reCollections: Caring for Cultural Material 1

Handling, Transportation, Storage and Display

Caring for Cultural Material 1

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In this chapter:
–	Objectives
–	Introduction
–	Paper in collections
–	What is paper?
–	Ingredients and properties of paper
–	What are the most common types of damage?
–	Common causes of damage
–	The do’s and don’ts of handling flat paper
–	The do’s and don’ts of repair and labelling
–	Guidelines for storing and displaying flat paper
–	Materials suitable for the storage and display of paper
–	Preparing flat paper for storage
–	Housing flat paper
–	Mounting/hinging flat paper
–	Protective enclosures for flat paper
–	Storage boxes for flat paper
–	Displaying flat paper
–	Framing flat paper items
–	Paper items with special needs
–	Papyrus and Parchment
–	Some miscellaneous information
–	Summary of conditions for storage and display
–	Paper in Australia’s climatic zones
	MORE ABOUT PAPER
–	Cellulose fibres and paper quality
–	Acidity and alkalinity
	For further reading
–	Self-evaluation quiz
–	Answers to self-evaluation quiz

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CCI Notes, n.d. Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa, Canada. These notes are updated annually.

Clapp, A.F. 1987, Curatorial Care of Works of Art on Paper, 4th edn, Nick Lyons Books, New York.

Dolloff, F.W. & Perkinson, R.L. 1971, How to Care for Works of Art on Paper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Ellis, M.H. 1987, The Care of Prints and Drawings, The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), Nashville.

Thompson, J.M.A. 1992, Manual of Curatorship: A Guide to Museum Practice, 2nd edn, Butterworth-Heinemann, London.