Cassar Environmental Management

Guidelines for Museums and Galleries
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-134-54686-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 180 Seiten

Reihe: Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management

The key to the survival of museum collections is a stable indoor environment and vital to this is a well-maintained building with effective environmental services. Environmental Management sets out clearly the theory and practice of achieving an appropriate museum environment for both collections and people.
The book emphasises the need for planning and places the environmental needs of museum collections at the forefront of the responsibilities of museum managers. May Cassar stresses the role of the building as the first line of defence against environmental instability, recognising the importance of regular environmental monitoring and control, and the division of museum spaces into critical areas housing collections and non-critical areas accommodating offices, cafes and communal spaces.
Environmental Management presents a strategic approach to environmental management, in contrast to the piecemeal approach to environmental monitoring and control still practised by many museums. However, rather than providing ready solutions and rigid rules, the book introduces principles and ideas on which to base decisions about creating the appropriate environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cassar, May

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Part I: The Principles of Museum Environmental Management 1. Managing Resources 2. Objects, People and Space 3. Developing an Environmental Strategy Part II: Managing and Monitoring the Built Environment 4. Weather, Buildings and Environmental Design 5. The Monitoring Programme Part III: Controlling the Display Environment 6. Controlling from the Centre: Building Management and Environmental Conditioning 7. Control where it's Needed: Room-based Environmental Systems 8. On the Spot: Local Control Part IV: Storage and Transportation: Managing Hidden Stresses 9. Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind 10. Transportation: The Moving Environment Datasheet 1: Record form, spot readings of light and ultraviolet radiation Datasheet 2: Record form, spot readings of relative humidiy and temperature Datasheet 3: Summary chart, weekly minimum and maximum RH, temperature and light readings over 12 months Datasheet 4: Lamp characteristics Select Bibliography Sources of Other Information Glossary Index