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Supporting distributed cultural collections by connecting conservators and custodians

Collection Tips and Guides

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Dust and Pollutants

Understand how to minimise pollution in your collection’s environment.

Planning and Budgeting

Budgetary process in terms of planning, controlling and reviewing income and expenditure, and the achievement of objectives.

Textiles

Display historic textiles in such a way as to ensure their preservation.

Photographs

Learn about appropriate storage and display techniques to ensure the preservation of photographic collections.

Acquisitions and Significance

How knowing the significance of an object can help institutions set priorities for work programs and the allocation of resources.

Managing Volunteers

Explore common goals for both paid staff and volunteers and the potential advantages of having volunteers in your organisation.

Storage and Display

Know the ideal conditions for storing and displaying mixed collections of objects.

Wood

The main problems affecting the condition and longevity of objects made wholly or partially from wood.

Transportation

Understand the need to protect objects from fluctuations in environmental conditions when moving them from one climatic zone to another.

Leather

Understand the storage and display conditions which are required to minimise the deterioration of leather objects.

Access to collections

Be familiar with a variety of display techniques which can help minimise the risks caused by public access.

Counter-Disaster Planning

Understand the need to assess the extent of a disaster, and quickly assemble the resources you need to deal with it.

Health and Safety

Chemicals and Solvents.

Volunteers

Recruitment and selection.

Paintings

Climatic Zones.

Handling

Handling composite objects.

Common Deterioration Processes

Examples of Deterioration.

Electronic Information Media

Preserving audio and video recordings on tape.

Collection Surveys and Condition Reporting

Examining Objects.

Photographs

Identification of historic photographs.

Paintings

Handling Stretched Canvas.

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reCollections: Caring for Distributed Collections, has been written by practicing conservators and is intended to provide a sound guide for the preventive care of cultural items. Active conservation treatment of cultural material should only be undertaken by, or on the advice of, a trained conservator. Before relying on any of the material in this guide, users should check its accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance for their purposes and should obtain appropriate professional advice. If in doubt, consult a conservator.

© 2018 by The University of Melbourne. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This publication is based on the original work reCollections © Commonwealth of Australia 1998.

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Collection Tips and Guides

Dust and Pollutants

Planning and Budgeting

Textiles

Photographs

Acquisitions and Significance

Managing Volunteers

Storage and Display

Wood

Transportation

Leather

Access to collections

Counter-Disaster Planning

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© 2018 by The University of Melbourne. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This publication is based on the original work reCollections © Commonwealth of Australia 1998.