OrgAnIzATIOn The work begins with an introduction written by Rebecca Fifield and aptly titled “The Context of Collection Care: Elements for Creating an Institutional Preservation Culture.” In it, Fifield presents an overarching view of ...

Author: Brent Powell

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 9781442238831

Category: Business & Economics

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Collection Care: An Illustrated Handbook for the Care and Handling of Cultural Objects provides a solid overview of basic collection care procedures and policies. The topics covered address the decision making criteria and risk assessment solutions involved in the best practices for handling art and artifacts. Technical subjects will cover proven techniques, materials, equipment and address problem solving assessment and current solutions. The comprehensive overview of staff responsibilities, relationships and training will bring the book to a conclusion of addressing the unison of all professionals responsible for proper handling and caring for collections. Highlights include: This book provides both visual and narrative descriptions of current best practices for caring for collection objects. Emphasis is placed on risk assessment in the decision-making process with proven, accepted technical methods and materials. Detailed coverage of technical methods and methodologies for principles of proper handling, transport, and storage or two and three dimensional objects. Chapters will cover the institutional structure for managing, hiring, training both full and part time staff responsible for safely handling and caring of collection objects. 100 photographs, figures, and charts provide overall directions for collection care, preventive maintenance, and proper handling of objects.

collections. The collection storage and work in or around the storage itself are right up front, since several new ... Better late than never – in the area of immovable cultural heritage, collection care has crystallized as the new ...

Author: Gabriela Krist

Publisher: Böhlau Verlag Wien

ISBN: 9783205201359

Category: Art

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Prevention is an attempt to look into the future and have a positive influence on it – therefore it is one of the most important aspects in the area of collection care, the central, current field of applied research in conservation and restoration. With sustainability damage and loss are avoided, dangers averted and research conducted. Collection care is only successful, if the theory is appropriately implemented in museum practice.

Many museums are currently having difficulty in raising sufficient local funds to match grants available for improvements in collection care. In Britain, local government—a principal funder of museums—is again being reorganized, ...

Author: Simon Knell

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781134830459

Category: Art

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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.

Further reading on collection environments: Cassar (1995), Carter and Walker (1999), Larkin (2011). 10 Custodial neglect Lack of collection care, inappropriate collection care practice, disassociation of items and their contextual data.

Author: Bruce A Campbell

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9780429958991

Category: Art

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Museum curators enter the profession with a specialist subject qualification and yet at some point in their career, many curators find themselves in charge of a range of collections outside of their expert knowledge. Interpreting, curating and caring for mixed collections demands of curators a wide range of knowledge and understanding. The Curation and Care of Museum Collections is designed to give curators the fundamental information and confidence they need to manage and care for all of the collections within their responsibility, regardless of their previous training and experience. Comprising two sections – Museum Collections, and Collection Development and Care – the chapters cover archaeology, art, history, military and natural sciences collections, as well as heritage properties. Every chapter in the book is focused on one type of collection, but all chapters in the collection management section contain advice on topics such as organisational philosophy, documentation, legal issues and materials in order to provide a useful and comprehensive guide to managing collections. The collection care section is structured in the same way, considering the issues of storage; display; handling; moving; packing; housekeeping; health and safety; emergency preparedness; and pest, pollution, environmental, light and vibration management. The contributors to this book are experienced museum professionals, each with their own specialism and a deep understanding of what it means to work in the context of mixed collections. Providing a highly practical guide, The Curation and Care of Museum Collections is essential reading for curators working in all types of museums, galleries and heritage sites, and for students of museology courses around the world.

The need for large-scale repairs and renovations offered the opportunity to dedicate this space to the Textile Art collection, which had been underutilized. The intent of the expansion was to share more of the textile art collection ...

Author: Juilee Decker

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 9781442238800

Category: Business & Economics

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Collections Care and Stewardship: Innovative Approaches for Museums considers best practices and innovations related to documenting collections with regard to movement and safe handling of items for transport, display, photography, and treatment; collections storage; and information-sharing within and beyond the museum.

Museum professionals must uphold the fundamental principle of museums that the collections are maintained for the ... Once again , then , a measure of commonality of values can be identified where collection care and education are ...

Author: Simon J. Knell

Publisher: Psychology Press

ISBN: 0415112818

Category: Museum conservation methods

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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.- from publisher.

The American Association for State and Local History ( AASLH ) , at 708 Berry Road , Nashville , Tennessee [ 37204 ] , publishes books on the collection , care , and preservation of artifacts , operation and maintenance of historic ...

Author: Per Ernst Guldbeck

Publisher: Rowman Altamira

ISBN: 0761991352

Category: Business & Economics

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The Care of Antiques and Historical Collections is a wonderful handbook that gives you and your staff the crucial knowledge you need to start and maintain sound programs of storage, display and environmental control for your historical artifacts. Providing instruction for both the expert and novice conservationist, MacLeish offers sound advice on how you can take a few active measures to protect, clean, repair, and care for objects most commonly found in museums or private collections. This is MacLeish's fully revised and greatly expanded edition of Per E. Gudbeck's classic The Care of Historical Collections.

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THE COURSE AT A GLANCE Training for Collections Care and.

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ISBN: UOM:39015041765176

Category: Museum conservation methods

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6) An adequate record of the conditions and circumstances under which objects are deaccessioned and disposed of should be made and retained as part of the museum's collections records. E. Conservation/Care outlines the obligation a ...

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ISBN: STANFORD:36105061943333

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