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.

The dimensional stability of paintings in transit. ICOM Committee for Conservation preprints, 8th Triennial Meeting, Sydney.

Hackney, S.
1987 – Paris: ICOM. 597-600.

Hackney, S. 1987. The dimensional stability of paintings in transit. ICOM Committee for Conservation preprints, 8th Triennial Meeting, Sydney. Paris: ICOM. 597-600.

Filter(s): Packing and Transport

Packing of Michelangelo’s Pieta.

Gordon, J.
1967 – Studies in Conservation 12: 57-67.

Gordon, J. 1967. Packing of Michelangelo’s Pieta. Studies in Conservation 12: 57-67.

Filter(s): Packing and Transport

Harvard’s glass flowers: a case study in traveling a fragile collection.

Fulton, S.E., and S. M. Rossi-Wilcox.
2007 – Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 47(1): 15-26.

A great case study in the packing and transportation of particularly fragile works of art.

Fulton, S.E., and S. M. Rossi-Wilcox. 2007. Harvard’s glass flowers: a case study in traveling a fragile collection. Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 47(1): 15-26.

Filter(s): Packing and Transport

John Molini Crate Packing Video.

Molini, John
2012

www.paccin.org/showthread.php?489-John-Molini-crate-packing-video

John Molini Crate Packing Video. 2012. www.paccin.org/showthread.php489-John-Molini-crate-packing-video (accessed 08/24/12).

Filter(s): Packing and Transport

Shock and vibration handbook. 3d ed.

Harris, C., ed.
1987 – New York: McGraw-Hill.

Harris, C., ed. 1987. Shock and vibration handbook. 3d ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Filter(s): Packing and Transport

Formaldehyde: how great is the danger to museum collections?

Hatchfield, P. and J. Carpenter.
1987 – Cambridge, Massachusetts: Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Art Museums.

Hatchfield, P. and J. Carpenter. 1987. Formaldehyde: how great is the danger to museum collections Cambridge, Massachusetts: Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Art Museums.

Filter(s): Pollutants