1684
Accession Number
19479
Author
Stewart, Deborah
Editor
Grimstad, Kirsten
Author Affiliation
Mobile Exhibits Programme. 2785 Riverside Drive. Ottawa. Ontario. K1A 0M8. Canada
Title Of Article Chaper
Conservation in the service of mobile exhibits
Title Of Journal Book
ICOM committee for conservation: 8th triennial meeting, Sydney, Australia, 6-11 September, 1987. Preprints
Volume
2
Pages
607-610
Publisher
Getty Conservation Institute
Publisher City
Marina del Rey
ISBN
0-89236-094-1
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
ICOM committee for conservation: 8th triennial meeting
Meeting City
Sydney
Meeting Country
Australia
Abstract
Created in 1973 to increase access to Canada's national collections, the Mobile Exhibits Programme travels year-round bringing museum exhibits mainly to rural communities which do not have ready access to museum facilities. Display artifacts, works of art, natural history specimens, replicas, models, and dioramas are housed in three caravans, each caravan consisting of three fourteen-meter long custom-fitted highway transport trailers depicting a region of Canada. This paper discusses some of the conservation problems which are associated with road travel. These problems include environmental monitoring, climatic extremes, fluctuating temperature and relative humidity, display mounting, dust, and vibration. -- AATA
pub_id
1684
Meeting Date
19870906-19870911