As a collections care professional, you’re familiar with the ten agents of deterioration, and you know museum lighting for art is a sensitive issue. Light is not only cumulatively damaging, but its effects are completely irreversible. Fading cannot be restored. You...
So you’re ready to upgrade from your ancient hygrothermograph or your manual spot checkers for temperature and humidity to a modern environmental data logger. But what should you buy? Except for the Image Permanence Institute’s PEM2s and, more recently, Conserv, the...
The field of collections care is incredibly diverse. Two crucial roles in the institutional heritage world are museum technicians and conservators. While not all institutions will have both, with many only having one or the other, when possible, these professionals...
Austin Senseman to Step Down as CEO, Dave Masom to Take the Helm PRESS RELEASE Birmingham, AL – September 13, 2023 Conserv, a leader in cultural heritage preservation, announced today that its Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Austin Senseman, will be stepping down...
With increasing awareness of the value of heritage assets, the role of preventive conservation education has never been more significant. As a collections care professional, you understand the importance of preserving and maintaining valuable collections. However,...
