Collections Stewardship at the Smithsonian
Collections Stewardship at the Smithsonian

Author: United States Congress

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-09-30

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9781977821515

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Collections stewardship at the Smithsonian : hearing before the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, held in Washington, DC, July 17, 2013.

Museum Collections
Museum Collections

Author: U. S. Department U.S. Department of the Interior

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-22

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781511679497

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The Department of the Interior is failing to fulfill its stewardship responsibilities over museum collections second in size only to the Smithsonian Institution. The Department manages collections that are estimated to include over 146 million items of artwork, artifacts, and other museum objects at 625 Department facilities and at least 1,020 non-DOI facilities.

Preventive Conservation
Preventive Conservation

Author: Lisa Elkin

Publisher:

Published: 2019-05

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780997867923

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Good storage is the foundation of effective collection care, advancing conservation while at the same time promoting accessibility and use. Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage covers the storage of all types of collections, including science, fine and decorative art, history, library, archive, and digital collections. It concentrates on preventive conservation and emphasizes a risk management approach. Reflecting the breadth of its scope, the new book is collaboration between The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections; the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works; the Smithsonian Institution; and the George Washington University Museum Studies Program.

Museums and Source Communities
Museums and Source Communities

Author: Alison K. Brown

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-06-28

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1134463782

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This volume combines some of the most influential published research in this emerging field with newly commissioned essays on the issues, problems and lessons involved in collaborating museums and source communities. Focusing on museums in the UK, North America and the Pacific, the book highlights three areas which demonstrate the new developments most clearly: the museum as field site or 'contact zone' - a place which source community members enter for purposes of consultation and collaboration visual repatriation - the use of photography to return images of ancestors, historical moments and material heritage to source communities exhibition case studies - these are discussed to reveal the implications of cross-cultural and collaborative research for museums, and how such projects have challenged established attitudes and practices. As the first overview of its kind, this collection will be essential reading for museum staff working with source communities, for community members involved with museum programmes, and for students and academics in museum studies and social anthropology.

Scientific Examination of Art
Scientific Examination of Art

Author:

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0309096251

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Examines the application of scientific methods to the study and conservation of art and cultural properties. This work addresses scientific topics of broad interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines and attracting up to 250 leadingresearchers in the field.