Main entry:

Thomson, Garry.

Title & Author:

The museum environment / Garry Thomson.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

London ; Boston : Butterworths, in association with the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1986.

Description:

293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Series:

Butterworths series in conservation and museology

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index.
Light Part I Surface deterioration -- Light and heat energy -- The spectrum -- The basic light sources -- Colours and materials which change -- Damage caused by UV and visible radiation -- UV radiation and how to deal with it -- Measuring UV and visible radiation -- The reciprocity law -- Controlling visible radiation -- Reducing illuminance -- 50 lux -- artificial light -- Diffusion of light -- 200 lux -- daylight and artificial light -- Conservation lighting specifications -- Treatment of windows -- Angle at which light falls on exhibits -- Reducing time of exposure -- A suite of exhibition rooms -- Heat -- Control of temperaturet S -- Lighting for professional photography, television -- and restoration -- Electronic flash -- Colour rendering -- The measurement of colour -- The lighting situation and the process of seeing -- Humidity Part I The importance of humidity -- Measuring the humidity in the air -- The wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer -- Electronic hygrometers -- Non-mechanical hygrometers -- linderstanding the hygrometric chart -- Response of museum material to RH -- Best RH for moisture-containing absorbent materials -- Climate inside anld outside the museum -- Condensation and the dew point -- Humidity control -- RH control in a room -- The humidistat -- Humidifying equipment -- Dehumidifying equipment -- Room RH control: maintenance and air circulation -- Packaged air-conditioning units -- Ducted air conditioning -- RH control in a closed case -- buffers -- Silica gel in packing cases -- Exhibition cases -- The buffered case: towards a practical solution -- RH control in a closed case -- use of salts -- Mechanical RH stabilisation in cases -- Future development of exhibition case stabilisation -- RH is often a matter of compromise -- Historic buildings closed in winter and churches -- Improvisation and RH control -- Humidity control in archaeology -- Air Pollution Part I The problem -- Particulates -- Particulate concentrations today -- New concrete buildings -- Removal of particulates -- Electrostatic precipitators (electro-filters) -- Gaseous pollution -- Sulphur dioxide (SO2) -- Damage.caused by sulphur dioxide -- Glass and sulphur dioxide -- Effects of sulphur dioxide on lichens and mosses -- Ozone -- Effects of ozone -- Nitrogen oxides -- Effects of nitrogen dioxide -- Levels of ozone and nitrogen dioxide likely to be -- encountered -- Chlorides -- Pollution through storage conditions -- Removal of gaseous pollutants -- Fire extinguishers -- Sound and vibration -- Light Part II Spectral curves -- Sun and sky -- Lamps and control equipment -- Measuring UV -- Luminous efficiency and the light meter -- Some basic light units -- Visual performance -- Luminance and subjective brightness -- The Blue Wool standards -- Damage versus wavelength -- Heat radiated from light sources -- Activation energy -- The primary photochemical reaction -- Placing a colour on the CIE Chromaticity Chart -- The colour rendering calculation -- Colour rendering and the black body convention -- Choosing a fluorescent lamp -- Dimming -- Humidity Part II The standard hygrometric (psychrometric) chart -- The classical air-conditioning operation -- A museum air-conditioning system -- Control -- Heating and cooling loads -- Sensors -- External design conditions -- Dimensional changes caused by RH variation -- Outdoor climate and response of objects indoors -- Does constant RH keep dimensions unchanged at all -- temperatures? -- Effect of people on RH and temperature -- Use of the air moisture-content scale -- The closed and buffered museum case -- Hygrometric half-time -- Materials useful as buffers, . -- Penetration of oxygen and water vapour through -- plastic films -- Air Pollution Part II Plotting the size distribution of particulates -- Choice of particulate filter -- Efficiency of activated carbon filters -- Room air cleaners -- Measuring concentrations of pollutants in museums -- The fate of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere -- The formation of ozone -- Computers in environment control -- Data logging -- Future trends in environmental control -- Appendix: Summary of specifications -- References -- Index. hfbf.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0408015365
9780408015363
0750620412
9780750620413
0750612665
9780750612661

Subject:

Museum buildings Environmental engineering.
Museum conservation methods.
Musées (Édifices) Technique de l'environnement.
Musées Méthodes de conservation.
Beleuchtung
Konservierung
Kunstwerk
Luftfeuchtigkeit
Luftverschmutzung
Museum
Preservacao E Conservacao Museografica.
Musées méthodes de conservation.
Objets d'art Conservation et restauration Technique.
Muséologie.
Museums Stock: Art objects Conservation
Museums Collections Artefacts Conservation

Form/genre:

Books.

Added entries:

Butterworths series in conservation and museology.

Holdings:

Location: Library conservation office 94849
Call No.: ID CONS TH6057.M87.T46 1986; ID:86-B18792
Status: Available