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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
At CONSERV we care about collections AND the people who care for collections. We recently sat down with Chloe Richardson, the Collections Coordinator at the Matheson History...
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...
Evolution of Monitoring Technology
Understanding the environment your collections are housed in is not a new concept. Curators and collectors have historically recognized that things like sun exposure,...
A Short History of Preventive Conservation
What is “preventive conservation?” Preventive conservation is an umbrella term within the preservation world that describes actions meant to prevent damage to cultural...
The Definitive Guide to Environmental Monitoring
The Definitive Guide to Environmental Monitoring for Collections?! We’ve long had the idea for a definitive guide to environmental monitoring for collections - the topic of...
Announcing a New Partner! FAIC’s Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP)
FAIC’s Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) and Conserv are partnering to help small and mid-sized museums manage their collection environments with confidence....
Preparing for the unexpected: the value of real-time environmental monitoring
An effective environmental monitoring program is about more than measuring the environment. There are many challenges that need to be overcome to properly protect a...
Team Conserv at the 2022 SMA Annual Conference
Conserv at the SMA Annual Conference I was fortunate to represent Conserv at the 2022 Small Museums Association (SMA) 38th Annual Conference this year in College Park...
Team Conserv at the 2022 AIC Annual Conference
Team Conserv recently joined over 1,000 conservation and collections care professionals at the 2022 AIC Annual Conference in Los Angeles, CA. The American Institute for...
What is Integrated Pest Management?
Maria Bastidas-Spence of the Conserv Community Board has a background in Conservation and Marketing and holds a MA in Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture from the...
Disaster Preparedness at the National World War II Museum
May 1 is Mayday, which was established by the Society of American Archivists and Heritage Preservation, now part of the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, to raise...
Conserv Welcomes Dave Masom
The team at Conserv is growing! This week we are introducing: Dave Masom. He is our new Chief Product Officer. Before joining Conserv, Dave worked for seven years at Pack...
Conserv Welcomes Yadin Larochette
This week we are introducing Yadin Larochette, who is taking on the new role of president to help lead Conserv as we grow and continue to support the heritage preservation...