Collection Care (eBook)

Brent Powell has worked in the museum industry for thirty years within theUnited States and Australia. He has created handling manuals for the Nelson-Atkins Museumof Art, Kansas City, Missouri, and developed ongoing training and educational programsfor many institutions including the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and theNational Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.Powell has conducted and spoken at numerous workshops and sessions on handling artand artifacts throughout the United States at the American Alliance of Museums AnnualMeetings, Webinars, regional museum conferences, conservation courses, and privateprograms for colleges, private collectors, and commercial fine art handling companies. InAustralia he has conducted workshops for the Australian Registrars Committee, RegionalVictoria; in Malaysia at the University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur; and for the M+ Museum,University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, China. Powell is principal of his private company,Museum Collection Care. He is currently manager and training coordinator at Crozier Fine Arts in New York , NY. He has a Master of Fine Art in painting from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

ForewordAcknowledgmentsPrefacePart 1: Overview and HistoryChapter 1: History Focus On: Creating an Institutional Preservation Culture, Rebecca FifieldChapter 2: Organizational StructuresCase Study: Comparing Approaches: The Museum and the Transport Agent, Jim GrundyChapter 3: Training, Health, and SafetyCase Study: Mentoring and the Collection Care Profession, Kurt ChristianCase Study: Training at Crozier, Nicole Bouchard Tejeiro Part 2: Guidelines and PrinciplesChapter 4: Two-dimensional Objects: Procedures and PracticesFocus On: The US National Park Service Museum Handbooks: The Evolution of a Museum Manual, Dr. Abby Sue FisherChapter 5: Three-dimensional Objects: Procedures and PracticesFocus On: Rigging Safety Is No Accident, Kevin MarshallFocus On: Risk Assessment in Packing Design, John MoliniPart 3: Working within Collection Care EnvironmentsChapter 6: The Internal EnvironmentFocus On: Lighting in the Museum, Simm SteelChapter 7: The External EnvironmentFocus On: Art Packing and Transport: Cushioning Foam Selection and Application, Geoff BrowneFocus On: International Shipping by Air and Sea, Kim PowellChapter 8: Working with Materials and Equipment Focus On: Specialized Art Handling Equipment: When It Is Necessary & How to Develop It, Mark SlatteryBibliographyReferences and ResourcesAbout the ContributorsAbout the Author