The museum environment revisited : managing heritage environments in the 21st century / edited by Jane Thompson-Webb, Meagen Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson-Webb, Jane, editor.

Smith, Meagen, editor.

Thomson, Garry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Management.

Museums.

Antiquities--Collection and preservation.

Antiquities.

Museum conservation methods.

Thomson, Garry.

Physical Description:

x, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.

Summary:

The Museum Environment Revisited is a valuable text that helps the reader understand collection care fundamentals and the preservation environment, as well as storage issues and decision-making. Presenting contributions from a range of experts working in heritage fields, this reimagining of Thomson's seminal text explains the principles and techniques involved in controlling GLAM environments to minimise and mitigate agents of deterioration, including light, relative humidity and air pollution. Describing data collection and analysis techniques, the book points towards methods of remediation, with reference to international standards and ethics. It also contains important new content, including a chapter on integrated pest management and material about dust, conservation heating, film production lighting as well as sustainable architecture and engineering lighting. It also demonstrates how sustainability policies and risk management have been incorporated into organisational practice in recent years. The Museum Environment Revisited will inform thinking about developing and maintaining appropriate collection preservation environments. It will be essential reading for students, conservation and heritage professionals as well as volunteers working in GLAM and other heritage organisations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781032672588

1032672587

9781032583846

1032583843

OCLC:

1548373699

Publisher Number:

90103641695

CIPO000298820