This bibliography was initially prepared in May 2002 by Bruno Pouliot, with the collaboration and assistance of Linda Lennon, Winterthur Class of 1997, who then served as Assistant Conservator on different projects at Winterthur Museum and for WUDPAC. Responsibility for the bibliography was passed to Dr. Joelle Wickens in 2009. It is constantly updated and your suggestions for new sources are welcome. Resources can be filtered by the following topics: Collections Care, General Reference, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Environmental Management, Housing, Storage, and Display, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Light, Mold, Packing and Transport, Pollutants, Relative Humidity and Temperature, Surveys and Assessments, and Sustainability.
Museum collections storage: part I.
Hilberry, J.D. and S. K. Weinberg
1981 – Museum News (March/April 1981):3-7.
Hilberry, J.D. and S. K. Weinberg. 1981. Museum collections storage: part I. Museum News (March/April 1981):3-7.
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Museum collections storage: part II.
Hilberry, J.D. and S. K. Weinberg
1981 – Museum News (May/June 1981): 8-10.
Hilberry, J.D. and S. K. Weinberg. 1981. Museum collections storage: part II. Museum News (May/June 1981): 8-10.
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Integrating preventive conservation into a collections move and rehousing project at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Kaplan, E. et al.
2005 – JAIC 44(3): 217-232.
Kaplan, E. et al. 2005. Integrating preventive conservation into a collections move and rehousing project at the National Museum of the American Indian. JAIC 44(3): 217-232.
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A rapid-response humidity buffer composed of nikka pellets and Japanese tissue.
Kenjo, T.
1982 – Studies in Conservation 27:19-24.
Kenjo, T. 1982. A rapid-response humidity buffer composed of nikka pellets and Japanese tissue. Studies in Conservation 27:19-24.
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Silica gel. CCI Technical Bulletin 10.
Lafontaine, R.
1984 – Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute.
Lafontaine, R. 1984. Silica gel. CCI Technical Bulletin 10. Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute.
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Videos of collection movement at the National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of the American Indian
– National Museum of the American Indian
This website includes several videos on the move of the collection at the National Museum of the American Indian. The video of the move nicely compares old storage versus new and also includes a section on rehousing. (provided by Bruno P. Pouliot)
www.nmai.si.edu/subpage.cfm?subpage=collections&second=collections&third=move
www.nmai.si.edu/subpage.cfmsubpage=collections&second=collections&third=move (accessed August 19, 2009)
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