Having great environmental monitoring in place is a first step in getting your collection ready to take a loan, to run a special exhibit, and to improve your visitor experience. It’s very common for collections making loans to require specific environmental...
Ellen Orr, our collections consultant, and Sara Cannon, our chief experience officer, went to the Association of Registrars and Collection Specialists Conference in Philadelphia. We sent them to learn about the life of Registrars and collections specialists and how we...
Hello! I’m Ellen Orr, the new Collections Consultant here at Conserv! I’ve been working in the collections field for about six years now; I have a deep love and appreciation for all things collection care! Here is a little bit about me. A Background in...
Here at Conserv, one of our passions is to continuously acquire and share knowledge. We sent our CxO Sara Cannon to the Southeastern Museums Conference with that goal in mind. Here are three takeaways she came home with: I can’t express how amazing SEMC was. Everyone...
I’ve always believed that art is the window to humanity’s soul. Art, artifacts, objects – anything that touches the pulse of mankind – is precious to society and needs be preserved for future generations. This preservation has been a particularly tough...
WiFi is a Problem We’ve laid out a pretty good case for why WiFi isn’t a great solution for conservation-focused environmental monitoring. If you haven’t got a chance to read the article yet, here’s the summary. Collection spaces are large and...