TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merritt,Jane
AU  - Reilly,Julie A.
TI  - Preventive conservation for historic house museums
T2  - American Association for State and Local History book series
SN  - 9780759119413
AV  - E159 
U1  - 363.6/9 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - AltaMira Press
KW  - Historic house museums
KW  - United States
KW  - Management
KW  - Collection management
KW  - Historic buildings
KW  - Conservation and restoration
KW  - Dwellings
KW  - Historic preservation
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Collection and preservation
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-186) and index; Preventive conservation and the historic house museum -- Evolution of the historic house museum -- Principles of preventive conservation : an overview -- Intellectual and physical controls -- Interpretation and preventive care -- Preventive conservation and exhibits in the historic house -- Preventive conservation and storage -- Preventive conservation and light -- Preventive conservation and environmental control -- Preventive conservation and integrated pest management -- Preventive conservation and the historic house landscape / Lucy Lawliss -- Preventive conservation and the historic house structure / Rebecca L. Stevens -- Preventive conservation and emergencies, safety, and security -- Pulling it all together : the preservation master plan
N2  - Preventive Conservation for Historic House Museums is a primer on the preventive care practices that these unique sites need to slow the rate of deterioration and prevent damage and wear to the property and its collections. It proposes a collaborative approach to preservation planning that is based on interdisciplinary research, critical thinking, and observation rather than rote maintenance schedules and everyday residential cleaning practices. The authors recommend that sites have documents and plans in place that direct the intellectual and physical control of the collections and site
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