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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
Kristen Costa added Conserv to her preservation tools for reduced traveling between collection locations and improved team communications.
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...
Environmental Control For Collections Care
One of the major goals of a data monitoring program is to eventually make improvements to your collection environment. These improvements can be in the form of reduced...
Nurturing A Museum Facilities & Conservation Team Approach
You may be personally responsible for maintaining healthy conditions for your collections or beloved cultural heritage building, both as a result of your org chart and also...
Environmental Data Reports For Collections Care
A data report is any type of documentation that describes an analysis of your environmental data. It can be short and simple or quite complex, depending on the amount of...
Environmental Data Analysis In Collections Care
Once you have begun collecting environmental data you are ready to set a timeline for environmental data analysis. Having a full year of data is ideal for preservation...
Monitoring Temperature and Humidity in the Most Humid City in Florida
The Matheson History Museum uses Conserv for monitoring temperature and humidity in historic buildings located in Florida’s most humid city.
Environmental Data Collection For Collections Care
What data does an environmental monitoring program typically collect? The most often gathered data is for temperature (degrees), relative humidity (%) and light (lux)....
Environmental Data: The Big Picture For Collections Care
What is environmental data? Environmental data is any organized information that is gathered about the environment in which an object or artwork is stored, handled, or...