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Preventive conservation for historic house museums / Jane Merritt and Julie A. Reilly.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Merritt, Jane, 1952-
Contributor:
Reilly, Julie A., 1957-
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Series:
American Association for State and Local History book series.
American Association for State and Local History book series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Historic preservation.
Historic house museums--Collection management.
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration.
Dwellings--Conservation and restoration.
Antiquities--Collection and preservation.
Historic house museums--Collection management--United States.
Historic house museums.
Historic preservation--United States.
Dwellings--Conservation and restoration--United States.
Dwellings.
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--United States.
Historic buildings.
Historic house museums--United States--Management.
United States--Antiquities--Collection and preservation.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (217 p.)
polychrome.
Distribution:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2010.
Place of Publication:
Lanham : AltaMira Press, ©2010.
Language Note:
English
System Details:
text file
Summary:
Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums describes the care routines that a historic house should practice to protect the site and its collections from damage, wear, deterioration, and catastrophic loss.
Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Notes; Bibliography; Supplier Resources; Architecture Resources; Web Resources; Index; About the Authors
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index.
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
ISBN:
979-82-16-41074-4
1-282-96095-4
9786612960956
0-7591-1941-4
OCLC:
701605304

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