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No Book Conservator At Work — 7 Resources To Guide You
If you don’t have access to an in-house book conservator in your institution, do not fear! Many collections professionals will only rarely get access to specialists, so it’s...
Rehousing Music Records and Rolls at the Arizona Historical Society
By: Jace Dostal, Curator of Collections, Arizona History Museum Collections at the Arizona Historical Society Established by an Act of the First Territorial Legislature on...
Book Storage And Humidity – A Brief Q&A
Mold, red rot, insect damage, and corrosion of metal elements can be some of the most concerning forms of deterioration for book collections - and they are all directly or...
Museum Lighting Guidelines – 7 Open Access Articles To Help Your Collection
Museum lighting guidelines are often overlooked despite light’s impressive role in deteriorating our collections. You probably understand relative humidity and temperature...
Protecting A Special Collection In Your Library From Deterioration
Special collections in libraries represent historical significance, cultural relevance, and immense value to the communities they serve. These collections often include rare...
Choosing Museum Lights for Paintings – 7 Aspects To Consider
Choosing the correct museum lights for paintings is extremely important when it comes to achieving the balance between preserving and showcasing paintings in a museum or...
TWPI Added To Conserv Cloud Software — New Features @ Conserv
At Conserv, we are always updating our platform to meet your expectations and needs. We want you to be able to manage your collections with confidence, using bespoke tools...
Balancing Light Levels in Museums & Preventive Conservation Goals
There is so much to keep in mind when it comes to preventive conservation in a museum setting. Most of the time, the most prevalent metrics of temperature and relative...
Preventive Conservation & Evansville African American Museum
The Evansville African American Museum is located in Evansville, Indiana, and is situated in the historical Baptisttown district. The museum is classified as small, with...
The Definitive Guide to Environmental Monitoring for Collections
We are thrilled to present the Definitive Guide to Environmental Monitoring for Collections, a comprehensive resource for preservation professionals to improve their...
Collections Assessment for Preservation at the Disaster Research Center
The E.L. Quarantelli Resource Collection (ELQ) at the Disaster Research Center (University of Delaware) holds hundreds of thousands of items, including unique historic...
Remote Environmental Monitoring Equipment for Museums With The National WWII Museum
At Conserv, we care about collections AND the people who care for collections. We talked to Toni back in May 2022 on disaster preparedness at The National World War II...
Improving your environment
You are a collections care expert. You are well-trained, and possibly even have many years of experience in this unusual field. Your organization relies on you to provide...
Environmental monitoring standards
Environmental monitoring standards? Which standards? Environmental monitoring standards for collection environments are a series of targets for factors such as relative...
Preservation tools for collection care designed to save you time
At Conserv, we care about collections AND the people who care for collections. In this latest blog, we talked with Kristen Costa about how she uses Conserv’s museum...
Our Commitment to the Preservation Community
Today we're renewing our commitment to the preservation community. We built Conserv on the belief that we can provide something truly valuable for preservation professionals...
Gasket Replacement of Vintage Storage Cases at McKissick Museum
Collections storage at McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina is fraught with challenges because the building was not purpose built – a challenge that many...
Funding your environmental monitoring program
Funding your environmental monitoring program Collection stewards who take on preservation responsibilities have likely heard some version of the statement, “environmental...
Rolled Textile Storage At The Arizona Museum of Natural History
The Arizona Museum of Natural History (AzMNH) Anthropology Department was excited to be chosen for the Conserv Preservation Award to re-house several ethnographic textiles...
Saving The Matter And The Image At The Wolfsonian-FlU
The Schultze & Weaver archive at the Wolfsonian-FIU One of the most valued holdings in The Wolfsonian–FIU collection is the Schultze & Weaver archive, a group of...