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.
Good show: a practical guide to temporary exhibitions.
Witteborg, L.P.
1981 – Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibitions Service.
Witteborg, L.P. 1981. Good show: a practical guide to temporary exhibitions. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibitions Service.
Filter(s): Housing, Storage, and Display
Practical Conservation Guidelines for Successful Hospitality Events in Historic Houses.
English Heritage.
4-Oct
This brochure has sound and very practical recommendations to make. It is a good reference to pass along to other museum staffs, and also a good comparison to use when compromises must be reached between the demands to use the facility for entertainment and the risks this represents for the collection.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/6939_EHSuccessfulHosp.pdf
English Heritage. October 2004. Practical Conservation Guidelines for Successful Hospitality Events in Historic Houses. Available at: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/6939_EHSuccessfulHosp.pdf
Filter(s): Collections Care, General Reference
To dust or not to dust? Review of Care of Collections Group Dust Study Group conference, Hampton Court Palace, May 2006.
Dawes, H.
6-Jul – ICON News 5: 37-38.
This review provides a good summary of the most recent research done in England on dust monitoring and mitigation.
Dawes, H. 2006 (July). To dust or not to dust Review of Care of Collections Group Dust Study Group conference, Hampton Court Palace, May 2006. ICON News 5: 37-38.
Filter(s): Collections Care
Managing dust in historic houses — a visitor/conservator interface. ICOM Committee for Conservation Preprints, 14th Triennial Meeting, The Hague.
Lithgow, K, H. Loyd, P. Brimblecombe, Y.H. Yoon, and D. Thickett.
2005 – Paris: ICOM. II:662-669.
This article demonstrates the close interaction of high RH on the accumulation of dust, and brings about an interesting discussion that the visitors’ perception of dust may differ significantly from what museum staff anticipate.
Lithgow, K, H. Loyd, P. Brimblecombe, Y.H. Yoon, and D. Thickett. 2005. Managing dust in historic houses — a visitor/conservator interface. ICOM Committee for Conservation Preprints, 14th Triennial Meeting, The Hague. Paris: ICOM. II:662-669.
Filter(s): Collections Care
Historic house museums: a practical handbook for their care, preservation & management.
Butcher-Younghans, S.
1993 – New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press.
Butcher-Younghans, S. 1993. Historic house museums: a practical handbook for their care, preservation & management. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press.
Filter(s): Collections Care, General Reference
How to care for your old house: an owner’s manual.
Johnson, A.
1987 – New Haven, Connecticut: Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.
Johnson, A. 1987. How to care for your old house: an owner’s manual. New Haven, Connecticut: Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.
Filter(s): Collections Care, General Reference