Includes bibliographical references (page 280) and index.
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A policy for collections access / Jeanette A. Richoux, Jill Serota-Braden and Nancy Demyttenaere -- Visible storage for the small museum / Paul C. Thistle -- Curators' closet / Carrie Rebora -- Rules for handling works of art / Eric B. Rowlison -- Rentokil bubble: results of test / R.M. Entwistle and J. Pearson -- Carpet beetle: a pilot study in detection and control / Lynda Hillyer and Valerie Blyth -- Pest control in museums: the use of chemicals and associated health problems / Martyn J. Linnie -- Experiencing loss / Barclay G. Jones -- Museum disaster preparedness planning / John E. Hunter -- Emergency treatment of materials / M.S. Upton and C. Pearson -- Protecting museums from threat of fire / H.L. Lein.
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Conservation in the computer age / Richard Hall -- Museums tune in to radio / Graham Martin and David Ford -- Fresh-air climate conditioning at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum / Michael Williams -- Light and environmental measurement and control in National Trust houses / Sarah Staniforth -- The Clore Gallery for the Turner collection at the Tate Gallery: lighting strategy and practice / Peter Wilson -- Construction materials for storage and exhibition / Ann Brooke Craddock -- Indoor air pollution: effects on cultural and historic materials / Norbert S. Baer and Paul N. Banks -- Managing museum space / U. Vincent Wilcox -- Museum collections storage / John D. Hilberry and Susan K. Weinberg -- Here's what to consider in selecting high-density storage / Abigail Terrones.
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The ethics of conservation / Jonathan Ashley-Smith -- Cleaning and meaning: The ravished image reviewed / Gerry Hedley -- Solvent abuse / Michael Daley -- Working exhibits and the destruction of evidence in the science museum / Peter R. Mann -- The role of the scholar-curator in conservation / Peter Cannon-Brookes -- Do objects have a finite lifetime? / Susan M. Bradley -- Audits of care: a framework for collections condition surveys / Suzanne Keene -- Preventive conservation / Getty Conservation Institute -- Paintings: the (show) case for passive climate control / Emil Bosshard -- Silica gel and related RH buffering materials, conditioning and regeneration techniques / Nathan Stolow.