Collection Care (eBook)

An Illustrated Handbook for the Care and Handling of Cultural Objects

Brent Powell (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
446 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3883-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Collection Care: An Illustrated Handbook for the Care and Handling of Cultural Objects provides a solid overview of basic collection care procedures and policies. The topics covered address the decision making criteria and risk assessment solutions involved in the best practices for handling art and artifacts. Technical subjects will cover proven techniques, materials, equipment and address problem solving assessment and current solutions. The comprehensive overview of staff responsibilities, relationships and training will bring the book to a conclusion of addressing the unison of all professionals responsible for proper handling and caring for collections. Highlights include: This book provides both visual and narrative descriptions of current best practices for caring for collection objects. Emphasis is placed on risk assessment in the decision-making process with proven, accepted technical methods and materials. Detailed coverage of technical methods and methodologies for principles of proper handling, transport, and storage or two and three dimensional objects.Chapters will cover the institutional structure for managing, hiring, training both full and part time staff responsible for safely handling and caring of collection objects.100 photographs, figures, and charts provide overall directions for collection care, preventive maintenance, and proper handling of objects.

Autor

Brent Powell has worked in the museum industry for thirty years within theUnited States and Australia. He has created handling manuals for the Nelson-Atkins Museumof Art, Kansas City, Missouri, and developed ongoing training and educational programsfor many institutions including the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and theNational Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.Powell has conducted and spoken at numerous workshops and sessions on handling artand artifacts throughout the United States at the American Alliance of Museums AnnualMeetings, Webinars, regional museum conferences, conservation courses, and privateprograms for colleges, private collectors, and commercial fine art handling companies. InAustralia he has conducted workshops for the Australian Registrars Committee, RegionalVictoria; in Malaysia at the University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur; and for the M+ Museum,University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, China. Powell is principal of his private company,Museum Collection Care. He is currently manager and training coordinator at Crozier Fine Arts in New York , NY. He has a Master of Fine Art in painting from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Inhalt

ForewordAcknowledgmentsPrefacePart 1: Overview and HistoryChapter 1: History Focus On: Creating an Institutional Preservation Culture, Rebecca FifieldChapter 2: Organizational StructuresCase Study: Comparing Approaches: The Museum and the Transport Agent, Jim GrundyChapter 3: Training, Health, and SafetyCase Study: Mentoring and the Collection Care Profession, Kurt ChristianCase Study: Training at Crozier, Nicole Bouchard Tejeiro Part 2: Guidelines and PrinciplesChapter 4: Two-dimensional Objects: Procedures and PracticesFocus On: The US National Park Service Museum Handbooks: The Evolution of a Museum Manual, Dr. Abby Sue FisherChapter 5: Three-dimensional Objects: Procedures and PracticesFocus On: Rigging Safety Is No Accident, Kevin MarshallFocus On: Risk Assessment in Packing Design, John MoliniPart 3: Working within Collection Care EnvironmentsChapter 6: The Internal EnvironmentFocus On: Lighting in the Museum, Simm SteelChapter 7: The External EnvironmentFocus On: Art Packing and Transport: Cushioning Foam Selection and Application, Geoff BrowneFocus On: International Shipping by Air and Sea, Kim PowellChapter 8: Working with Materials and Equipment Focus On: Specialized Art Handling Equipment: When It Is Necessary & How to Develop It, Mark SlatteryBibliographyReferences and ResourcesAbout the ContributorsAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.10.2015
• Vorwort: Mervin Richard
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: conservation • Museum collections
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-3883-6 / 1442238836
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-3883-1 / 9781442238831