Operating on a tight library budget doesn’t necessarily mean compromising on effective collections care. By adhering to achievable best practices based on your own unique situation and employing innovative strategies, you can ensure the preservation of your...
Why would we write a post on the average art conservator salary? At Conserv, we believe in the Team approach to collections care. Working with a multidisciplinary team in a library, archive, gallery or museum means we should not only be able to collaborate and work...
Storing books requires careful consideration of several environmental factors. Book storage temperature has an interesting relationship to conservation goals, which is mostly (although not entirely) due to how temperature and relative humidity relate to each other....
The design and implementation of appropriate museum lighting is a crucial element of both collections care and curatorial decision making. In this blog post, we will talk about the use of natural and artificial light sources in museum lighting design. By understanding...
Getting objects loaned from another museum or collecting institution for a specific exhibition or if you are doing the loaning is a exhaustive process for good reason. Much of our cultural property is damaged in transport in between institutions, so protection during...
