An edition of The museum environment
(1978)
The museum environment
2nd ed.
by Garry Thomson
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Museum conservation methods, Museum buildings, Environmental engineering, Museums, National gallery (great britain), Musées (Édifices), Technique de l'environnement, Musées, Méthodes de conservation, Beleuchtung, Konservierung, Kunstwerk, Luftfeuchtigkeit, Luftverschmutzung, Museum, Preservacao E Conservacao Museografica, Objets d'art, Conservation et restauration, Technique, Muséologie, Environmental aspects, Museum buildings--environmental aspects, Museum buildings--environmental engineering, Th6057.m87 t46 1986, Am141 .t48 1986, 100, 069.53Showing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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The museum environment
1994, Butterworth Heinemann in association with The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
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1986, Butterworths, in association with the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 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.
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. 271-285.
Includes index.
Classifications
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