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.

Temperature and relative humidity conditions encountered in transportation. In Art in Transit: Studies in the Transport of Paintings, ed. M. F. Mecklenburg.

Saunders, D.
1991 – Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art. 299-310.

Saunders, D. 1991. Temperature and relative humidity conditions encountered in transportation. In Art in Transit: Studies in the Transport of Paintings, ed. M. F. Mecklenburg. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art. 299-310.

Filter(s): Packing and Transport, Environmental Management

Working with polyethylene foam and fluted plastic sheet.

Schlichting, C.
1994 – Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute. Technical Bulletin #14.

Schlichting, C. 1994. Working with polyethylene foam and fluted plastic sheet. Ottawa: Canadian Conservation Institute. Technical Bulletin #14.

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The ideal container for travel of humidity-sensitive collections. In Museum registration methods, 3rd ed., revised, ed, D. Dudley, et al.

Stolow, N.
1979 – Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums. 389-394.

Stolow, N. 1979. The ideal container for travel of humidity-sensitive collections. In Museum registration methods, 3rd ed., revised, ed, D. Dudley, et al. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums. 389-394.

Filter(s): Packing and Transport, Environmental Management

The flight of Brancusi birds: de-installation and packing of two marble sculptures.

Tworek-Matuszkiewicz, B.
1997 – Studies in Conservation 42:101-106.

Tworek-Matuszkiewicz, B. 1997. The flight of Brancusi birds: de-installation and packing of two marble sculptures. Studies in Conservation 42:101-106.

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Conservation and exhibitions: packing, transport, storage and environmental conditions.

Stolow, N.
1986 – London: Butterworth Publishers.

Stolow, N. 1986. Conservation and exhibitions: packing, transport, storage and environmental conditions. London: Butterworth Publishers.

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An economical design for a microclimate vitrine for paintings using the picture frame as the primary housing.

Sozzani, L.
1997 – Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 36:95-107.

Sozzani, L. 1997. An economical design for a microclimate vitrine for paintings using the picture frame as the primary housing. Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 36:95-107.

Filter(s): Packing and Transport, Environmental Management