10484
Accession Number
5196
Title Of Article Chaper
The role of conservation in planning for museum renovation and expansion
Title Of Journal Book
Preprints of papers presented at the seventh annual meeting of the AIC, Toronto, Canada, 30 May-1 June 1979
Pages
94-107
Collation
1 footnote
Publisher
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. 7
Meeting City
Toronto
Abstract
Describes the planning of an addition to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. The entire museum staff was consulted to determine the needs in all facilities. Meetings between the conservation and curatorial staffs helped determine display and storage requirements as well as office and laboratory requirements. Objects were categorized according to the amount of relative humidity and light they can endure.
Keywords
Museum, climatology; Museum, collection maintenance; Museum, collection display; Museum, control environment; Museum, illumination; Museum, organization; Humidity, air climatology; Climatology, microclimate nanoclimate ICCROM
pub_id
10484
Meeting Date
19790530-19790601