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.
Oxygen-free museum cases.
Maekawa, S., ed.
1998 – Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
Maekawa, S., ed. 1998. Oxygen-free museum cases. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
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Silica gel.
Lafontaine, R.
1984 – Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute. Technical Bulletin #10.
Lafontaine, R. 1984. Silica gel. Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute. Technical Bulletin #10.
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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.
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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Exhibit Conservation Guidelines. Incorporating Conservation into Exhibit Planning, Design and Fabrication.
National Park Service Division of Conservation.
1999 – Harpers Ferry, WV: National Park Service, Division of Conservation, Harpers Ferry Center. (CD-ROM)
National Park Service Division of Conservation. 1999. Exhibit Conservation Guidelines. Incorporating Conservation into Exhibit Planning, Design and Fabrication. Harpers Ferry, WV: National Park Service, Division of Conservation, Harpers Ferry Center. (CD-ROM)
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The corrosion of metals on display. Conservation in archaeology and the applied arts: Preprints of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works conference, Stockholm.
Oddy, W.A.
1975 – London: International Institute for Conservation. 235-237.
Oddy, W.A. 1975. The corrosion of metals on display. Conservation in archaeology and the applied arts: Preprints of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works conference, Stockholm. London: International Institute for Conservation. 235-237.
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Designing for Conservation.
National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME).
2001 – The Exhibitionist. Vol. 20, no. 2, Fall 2001.
Besides the two articles mentioned elsewhere in this section, the other 10 articles in this journal, were written by diverse specialists and discuss the needs for museum exhibits to incorporate conservation requirements; the multidisciplinary approach that is presented should be very interesting and useful to conservators. I recommend that you get a copy for your own future use.
National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME). Designing for Conservation. The Exhibitionist. Vol. 20, no. 2, Fall 2001.
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