Preventive Conservation
Title | Preventive Conservation PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Elkin |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2019-05 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780997867923 |
Good storage is the foundation of effective collection care, advancing conservation while at the same time promoting accessibility and use. Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage covers the storage of all types of collections, including science, fine and decorative art, history, library, archive, and digital collections. It concentrates on preventive conservation and emphasizes a risk management approach. Reflecting the breadth of its scope, the new book is collaboration between The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections; the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works; the Smithsonian Institution; and the George Washington University Museum Studies Program.
A Guide to the Preventive Conservation of Photograph Collections
Title | A Guide to the Preventive Conservation of Photograph Collections PDF eBook |
Author | Bertrand Lavédrine |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Photograph collections |
ISBN | 9780892367016 |
A resource for the photographic conservator, conservation scientist, curator, as well as professional collector, this volume synthesizes both the masses of research that has been completed to date and the international standards that have been established on the subject.
Environmental Management for Collections
Title | Environmental Management for Collections PDF eBook |
Author | Shin Maekawa |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 43 |
Release | 2015-05-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1606064347 |
In recent years more cultural institutions in hot and humid climates have been installing air-conditioning systems to protect their collections and provide comfort for both employees and visitors. This practice, however, can pose complications, including problems of installation and maintenance as well as structural damage to buildings, while failing to provide collections with a viable conservation environment. This volume offers hands-on guidance to the specific challenges involved in conserving cultural heritage in hot and humid climates. Initial chapters present scientific and geographic overviews of these climates, outline risk-based classifications for environmental control, and discuss related issues of human health and comfort. The authors then describe climate management strategies that offer effective and reliable alternatives to conventional air-conditioning systems and that require minimal intervention to the historic fabric of buildings that house collections. The book concludes with seven case studies of successful climate improvement projects undertaken by the Getty Conservation Institute in collaboration with cultural institutions around the world. Appendixes include a unit conversion table, a glossary, and a full bibliography. This book is an essential tool for cultural heritage conservators and museum curators, as well as other professionals involved in the design, construction, and maintenance of museums and other buildings housing cultural heritage collections in hot and humid climates. “It is absolutely right that conservation be in step with the socio-political context surrounding environmentally sound approaches. This text does that, and does it well. The authors have, admirably, been awarded the 2016 Prose Award for Environmental Science, and they are to be congratulated for producing a text that is seen as having an impact outside of the conservation sphere. The technical theory that underpins the text is accessible, and the solutions borne out through the case studies do present as being admirably pragmatic.”— Journal of the Institute of Conservation
Care of Collections
Title | Care of Collections PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Knell |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2005-11-04 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1134830459 |
This volume provides a practical guide to all aspects of collections care including conservation practice, the monitoring of control of light, relative humidity and atmospheric pollution, biological infestation and disaster planning.
Caring for Collections
Title | Caring for Collections PDF eBook |
Author | American Association of Museums |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Art objects |
ISBN |
Conservation Practices on Archaeological Excavations
Title | Conservation Practices on Archaeological Excavations PDF eBook |
Author | Corrado Pedelì |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2014-02-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1606061585 |
The relationship between archaeology and conservation has long been complex and, at times, challenging. Archaeologists are often seen as interested principally in excavation and research, while conservators are concerned mainly with stabilization and the prevention of deterioration. Yet it is often initial conservation in the field that determines the long-term survival and intelligibility of both moveable artifacts and fixed architectural features. This user-friendly guide to conservation practices on archaeological excavations covers both structures and artifacts, starting from the moment when they are uncovered. Individual chapters discuss excavation and conservation, environmental and soil issues, deterioration, identification and condition assessment, detachment and removal, initial cleaning, coverings and shelters, packing, and documentation. There are also eight appendixes. Geared primarily for professionals engaged in the physical practice of excavation, this book will also interest archaeologists, archaeological conservators, site managers, conservation scientists, museum curators, and students of archaeology and conservation.
Historical Perspectives on Preventive Conservation
Title | Historical Perspectives on Preventive Conservation PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Staniforth |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1606061429 |
"[The present volume] provides a selection from more than sixty-five texts tracing the development of this important area of conservation. The texts range chronologically from antiquity to the present day. They cover a wide range of subjects, including philosophies of preventive conservation, early traditions of housekeeping, the museum environment, relative humidity and temperature, pollution, biodeterioration, and light. There is also a generous selection of readings discussing future trends"--P. [4] of cover.