Conservation and Collection Care Services

Services available cover all aspects of collection care ranging from audits and planning to specialised courses and training. For further information please contact Deirdre Mulley.

Education and training:

• Lectures and seminars on conservation
• Training museum staff and volunteers in collection care
• Courses designed, organised and delivered for audiences with specific requirements

Collection management and audits:

• General preservation audits
• Long-term conservation planning
• Advice on specialist products and services
• Storage problems and solutions

Environmental management:

• Advice on monitoring and control of temperature, relative humidity, light/UV and pollution
• Help with understanding technical information
• Planning future energy saving environmental management strategies
• Surveys of buildings with emphasis on the condition of collections and conservation requirements
• Control of pest infestation

Project management:

• Cost / benefit appraisals for collection care
• Programming of conservation work for particular displays
• Advice on meeting the Government Indemnity Scheme for loans and exhibitions

Moving collections:

• Proposals for packaging and moving objects in the collection
• Safe decanting of collection prior to construction work
• In situ protection

Arts Council England – Accreditation Scheme and beyond:

• Assistance with collection care and conservation issues
• Security guidance

Lottery applications:

• Guidance on the whole range of conservation measures required for a successful bid – from preventive conservation to remedial treatments

Emergency planning:

• Flood, fire and theft – risk assessment
• Co-ordination of strategies to mitigate risks
• Strategic planning for group co-operation in a disaster

Health and safety issues:

• Identifying responsibilities and liabilities of a museum