CONTENTS
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Seriespreface=x
Prefacetothisvolume=xi
Acknowledgements=xii

Introduction:thecontextofcollection'scare/SimonKnell=1
1.Theethicsofconservation/JonathanAshley-Smith=11
2.Cleaningandmeaning:TheRavishedImagereviewed/GerryHedley=21
3.Solventabuse/MichaelDaley=30
4.WorkingexhibitsandthedestructionofevidenceintheScienceMuseum/PeterR.Mann=35
5.Theroleofthescholar-curatorinconservation/PeterCannon-Brookes=47
6.Doobjectshaveafinitelifetime?/SusanM.Bradley=51
7.Auditsofcare:aframeworkforcollectionsconditionsurveys/SuzanneKeene=60
8.Preventiveconservation/GettyconservationInstitute=83
9.Paintings:the(show)caseforpassiveclimatecontrol/EmilBosshard=88
10.SilicagelandrelatedRHbufferingmaterials,conditioningandregenerationtechniques/NathanStolow=9
11.Conservationinthecomputerage/RichardHall=101
12.Museumstuneintoradio/GrahamMartin;DauidFord=105
13.Fresh-airClimateconditioningattheArthurM.SacklerMuseum/MichaelWilliams=107
14.LightandenvironmentalmeasurementandcontrolinNationalTrusthouses/SarahStaniforth=117
15.TheCloreGalleryfortheTurnercollectionattheTateGallery:lightingstrategyandpractice/PeterWilson=123
16.Constructionmaterialsforstorageandexhibition/AnnBrookeCraddock=129
17.Indoorairpollution:effectsonCulturalandhistoricmaterials/NorbertS.Baer;PaulN.Banhs=135
18.Managingmuseumspace/U.VincentWilcox=147
19.Museumcollectionsstorage/JohnD.Hilberry;SusanK.Weinberg=155
20.Here'swhattoconsiderinselectinghigh-densitystorage/AbigailTerrones=176
21.Apolicyforcollectionsaccess/JeanetteA.Richoux;JillSerota-Braden;NancyDemyttenaere=179
22.Visiblestorageforthesmallmuseum/PauiC.Thistle=187
23.Curators'closet/CarrieRebora=197
24.Rulesforhandlingworksofart/EricB.Rowlison=202
25.Rentokilbubble:resultsoftest/R.M.Entwistle;J.Pearson=212
26.Carpetbeetle:apilotstudyindetectionandcontrol/LyndaHillyer;ValerieBlyth=217
27.Pestcontrolinmuseums:theuseofchemicalsandassociatedhealthproblems/MartynJ.minnie=234
28.Experiencingloss/BarclayG.Jones=240
29.MuseumDisasterpreparednessplanning/JohnE.Hunter=246
30.Emergencytreatmentofmaterials/M.S.Uptonandc.Pearson=262
31.Protectingmuseumsfromthreatoffire/H.L.Lein=276

Furtherreading=280
Index=281