Simon Knell (ed.)

Care of Collections

Herausgeber: Knell, Simon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Often overlooked by the public, the central interests of museums are collections and their conservation and use. It is this relationship with collections which separates museums from other educational and heritage institutions. "Care of Collections" brings together the most important articles and extracts examining aspects of collections management and care, in particular preventative conservation. The contributors cover a wide range of issues from the ethical questions that surround exhibits to the more practical considerations of creating microenvironments and designing disaster plans. The book is divided into sections covering conservation practice, the monitoring and control of light, relative humidity and atmospheric pollution, storage and access to collections and biological infestation and disaster planning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 166mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780415112857
• ISBN-10: 0415112850
• Artikelnr.: 22316105

Autorenporträt

Simon Knell

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Series preface
Preface to this volume
Acknowledgements
Introduction: the context of collection's care
1 The ethics of conservation
2 Cleaning and meaning: The Ravished Image reviewed
3 Solvent abuseMichael Daley
4 Working exhibits and the destruction of evidence in the Science Museum
5 The role of the scholar-curator in conservation
6 Do objects have a finite lifetime?
7 Audits of care: a framework for collections condition surveys
8 Preventive conservation
9 Paintings: the (show) case for passive climate control
10 Silica gel and related RH buffering materials
conditioning and regeneration techniques
11 Conservation in the computer age
12 Museums tune in to radio
13 Fresh-air climate conditioning at the Arthur M.Sackler Museum
14 Light and environmental measurement and control in National Trust houses
15 The Clore Gallery for the Turner collection at the Tate Gallery: lighting strategy and practice
16 Construction materials for storage and exhibition
17 Indoor air pollution: effects on cultural and historic materials
18 Managing museum space
19 Museum collections storage
20 Here's what to consider in selecting high-density storage
21 A policy for collections access
22 Visible storage for the small museum
23 Curators' closet
25 Rentokil bubble: results of test
26 Carpet beetle: a pilot study in detection and control
27 Pest control in museums: the use of chemicals and associated health problems
28 Experiencing loss
29 Museum disaster preparedness planning
30 Emergency treatment of materials
31 Protecting museums from threat of fire
Further reading
Index