Environmental Agents
Museum London
421 Ridout Street North, London
Monday September 18 & Tuesday September 19, 2006
Bilingual Presentation
Registration fee: $195 (OAAG Members & Students), $250 (General)
This is an introduction to the strategic preservation of the collection
against agents of deterioration, especially those environmental ones,
such as light, relative humidity and atmospheric pollutants. The module
will be in the form of a traditional presentation, group exercise,
visit to a storage facility and/or exhibit and exercises using
computerized equipment.
Learning Outcomes
Understand preservation principles;
Understand the effects of relative humidity, temperature, light and
pollutants on objects;
Quantify the degree of preservation of objects in a given environment;
Implement a preservation strategy based on an analysis of priorities,
costs and benefits.
Agenda
Preservation principles and assessment
Background and examination of the notion of standards versus
guidelines. Preservation parameters such as object integrity, its
current access (visibility) and its future access (preservation).Notion
of preservation target and assessment of the degree of preservation of
collections by using risk management concepts.
Light
Sensitivity of objects to light and UV rays. Notion of dose.
Preservation assessment of objects against radiation. Guidelines on
lighting levels. Reflection and glare problems.
Relative humidity and temperature
Sensitivity of objects to humidity and temperature fluctuations.
Preservation assessment of objects against humidity. Guidelines.
Control strategies.
Pollutants
Sensitivity of objects to various airborne pollutants in buildings.
Preservation assessment of objects against pollutants. Guidelines.
Control strategies. Preservation assessment of a collection
Preservation assessment using a simple computer program. Introduction
to preservation indexes.
Improved preservation through a costs and benefits analysis.
Set action priorities based on preservation assessment results. Select
strategic options based on a costs and benefits analysis. Prepare a
preservation plan.
Visits to a collection storage room and/or an exhibit gallery
Application of concepts learned in class. Assessment of a site’s basic
environment.
Facilitators
Jean Tétreault studied at the University of Montreal, where he received
a Masters Degree in Science (analytical chemistry). In 1989, he joined
the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), where he is currently
working as an adviser and researcher on environmental condition
directives, pollutants, exhibit and storage products and strategy on
the preservation assessment of collections. Mr. Tétreault was the
President of the Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural
Property from 1995 to 1997 and the principal author of directives on
pollutant concentrations in museums and archives included in the
“Museums, Libraries, and Archives” chapter of the 2003 ASHRAE
Application Handbook. He has also presented numerous papers in Canada
and Europe on exhibit and storage products. He is currently the acting
manager of the Preventive Conservation Services Division of the CCI.
Clifford Cook received a Chemical Engineering Technology Diploma from
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Sciences in Ottawa. He joined CCI
in 1978 and researched methods to preserve waterlogged wood and
wood/metal composites. In 1987 he moved to the Historic Resource
Conservation Branch of Parks Canada as an archaeological conservator.
Cliff has recently returned to CCI as a Project Development Advisor in
the Preventive Conservation Services. His teaching experience includes
CCI workshops and college and university courses. He has presented and
published papers on a variety of conservation topics.
To register or for more information please contact Suzanne
Carte-Blanchenot at 416-598-0714, [log in to unmask] or sign up online
at www.oaag.org.
Suzanne Carte-Blanchenot
Professional Development and Public Programs Coordinator
Ontario Association of Art Galleries
49 McCaul Street, Suite N2
Toronto, ON M5T 2W7
Tel: (416) 598-0714
Fax: (416) 598-4128
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web site: http://www.oaag.org
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