In the realm of cultural heritage preservation, disaster preparedness should stand as a cornerstone of safeguarding our invaluable artifacts and historical records. Museums and cultural heritage organizations face a myriad of challenges in ensuring their survival...
What does it take to plan and execute successful traveling museum exhibits? From making sure an object requested fits the story the exhibit is trying to tell, to ensuring it arrives safely at its destination with all its paperwork in order, traveling collections are...
Just like museums and galleries, archives and libraries must pay close attention to the temperature and humidity conditions in their spaces. It would be tempting to think or expect that archive collections are not as materially diverse as ethnographic museum...
Environmental monitoring is a key aspect of preventive conservation for heritage collections. It involves measuring and recording environmental parameters, such as temperature, relative humidity, light, and pollutants, that can affect the longevity of cultural...
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...
