The American Association
of State and Local History has a series of technical leaflets
that provide information on care of collections and other topics on
running small museums and historical societies.
The American
Institute for Conservation is the leading professional organization
for conservators in the United States. They have a page for referrals
to assist you in finding a conservator to work on a specific problem
or from specific areas. There is a link to a series of pamphlets
(Caring for Your Treasures) with advice on caring for different
types of objects. You will also find tools and links for disaster
response.
Australian
Network for Information on Cellulose Acetate (ANICA) is
a new website on the characteristics of cellulose acetate and its
deterioration. Cellulose acetate is used in many items that might
be found in a small museum or archives collection especially in
the film base of many photographic negatives and in sound recording
tapes.
The
Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) was created in 1972
to promote the proper care and preservation of Canada's cultural
heritage and to advance the practice, science, and technology of
conservation. The Institute has worked closely with hundreds of
museums, art galleries, academic institutions, and other heritage
organizations to help them better preserve their collections. From
leading-edge research to innovative approaches, the Canadian Conservation
Institute (CCI) is recognized as a pioneer in the conservation of
cultural heritage.
Preserving
My Heritage, a part of the CCI website, is aimed at helping
you to care for and preserve family treasures, heirlooms, and
works of art.
The
Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), a Special
Operating Agency in the Department of Canadian Heritage, was created
in 1972 to foster sound management of the knowledge and collections
developed by museums and to provide public access to that knowledge
through a national inventory of museum collections across the country.
The CHIN site provides the heritage community with access to professional
resources, with a particular focus on skills for creating, presenting
and managing digital content. Products and services include online
courses on image digitization and automated collections management
systems, information about professional events and career opportunities;
research and reference tools; intellectual property publications;
bibliographies and data dictionaries. CHIN also represents the Canadian
museum community in international projects related to access to
heritage information. CHIN's work in developing standards for museum
documentation has been internationally recognized and has been extended
to encompass a broad range of information types and the technical
protocols necessary to exchange information in a widely distributed
environment.
BCIN,
the Bibliographic Database of the Conservation Information Network,
is the Web's most complete bibliographic resource for the conservation,
preservation and restoration of cultural property.
CoOL
(Conservation OnLine), a project of the Preservation Department
of Stanford University Libraries, is a full text library of conservation
information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those
involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
It is the oldest website of information and resources for Art Conservators.
It also contains links to many other preservation and conservation
organizations of far-reaching interest to those in museums, archives,
historical societies and the like.
The
Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) has many useful collections
care brochures available on-line that are applicable to small museums
everywhere.
The MHS Historic Housekeeping Manual is available
as a PDF file:
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/treasures/manual-0102.pdf
The
National Park Service Conserv-o-Grams are a series of help
pamphlets from the NPS that cover the care of a wide variety of
museum objects as well as the preservation of various building materials.
The National
Preservation Institute (NPI) is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization
offering specialized information, continuing education, and professional
training for the management, development, and preservation of historic,
cultural, and environmental resources. Founded in 1980, NPI offers
seminars in historic preservation and cultural resource management.
NPI is proud to serve a broad spectrum of professionals from both
the government and private sectors by providing preservation information,
knowledge, and skills to train and guide the stewards of this nation's
historic and cultural places.
The Northeast
Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is the largest nonprofit,
regional conservation center in the United States. Its mission is
to improve the preservation programs of libraries, archives, museums,
and other historical and cultural organizations; to provide the
highest quality services to institutions that cannot afford in-house
conservation facilities or that require specialized expertise; and
to provide leadership to the preservation field. They also provide
many useful resources at their website including a entire manual
on the care of archival and library collections available in both
English and Spanish.
Northern
States Conservation Center is a privately operated conservation
center in Minnesota. They provide many resources on their website
for the care and managing of collections. They also publish a helpful
newsletter called Collections Caretaker that is available by subscription.
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