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Environmental Management for Collections - Alternative Conservation Strategies for Hot and Humid Climates
Shin Maekawa
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Description for Environmental Management for Collections - Alternative Conservation Strategies for Hot and Humid Climates
Paperback. "A practical guide to the conservation of museum and other cultural heritage collections in hot and humid climates"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 435 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 218 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1732.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
435
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606064344
SKU
V9781606064344
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Shin Maekawa
Shin Maekawa is a senior scientist at the Getty Conservation Institute. Vincent L. Beltran is an assistant scientist at the Getty Conservation Institute. Michael Henry is a principal at Watson and Henry Associates, in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
Reviews for Environmental Management for Collections - Alternative Conservation Strategies for Hot and Humid Climates
"It is absolutely right that conservation be in step with the socio-political context surrounding environmen-tally sound approaches. This text does that, and does it well. The authors have, admirably, been awarded the 2016 Prose Award for Environmental Science, and they are to be congratulated for producing a text that is seen as having an impact outside of the conservation sphere. ... Read more