By Marcelle Lunau
Wrapping or boxing or leaving…How do we decide what to do when we want to protect our cultural heritage? And which plastics are safe to use?
Recently I had a conversation with participants at the Balboa Art Conservation Center (BACC) Focus on Collections workshops in Tempe about whether or not plastics are safe to use for wrapping leather objects in storage. In this case, we...
preservation
As many of you know, I have been very concerned about the lack of email archiving in museums. I chaired a session a few years ago at MCN and found that I am not alone in my concern. Since then, things have not improved. In fact, one might say they have worsened as the volume of email continues to increase, as does its use for types of museum correspondence that are crucial for us to preserve.
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