Preventative Bibliography

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.

Wood coatings for display and storage cases.

Miles, C.
1986 – Studies in Conservation 31: 114-124

Miles, C. 1986. Wood coatings for display and storage cases. Studies in Conservation 31: 114-124.

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Selection of materials for the storage or display of museum objects. British Museum Occasional Papers No. 111.

Lee, L.R., and D. Thickett
1996 – London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

This is the standard reference for a description of the Oddy tests for the selection of safe materials for display and storage; many variants of this test also now exist in order to try to insure dependency of results and observations. (provided by Bruno P. Pouliot)

Lee, L.R., and D. Thickett. 1996. Selection of materials for the storage or display of museum objects. British Museum Occasional Papers No. 111. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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National Parks Service (NPS) Museum Handbook. Chapter 7: Museum Collection Storage

National Parks Service
unknown – National Parks Service

http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/MHI/mushbkI.html

National Parks Service (NPS) Museum Handbook. Chapter 7: Museum Collection Storage http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/MHI/mushbkI.html

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Storage of natural history collections: a preventive conservation approach.

Rose, C.L., C.A. Hawks, and H.H. Genoways, eds.
1995 – Washington, D.C.: Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.

Rose, C.L., C.A. Hawks, and H.H. Genoways, eds. 1995. Storage of natural history collections: a preventive conservation approach. Washington, D.C.: Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.

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Labeling museum specimens.

Wolf, S., and P.L. Denton.
1985 – Conservation Notes 11 (Jan. 1985) (a quarterly publication of the Materials Conservation Laboratory Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin.)

Wolf, S., and P.L. Denton. 1985. Labeling museum specimens. Conservation Notes 11 (Jan. 1985) (a quarterly publication of the Materials Conservation Laboratory Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin.)

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Museum display cases and the exchange of water vapour.

Brimblecombe, P., and B. Ramer.
1983 – Studies in Conservation 28:179-188.

Brimblecombe, P., and B. Ramer. 1983. Museum display cases and the exchange of water vapour. Studies in Conservation 28:179-188.

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