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The main hazards for ceramics are soluble salts, pollution and poor handling. Wood and wood products give off pollutant gases, such as acetic acid, which can react with salts within the body of the ceramic. This results in crystals forming under the ...
http://www.ashmolean.org/departments/conservation/deterioration/
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- The Repairing Paper Artifacts
Tears are repaired most often to improve the appearance of a torn paper artifact, to prevent a tear from lengthening, to keep fragments from separating, or to make an artifact safer to handle. Often tear repairs are part of a conservation treatment ...
http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/7Conservation_Procedures/03Repairin...
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Offers conservation of paintings and fine arts to museums and nonprofit organizations. ...
http://www.baumanconservation.com/
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- Caring for Document
Guidelines for the care of paper based works of art, including proper storage and handling, essentials of proper framing, protection from light, protection from unsafe temperature and relative humidity conditions, protection from pollution, and disas ...
http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/brochures/caringpaper.pdf
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- Conservation and Prevention
One of the objectives of conservation is to reduce any factors that could result in the deterioration of the collections. Included in the University of Oxfords Mission Statement is the aim To conserve...its special resources including its libraries, ...
http://www.ashmolean.org/departments/conservation/preservationprevention/
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Strategies for conservation, restoration and valorization of historical and archaeological copperbased artifacts from Mediterranean Countries. ...
http://www.efestus.just.edu.jo/
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- Relative Humidity
Basic guidelines from the Northeast Document Conservation Center. ...
http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/2The_Environment/01BasicGuidelines....
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Care, handling and storage of motion picture film including nitrate, acetate and, safetybased film. ...
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/photolea.html
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- Protecting Paper
Exhibitions are educational and enjoyable. Exhibiting works of art or artifacts, especially the unique, the rare, and the wonderful, is an important part of the educational mission of many institutions. It is also an effective way of attracting the a ...
http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/2The_Environment/05ProtectingCollec...
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Effects of environmental factors, including light, temperature and humidity, and pollution, and proper storage and housekeeping of textiles. From the AIC. ...
http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/brochures/textiles.html
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