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Environmental Management for Collections: Alternative Conservation Strategies for Hot and Humid Climates - Couverture souple

Maekawa, Shin

 
9781606064344: Environmental Management for Collections: Alternative Conservation Strategies for Hot and Humid Climates
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1606064347 ISBN 13 : 9781606064344
Editeur : Getty Publications, 2015

Synopsis

This book is an essential tool for cultural heritage conservators and museum curators, as well as other professionals involved in the design, construction, and maintenance of museums and other buildings housing cultural heritage collections in hot and humid climates.

In recent years more cultural institutions in hot and humid climates have been installing air-conditioning systems to protect their collections and provide comfort for both employees and visitors. This practice, however, can pose complications, including problems of installation and maintenance as well as structural damage to buildings, while failing to provide collections with a viable conservation environment.

This volume offers hands-on guidance to the specific challenges involved in conserving cultural heritage in hot and humid climates. Initial chapters present scientific and geographic overviews of these climates, outline risk-based classifications for environmental control, and discuss related issues of human health and comfort. The authors then describe climate management strategies that offer effective and reliable alternatives to conventional air-conditioning systems and that require minimal intervention to the historic fabric of buildings that house collections. The book concludes with seven case studies of successful climate improvement projects undertaken by the Getty Conservation Institute in collaboration with cultural institutions around the world. Appendixes include a unit conversion table, a glossary, and a full bibliography.

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À propos de l'auteur

Shin Maekawa is a senior scientist at the Getty Conservation Institute. Vincent L. Beltran is an assistant scientist at the Getty Conservation Institute. Michael C. Henry is a principle at Watson and Henry Associates, in Bridgeton, New Jersey.

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Éditeur
Getty Publications
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1606064347
ISBN 13 
9781606064344
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
435
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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