Hanna M. Szczepanowska

Conservation of Cultural Heritage (eBook, ePUB)

Key Principles and Approaches

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Conservation of Cultural Heritage covers the methods and practices needed for future museum professionals who will be working in various capacities with museum collections and artifacts. It also assists current professionals in understanding the complex decision making processes that faces conservators on a daily basis. Covering a broad range of topics that are key to sound conservation in the museum, this volume is an important tool for students and professional alike in ensuring that best practice is followed in the preservation of important collections.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136172113
• Artikelnr.: 38244030

Autorenporträt

Hanna Szczepanowska is a conservator at the Smithsonian Institution, and was formerly Adjunct Professor at George Washington University teaching on the Museum Preventive Conservation course for Art History, Museum Studies and Anthropology graduate programmes.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 General Collection Care Practices 1. Conservation in a museum context 2. Preventive conservation 3. Collecting processing 4. Exhibit and storage Part 2 5. Plant origin 6. Organic materials
animal origin 7. Inorganic materials
metals 8. Inorganic materials
non-metal minerals and artefacts 9. Native Americans
and Western concepts of preservation