Care of Collections
eBook - ePub

Care of Collections

  1. 300 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Care of Collections

About this book

Confronting contemporary issues in museum practice, this collection provides a practical guide to all aspects of collections care.

Contributors cover a wide range of issues including:

  • conservation practice
  • the monitoring and control of light
  • relative humidity and atmospheric pollution
  • packing, handling and transportation of collections
  • storage and access to collections
  • biological infestation
  • disaster planning.

Including material and sources that have, up until now, not easily been available, students of museum studies and proffessionals within the industry now have this invaluable aid to their work.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9780415112840
eBook ISBN
9781134830442
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Museum Administration
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. FIGURES
  5. TABLES
  6. SERIES PREFACE
  7. PREFACE TO THIS VOLUME
  8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  9. INTRODUCTION: THE CONTEXT OF COLLECTIONS CARE
  10. 1: THE ETHICS OF CONSERVATION
  11. 2: CLEANING AND MEANING: THE RAVISHED IMAGE REVIEWED
  12. 3: SOLVENT ABUSE
  13. 4: WORKING EXHIBITS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE IN THE SCIENCE MUSEUM
  14. 5: THE ROLE OF THE SCHOLAR-CURATOR IN CONSERVATION
  15. 6: DO OBJECTS HAVE A FINITE LIFETIME?
  16. 7: AUDITS OF CARE: A FRAMEWORK FOR COLLECTIONS CONDITION SURVEYS
  17. 8: PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION
  18. 9: PAINTINGS: THE (SHOW) CASE FOR PASSIVE CLIMATE CONTROL
  19. 10: SILICA GEL AND RELATED RH BUFFERING MATERIALS, CONDITIONING AND REGENERATION TECHNIQUES
  20. 11: CONSERVATION IN THE COMPUTER AGE
  21. 12: MUSEUMS TUNE IN TO RADIO
  22. 13: FRESH-AIR CLIMATE CONDITIONING AT THE ARTHUR M.SACKLER MUSEUM
  23. 14: LIGHT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL IN NATIONAL TRUST HOUSES
  24. 15: THE CLORE GALLERY FOR THE TURNER COLLECTION AT THE TATE GALLERY: LIGHTING STRATEGY AND PRACTICE
  25. 16: CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR STORAGE AND EXHIBITION
  26. 17: INDOOR AIR POLLUTION: EFFECTS ON CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIALS
  27. 18: MANAGING MUSEUM SPACE
  28. 19: MUSEUM COLLECTIONS STORAGE
  29. 20: HERE’S WHAT TO CONSIDER IN SELECTING HIGH-DENSITY STORAGE
  30. 21: A POLICY FOR COLLECTIONS ACCESS
  31. 22: VISIBLE STORAGE FOR THE SMALL MUSEUM
  32. 23: CURATORS’ CLOSET
  33. 24: RULES FOR HANDLING WORKS OF ART
  34. 25: RENTOKIL BUBBLE: RESULTS OF TEST
  35. 26: CARPET BEETLE: A PILOT STUDY IN DETECTION AND CONTROL
  36. 27: PEST CONTROL IN MUSEUMS: THE USE OF CHEMICALS AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH PROBLEMS
  37. 28: EXPERIENCING LOSS
  38. 29: MUSEUM DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANNING
  39. 30: EMERGENCY TREATMENT OF MATERIALS
  40. 31: PROTECTING MUSEUMS FROM THREAT OF FIRE
  41. FURTHER READING