman Hillenburg has served in various capacities on the Collections team at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, Evansville, Indiana since 2010. In her current role as Collections Manager, she strategized and managed a multiphase inventory project of over 14,800 objects at the Museum’s off-site storage facility. Hillenburg also previously held a contract position as Curator and Registrar at the Freedom Heritage Museum (now Evansville Wartime Museum).
Hillenburg is currently serving as a board member at the Association of Midwest Museums and Association of Indiana Museums. She is also a member on the Collections Review Committee at Historic New Harmony in New Harmony, Indiana. She formerly served as a board member at the Society of Indiana Archivists from 2017-2020. Hillenburg is also the founder of Southwestern Indiana Collections Connection Association. She received her BA in Archaeology and Art History from the University of Evansville.
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