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.

Packing: a case study.

Staniforth, S.
1984 – National Gallery Technical Bulletin 8:53-62. (London: The National Gallery)

Staniforth, S. 1984. Packing: a case study. National Gallery Technical Bulletin 8:53-62. (London: The National Gallery)

Filter(s): Packing and Transport

The care of cultural property in transit: case design for traveling exhibitions.

Piechota, D. and G. Hansen.
1982 – Technology and Conservation 7(4):32-46.

Piechota, D. and G. Hansen. 1982. The care of cultural property in transit: case design for traveling exhibitions. Technology and Conservation 7(4):32-46.

Filter(s): Packing and Transport

The effect of painting orientation during air transportation. In Preprints to the ICOM 14th Triennial Meeting, The Hague, 12-16 September 2005, ed. I. Verger.

Saunders, D.
2005 – London: James & James. 700-707.

Saunders, D. 2005. The effect of painting orientation during air transportation. In Preprints to the ICOM 14th Triennial Meeting, The Hague, 12-16 September 2005, ed. I. Verger. London: James & James. 700-707.

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The testing of packing cases for the transport of paintings. ICOM Committee for Conservation preprints, 7th Triennial Meeting, Copenhagen.

Staniforth, S.
1984 – Paris: ICOM. 84.12.7- 84.12.16.

Staniforth, S. 1984. The testing of packing cases for the transport of paintings. ICOM Committee for Conservation preprints, 7th Triennial Meeting, Copenhagen. Paris: ICOM. 84.12.7- 84.12.16.

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Mechanical behavior of paintings subjected to changes in temperature and relative humidity. In Art in Transit: Studies in the Transport of Paintings, ed. M. F. Mecklenburg.

Mecklenburg, M.
1991 – Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art. 173-216.

Mecklenburg, M. 1991. Mechanical behavior of paintings subjected to changes in temperature and relative humidity. In Art in Transit: Studies in the Transport of Paintings, ed. M. F. Mecklenburg. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art. 173-216.

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Foam cushioning materials: Techniques for their proper use. In Art in Transit: Studies in the Transport of Paintings, ed. M. F. Mecklenburg.

Richard, M.
1994 – Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art. 269-278.

Richard, M. 1991. Foam cushioning materials: Techniques for their proper use. In Art in Transit: Studies in the Transport of Paintings, ed. M. F. Mecklenburg. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art. 269-278.

Filter(s): Packing and Transport