Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pte. 1: The Five Major Issues in Environmental Protection of Collections: Temperature and Relative Humidity ; Light and Lighting ; Air Quality ; Mold and Pest Control ; Preventing Physical Damage
  • Pte. 2: Assessing the Needs of Collections: Organic Materials: Metals ; Copper and copper alloys ; Special problems: Bonzes ; Silver ; Gold ; Lead ; Iron ; Special problems: coins and medals ; Special problems: toleware and other painted or gilded metals ; Special problems: soft silver-colored alloys ; Ceramics ; Glass ; Stone ; Plaster ; Mineral specimens ; Special problems: pyrite ; Fossils
  • Organic Materials: Wood and wood products ; Baskets ; Barkcloth ; Bark paintings ; Bark objects ; Fayum portraits ; Ivory ; Special problems: miniatures on ivory ; Leather and other skin materials ; Paper ; Special problems: contemporary paper objects ; Special problems: Oriental paper ; Special problems: pastels and charcoals ; Special problems: stamps ; Photographic materials ; Special problems: cellulose nitrate ; Special problems: diacetate films ; Textiles ; Costumes and costume accessories ; Miscellaneous organic materials: Lacquer ; Shells, Feathers, Amber
  • Objects of Mixed Materials: Paintings ; Picture frames ; Furniture ; Contemporary works ; Ethnographic objects ; Functional objects: Books, Musical instruments ; Scientific instruments, guns, etc.
  • Assessing a Specific Collection.