The Relevance of Conservation in Museums

or, When Is Too Much Of A Good Thing, Bad?

Talk presented at NUS Museum - 23rd March 2007

Powerpoint slides handout – PDF, 882kB

Audio recording – MP3, 13.3 MB

E-mail – museum.conservation[at]go.to

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Additional Information - Interventive Conservation

Link – Conservation Book Repair: A training manual

Link – Guidelines For Selecting a Conservator

Additional Information - Preventive Conservation

Link – Jonathan Ashley-Smith “Current Thinking on Environmental Standards” – online article

Further Reading List (PDF, 4Kb) – Collections Care

Link – Collections Link

Link – Caring For Your Treasures

Link – Preserving My Heritage

Link – National Preservation Office Leaflets (British Library)

Link – CCI – Preservation Framework Online

Link – CCI – Recognizing Metals and Their Corrosion Products

Links – GCI Newsletters
Preventive Conservation – summer, 2002
Implementing Preventive Conservation – spring, 2004
Environmental Management – spring, 2007

Link – Library Preservation and Conservation Tutorial

Link – Library Preservation at Harvard

Link – Publications – Cornell University Library, Department of Preservation and Collection Maintenance

Link – Archon – The Simple Archival Information System

Link – Indoor air pollution in museums – An introduction to its effects, monitoring and control

Link – Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Museums & Archives

Additional Information - Formative Conservation

Links – Code of Ethics for Conservators
ICOM-CC – International
AIC – USA
ECCO – Europe
CAPA – Canada
AICCM – Australia

Link – APERTUM – (un)common open space for dialogue on culture, heritage and conservation

Article (PDF, 1.2 Mb) – Chris Caple – Formative Conservation

Further Reading List (PDF, 9kB) – The Conservation of Contemporary Art

Link – International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art

Links - Conservation Courses

Northern States Conservation Centre – Online Museum Classes

Southeastern Library Network, SOLINET, USA – Online Preservation Courses

Northeast Document Conservation Centre, USA - Online Courses

University of Victoria, British Columbia – Cultural Resource Management Program, Distance-Learning Courses

International Academic Projects, UK

The Association of North American Graduate Programmes in Conservation

Educational Opportunities in museum, library, and archives conservation / preservation

American Institute for Conservation Seminars, Workshops, and Study Tours

Links - On-line Journals & Publications

Journal of the American Institute for Conservation

e-PRESERVATION Science

V&A Conservation Journal

Conservation – The GCI Newsletter

Journal of Conservation & Museum Studies

The International Journal of Intangible Heritage

Online Conservation / Preservation Serials

The Heritage Journal – Singapore

Tate Papers

Links - Reference

Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online

Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts OnLine

Archetype Books, UK

Links - Conservation and Museum Web-Sites & Weblogs

Conservation OnLine

Conservation Organisations

ICOM – International Council of Museums -

ICOM-CC – International Committee for Conservation

ICCROM – The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property

IIC – International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

AIC – American Institue for Conservation

AICCM – Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material

CCI – Canadian Conservation Institute

ECCO – European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers’ Organization

GCI – Getty Conservation Institute

ICON – Institute of Conservation, UK

MCI – Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution

INCCA – International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art

Heritage Preservation, USA

Conservation DistList – mailing list

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Museums & Archives

World Heritage Forum

APERTUM – (un)common open space for dialogue on culture, heritage and conservation

HangingTogether: Digital Preservation

Digital Preservation Mailing List

Conservation Research Mailing List

Links - Singapore HeritageWeb-Sites & Blogs

Singapore Museum Rountable

Singapore Heritage Society

Singapore Heritage Mailing List

Save Our Chinese Heritage

South-east Asian Archaeology

Yesterday.sg

Singapore Stuff

i came i saw, i come i see

Heritage Conservation Centre

National Heritage Board

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