Zusammenfassung
Whether you call yourself a Registrar, Curator, Curator of Collections, Collections Manager or any number of other titles you are most likely doing condition reports.
A good condition report is an accurate and informative account of an object’s state of preservation at a particular moment in time. Condition reports can have multiple functions such as recording the state of an object prior to an exhibition or loan, after exhibition or loan, to assist in collections planning, or as a tool for the treatment of an object. Most of these functions can be conducted by a registrar, curator, collections manager, or volunteer.
A good condition report fills many critical needs including:
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Knowing the exact condition of an object before or after a loan
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Helping staff determine the stability of an object for exhibit or loan
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Limiting how often an object is handled
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Informing object handlers of unseen problems
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Showing the condition of an object over time to determine the rate of deterioration
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Setting priorities for conservation
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Assisting the staff in identifying similar objects
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Aiding in the valuation of an object for insurance purposes
The fifth edition of Basic Condition Reporting: A Handbook proffers a standard vocabulary for all of the individuals in a museum that may be conducting condition reports. In an ideal world, everyone who does a condition report for an item would be trained in the exact same standards, use the same terminology, and use the exact same form, etc. However, the reality is that even if every registrar, collections manager, and curator in your institution does condition reports, each report will be slightly different. Then you throw in every intern, volunteer, or student that may assist and you will find a variety of methods and terminologies that appear. This volume provides a baseline that all of these people can work from so that any person who opens the condition report can understand what the problems on a particular piece include.
Basic Condition Reporting, Fifth Edition is a great resource for learning the basics of doing condition reports for museum objects. The book looks at different material types and helps new and seasoned professionals identify condition issues for a variety of materials. This new addition has several new chapters including information on digital condition reporting, wood objects, mixed media objects and taxidermy while expanding the information for existing chapters. This book is a great resource for those new to the museum field and a handy reference to collections professionals.
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Museum Administration Museum Collections Museum Objects Museum Registrars Museum Registration- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- 39–42 5. Basketry 39–42
- 43–48 6. Ceramics 43–48
- 55–66 8. Furniture 55–66
- 67–70 9. Glass 67–70
- 71–76 10. Metals 71–76
- 103–112 14. Paper 103–112
- 113–122 15. Photographs 113–122
- 123–134 16. Plastics 123–134
- 135–144 17. Sculpture 135–144
- 145–152 18. Skin and Leather 145–152
- 153–166 19. Taxidermy 153–166
- 167–178 20. Textiles 167–178
- 179–188 21. Wood 179–188
- 189–196 Index 189–196
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- „... good examples. Their surface structure may appear intact, but 4Archaeological ArtifactsElise V ...” „... snapping or breaking. Common to organic artifacts.Encrustation, Incrustation: Crust or hard coating.Eroded ...” „... artifacts with thin surface coatings (e.g., glazed ceramics, painted and gilded artifacts).Fold: Turning ...”
- „... of wooden artifacts.Basic Condition Reporting is designed to be a resource for museum collections ...” „... Artifacts 21Elise V. LeCompte 5 Basketry 39Rachel Shabica 6 Ceramics 43Erica Hague 7 Ethnographic ...” „... reports for museum artifacts. Condition reports are a vital part of the day- to- day opera-tions in museum ...”
- „... quality (rigid, flexible, foam, or elastomer), time period when the artifact was made or used, and signs ...” „... degradation starts, it can be rapid. In some cases when a plastic artifact starts to degrade, it may have to ...” „... . Documenting plastics is similar to other arti-facts in that you need to determine what will be considered the ...”
- „... these delicate areas when mov-ing and examining the artifact.Source: Katherine SteinerFigure 21.11 ...” „... or artifact, it is no longer a living thing, though it often behaves as if it were. Wood moves ...” „... object is very stable, in spite of its appearance. Source: Katherine SteinerFigure 21.10. Wood artifacts ...”
- „... has several publi-cations on collections management and artifact conservation and has organized and ...” „... conservator specializing in natural science materials and historic artifacts. Prior to her current position as ...”
- „... Corrosion Products”The Henry Ford Museum • “Caring for Your Artifacts” SeriesNational Park Service• Conserve ...”
- „... Archaeological artifacts, 21-38; Inorganic, 21; Organic, 21; Terminology, 22-24Articulated, 87, 153Backing board ...”
- „... silver and silver- plated artifacts. Some metals, whether by virtue of constituent elements (such as lead ...”
- „... Ruth E. Norton. The Conservation of Artifacts Made from Plant Materials. Marina del Rey, CA: Getty ...”
- „... are potentially fragile artifacts that can be easily damaged from improper handling or storage as well ...”
- „... paper artifact; fell out of popularity because silk dete-riorates rapidly, which damaged the work it was ...”
- „... future conservation work. Sometimes artifact damage can be caused by inherent vice, or the object’s own ...”
- „... Artifacts.” Collec-tion Forum 18.1–2 (2003): 59–73.Makos, K. A. “Hazard Identification and Expo-sure ...”
- „... Handling and Exhibition of Potentially Hazard-ous Artifacts in Museum Collections.” History News 64, no. 4 ...”