Links
General
- Agents of Deterioration That Threaten Collection Specimens
Canadian Museum of Nature - The Conservation Assessment: A Proposed Model for Evaluating Museum Environmental Management Needs (PDF, 116KB, link to parent page)
The Getty Conservation Institute - Conservation Suppliers (PDF, 210 KB, link to parent page)
Nebraska State Historical Society, Gerald Ford Conservation Center - Framework for Preservation of Museum Collections Online
Canadian Conservation Institute - Preservation Calculator
Image Permanence Institute
Air Quality
- Airborne Particles in Museums (PDF, 904KB, link to parent page)
The Getty Conservation Institute - Indoor Air Pollution in Museums: An Introduction to Its Effects, Monitoring and Control
National Museum of Denmark - Mold
Chicora Foundation - Mould Outbreak: An Immediate Response
Canadian Conservation Institute
Light
- Conserve O Gram 3/10 Choosing UV-Filtering Window Films (PDF, 330KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service - LED Lighting
American Institute for Conservation, Green Task Force - Protection from Light Damage
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Temperature and Relative Humidity
- Conserve O Gram 3/3 Comparing Temperature and Relative Humidity Dataloggers for Museum Monitoring (PDF, 406 KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service - Comparison of Temperature and Relative Humidity Dataloggers for Museum Monitoring (PDF, 346KB, link to parent page)
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections - Controlled Ventilation and Heating to Preserve Collections in Historic Buildings in Hot and Humid Regions (PDF, 240KB, link to parent page)
The Getty Conservation Institute - Environmental Monitoring and Analysis
Image Permanence Institute - Low Cost/No Cost Improvements in Climate Control
Northeast Document Conservation Center - Managing the Library and Archive Environment (PDF, 155KB, link to parent page)
The British Library National Preservation Office - Monitoring Temperature and Relative Humidity
Northeast Document Conservation Center - Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, and Air Quality: Basic Guidelines for Preservation
Northeast Document Conservation Center - Stored Alive!
Image Permanence Institute
Pests
- Combatting Pests of Cultural Property
Canadian Conservation Institute - Conserve O Gram 3/7 Monitoring Insect Pests with Sticky Traps (PDF, 631KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service - Conserve O Gram 3/8 Controlling Insect Pests: Alternatives to Pesticides (PDF, 954KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service - Inert Gases in the Control of Museum Insect Pests (PDF, 1.48 MB, link to parent page)
The Getty Conservation Institute - Integrated Pest Management
Northeast Document Conservation Center - IPM Guidelines for Facility Design and Construction
National Park Service - www.museumpests.net
ZAK Software, Inc. - Pest Busters
The Textile Museum Conservation Department
Housekeeping
- Historic Housekeeping Manual (PDF, 248KB, link to parent page)
Minnesota Historical Society - Housekeeping for Historic Sites Videos
Northeast Museum Services Center, National Park Service - Museum Handbook Chapter 13: Museum Housekeeping (PDF, 116 KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service
Storage
Note that storage guidelines for specific types of collection are included in the links in the Care of Collections section.
- A Space Odyssey: Storage Strategies for Cultural Collections
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts - Conserve O Gram 4/10 Determining Museum Storage Equipment Needs (PDF, 450 KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service - Conserve O Gram 4/11 Determining Museum Storage Space Requirements (PDF, 449 KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service - Criteria for Selecting Housing Materials for Photographs
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts - Light Levels for Storage and Exhibition
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts - Notes on Storage
Canadian Conservation Institute - Saving Your Treasures: Storage
Nebraska State Historical Society, Gerald Ford Conservation Center - Specifying Library and Archive Storage (PDF, 117KB, link to parent page)
The British Library National Preservation Office - Storage Methods and Handling Practices
Northeast Document Conservation Center - Stored Alive!
Image Permanence Institute
Recordings
- C2C Online Community Webinar: Mold!
- C2C Online Community Webinar: Creative Solutions for Collections Care
- C2C Online Community Webinar: Protecting Collections During Special Events
- C2C Online Community Webinar: Tour of the Canadian Conservation Institute’s Online Light Damage Calculator
- C2C Online Community Webinar: Choosing the Datalogger That is Right for You
- C2C Online Community Webinar: Wireless Dataloggers
- C2C Online Community Webinar: Introduction to LED Lighting
- C2C Online Community Webinar: Housekeeping for Historic Sites
- C2C Online Community Webinar: Identifying Museum Insect Pest Damage and Addressing it with Integrated Pest Management (Power Point Slides)
- C2C Atlanta Forum: Fundamentals of Preventive Conservation, Leslie Guy (presentation begins at 37:00)
Discussions
