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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...
Guide To Water Damage & Risk In Collections Care
Water is a vital substance to all known forms of life on this planet, and a key ingredient in the production of many cultural heritage materials. Think of the large amounts...
Understanding Light As An Agent Of Deterioration For Collections
Light is one of the trickiest Agents of Deterioration: it’s all around us, even when we can’t see it, and it’s what lets us appreciate everything around us visually. We need...
Relative Humidity and Temperature Parameters For Collections Care
Relative humidity is a measurement of the amount of water in the air. It is important to collection managers because the objects in our collections respond to relative...
Defining Environmental Monitoring Goals In Collections Care
Defining environmental monitoring goals - what are you looking to understand about your collection? When setting up an environmental monitoring program one of the first...
Introducing the Agents of Deterioration
The agents of deterioration (AoD) is a tool developed by the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI). Inspired by risk management, the AoD can provide those responsible for...