If you are a collections care professional who does not work with public-facing tasks but rather with the management and stewardship of the collections, chances are you already have some sort of environmental monitoring setup. Or perhaps you are in an older...
Traveling exhibits are a great way to showcase the diversity and richness of cultural heritage, especially for small museums that may not have the resources or space to host permanent collections. However, traveling exhibits also pose significant challenges for...
How can museum technology help you with preservation in historic properties? One of the major frustrations we have heard from talking to users and potential customers for Conserv is: We don’t have HVAC systems. What’s the point of monitoring if there’s nothing we can...
Humidity, or more accurately for conservation purposes, relative humidity (RH), is one of the most important environmental factors that affect the preservation of collections. Too high or too low RH can cause damage such as corrosion, cracking, warping, and even...
What is IoT and what does this fancy-sounding technology thing have to do with museums? IoT is short for the Internet of Things. This term relates to the interconnection of devices over the internet. Generally, these devices will have a sensor of some sort to measure...
