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Caring for Cultural Material 2

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Wood
In this chapter:
–	Objectives
–	Introduction
–	An introduction to the anatomy and chemistry of wood
–	What are the most common causes and types of damage?
–	Common causes of damage
–	The do’s and don’ts of handling wooden objects
–	Some basic do’s and don’ts of repair and cleaning
–	Ideal conditions for storing and displaying wooden objects
–	General storage and display guidelines
–	Coating wooden objects
	Summary of conditions for storage and display
–	Wooden objects in Australia’s climatic zones
	MORE ABOUT WOOD
–	Additional notes on fungal attack of wood
–	For further reading
–	Self-evaluation quiz
–	Answers to self-evaluation quiz

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Summary of conditions for storage and display
.	Storage	Display
Temperature	18–20ºC	18–20ºC
Relative Humidity	50–60%	50–60%
Brightness of the Light	Dark storage preferred, but if light is present it should be less than 250 lux.	Should be less than 50 lux.
UV Content of Light	Dark storage is preferred; otherwise, UV content should be less than 30µW/lm and no more than 75µW/lm.	Less than 30µW/lm, no more than 75µW/lm.