Dirk Neumann, Julian Carter, John E. Simmons and Oliver Crimmen
ISBN: 979-8-218-01102-4
This new book from SPNHC based on the practical experience of experts from different fields engaged in the management and maintenance of fluid collections worldwide. It offers a specific perspective on the management of smaller and medium sized collections and their need to operate with limited resources, offering practical suggestions for care and maintenance. It combines unpublished data, personal knowledge and an extensive literature review on practices and materials used in fluid collections.
The original basis for this book came from the Cloth Workers Foundation’s project on Fluid Preserved Collections at the Natural History Museum in London, 2014. Further input was derived from the first Symposium on Fluid Collections at the Musée national d’histoire naturelle in Paris in 2018. At this symposium, results on conservation research on historic fluids and historic preservation methods were presented.
Each chapter provides baselines for achieving optimal storage and maintenance of collections and offers three different categories based on collections size, usage, and resources. Additional remarks provide further specific recommendations and information. Definitions, decision trees, tables, glossary, and full-colour images make this book a useful resource for collections care staff and administrators, and as a follow-on companion to titles such as the fluid collections chapter in Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage (ISBN 978-0-9978679-2-3) and Fluid Preservation: A Comprehensive Reference (ISBN 978-1-4422-
2965-5).
The book is now available from University Products – Book, Best Practices in the Preservation and Management of Fluid-Preservation