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Saluti, Andrew

 
9781538139219: The Preparator's Handbook: A Practical Guide for Preparing and Installing Collection Objects

Synopsis

The Preparator's Handbook :A Practical Guide for Preparing and Installing Collection Objects is an invaluable resource for emerging museum professionals or anyone working in galleries and collections with little-to-no previous preparatory experience or training.

This handbook explores, explains, and illustrates the basics for the preparation and installation professionals.
- practical, step-by-step guides that outline museum-standard procedures for most types of collection objects, including works on paper, archival volumes, and historic artifacts.
- templates and guides for presentation, preservation, and collection storage
- illustrated inventories of standard and specialized tools, materials and hardware
- the basics of lighting, audio, and video in installations.
- unique case-studies from working professionals for a wide-range of objects and installations including examples from the Field Museum, the Corning Museum of Glass, and the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- Over 50 illustrations and photographs that accompany the written text.


This practical book is the first of its kind: a guide for novice or amateur collection and gallery professionals as well as an academic textbook for museum studies and fine art students.

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À propos de l?auteur

Andrew Saluti is assistant professor and program coordinator for museum studies at Syracuse University. Before stepping into this academic role, Saluti was the chief curator of exhibitions, programs and education for the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Libraries and the assistant director of the Syracuse University Art Galleries and Collections.

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9781538139226: The Preparator's Handbook: A Practical Guide for Preparing and Installing Collection Objects

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1538139227 ISBN 13 :  9781538139226
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2022
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