Cleaning Architectural Elements - Housekeeping for Historic Sites
Channel: NMSC5613
Date: 2011-06-17

Cleaning Architectural Elements -- This video (Part 2 of 9) teaches basic cleaning and handling techniques for collections in historic house museums. It is best used in conjunction with hands-on training developed to meet the specific needs of your historic site. Segment includes:

- Unfinished and painted wood floors
- Woodgrained, varnished and painted woodwork
- Plaster, wallboard and brick walls
- Cleaning walls and ceilings
- Windows
- Marble, stone, plaster and composition elements
- Gilded architectural elements
- Wallpaper
- Ceramic and glass fixtures and hardware
- Metal hardware

Produced by Fred Woods Production
Funded by National Park Service and Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Supported by Northeast Museum Services Center, National Park Service; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; and Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

The views expressed in this video are solely those of the supporting organizations and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of the federal government or the National Park Service.