The museum environment
By: Garry Thomson.
Contributors: State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.; International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Edition: 2nd ed
Series: Butterworth-Heinemann series in conservation and museology
Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann in association with The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Museum buildings -- Environmental engineering; Museum conservation methods.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: A double purpose book -- Part one intended as a textbook for conservators and curators of museums concerning the damaging effects on exhibits of light, humidity, and air pollution, and what to do to minimize this damage. Part 2 is meant for workers in the field of conservation research. Includes a summary of museum specifications for conservation.
Notes: Art Conservation Department Library.

Previous ed.: 1978

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index
Table of contents: value: Light part I: Surface deterioration; value: Light and hear energy; value: The spectrum; value: The basic light sources; value: Colours and materials which change; value: Damage caused by UV and visible radiation; value: UV radiation and how to deal with it; value: Measuring UV and visible radiation; value: The reciprocity law; value: Controlling visible radiation; value: Reducing illuminance; value: 50 lux; value: artificial light; value: Diffusion of light; value: 150 lux; value: daylight and artificial light; value: Treatment of windows; value: Angle at which light falls on exhibits; value: Reducing time of exposure; value: A suite of exhibition rooms; value: Heat; value: Control of temperature; value: Lighting for professional photography, television and restoration; value: Electronic flash; value: Colour rendering; value: The measurement of colour; value: The lighting situation and the process of seeing; value: Humidity part I: The importance of humidity; value: Measuring the humidity in the air; value: The wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer; value: Understanding the hygrometric chart; value: Response of museum material to RH; value: Best RH for moisture-containing absorbent materials; value: Climate inside and outside the museum; value: Condensation and the dew point; value: Humidity control; value: RH control in a room; value: The humidistat; value: Humidifying equipment; value: Dehumidifying equipment; value: Room RH control: maintenance and air circulation; value: Packaged air-conditioning units; value: Central air conditioning; value: RH control in a closed case; value: buffers; value: RH control in a closed case; value: use of salts; value: Mechanical RH stabilisation in cases; value: Future development of exhibition case stabilisation; value: RH is often a matter of compromise; value: Buildings which cannot be humidified; value: Improvisation and RH control; value: Humidity control in archaeology; value: Air pollution part I: The problem; value: Particulates; value: Particulate concentrations today; value: New concrete buildings; value: Removal of particulates; value: Electrostatic precipitators (electro-filters); value: Gaseous pollution; value: Sulphur dioxide (SO₂); value: Damage caused by sulphur dioxide; value: Glass and sulphur dioxide; value: Effects of sulphur dioxide on lichens and mosses; value: Ozone; value: Effects of ozone; value: Nitrogen oxides; value: Effects of nitrogene dioxide; value: Levels of ozone and nitrogen dioxide likely to be encountered; value: Chlorides; value: Pollution through storage conditions; value: Removal of gaseous pollutants; value: Fire extinguishers; value: Vibration; value: Light part II: Spectral curves; value: Sun and sky; value: Lamps and control equipment; value: Measuring UV; value: Luminous efficiency and the light meter; value: Some basic light units; value: Visual performance; value: Luminance and subjective brightness; value: The Blue Wool standards; value: Damage versus wavelength; value: Heat radiated from light sources; value: Activation energy; value: The primary photochemical reaction; value: Placing a colour on the CIE chrometicity chart; value: The colour rendering calculation; value: Colour rendering the black body convention; value: Humidity part II: The standard hugrometric (psychometric) chart; value: A simple air-conditioning operation; value: The lithium chloride hygrometer; value: Dimensional changes caused by RH variation; value: Outdoor climate and response of objects indoors; value: Does constant RH keep dimensions unchanged at all temperatures?; value: Effect of people on RH and temperature; value: Moisture content of absorbent materials useful as buffers; value: Exchange of air between case and room; value: Hygrometric half-time; value: Penetration of oxygen and water vapour through plastic films; value: Air pollution part II: Plotting the size distribution of particulates; value: Choice of particulate filter; value: Efficiency of activated carbon filters; value: The fate of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere; value: The formation of ozone; value: Computers in enviroment control; value: Data logging.