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.
Conservation surveys.
Hutchins, J.
1987 – Virginia Association of Museums Technical Information #?.:5-6.
Hutchins, J. 1987. Conservation surveys. Virginia Association of Museums Technical Information #.:5-6.
Filter(s): Surveys and Assessments
Technical Leaflet: General Preservation.
Northeast Document Conservation Center.
1991 – (In AAM Sourcebook 1992?): 85-91.
Northeast Document Conservation Center. 1991. Technical Leaflet: General Preservation. (In AAM Sourcebook 1992): 85-91.
Filter(s): Surveys and Assessments
The conservator’s role in climate improvement projects for historic house museums.
Jessup, W.
2001 – Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.
Jessup, W. 2001. The conservator’s role in climate improvement projects for historic house museums. Unpublished bibliography. Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.
Filter(s): General Reference, Environmental Management
Investigating subjectivity within collection condition surveys.
Taylor, J. and S. Stevenson
1999 – Museum Management and Curatorship 18(1):19-42.
Taylor, J. and S. Stevenson. 1999. Investigating subjectivity within collection condition surveys. Museum Management and Curatorship 18(1):19-42.
Filter(s): Surveys and Assessments
An integrated approach to risk assessment and condition surveys.
Taylor, J.
2005 – Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 44(2): 127-141.
The author, currently a professor at the Centre for Sustainable Heritage at University College London, speculate that a combination of risk assessment and condition surveys represents a much complete tool to interpret and plan for aspects related to the preventive care of collections.
Taylor, J. 2005. An integrated approach to risk assessment and condition surveys. Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 44(2): 127-141.
Filter(s): Surveys and Assessments
Collections care: a selected bibliography.
De Torres, A., ed.
1990 – Washington, D.C.: National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property.
Although this book is already ten years old, it contains a wealth of good references on all aspects of preventive conservation
De Torres, A., ed. 1990. Collections care: a selected bibliography. Washington, D.C.: National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property.
Filter(s): Collections Care, General Reference