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A Look into the Future of the Historic Interior
Europe looks to England for the latest innovations in the presentation of historic house museums. This article gives an overview of what English Heritage is doing with museum sites in 200...
From: Collectiewijzer
Selling to preserve
Selling or buying something is often accompanied by emotions. This applies to both private collectors and to representatives of cultural institutions, who's prime duty is to collect and p...
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Professionalism and Recognition in Conservation - Only an Academic Question?
In the past decades many professionals have tried to establish their fields of activity as distinct professions. They have done so from different perspectives: some were envious of the pr...
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Dutch Guideline for Deaccesioning of Museum Objects
The Dutch museum world has had a guideline for deaccessioning of museum objects since 2000. This guideline is widely accepted as the professional norm for selecting and deaccessioning ob...
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The APEL Project (1999-2001)
Cultural Heritage constitutes a fundamental expression of the richness and diversity of European culture and contributes to the definition of the European identity. The preservation, cons...
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An Overview of the Principles of Lasers and Laser Interaction
The principles behind laser technology and laser-matter interaction are extremely difficult to grasp. This paper, however, aims to provide a brief overview of laser terminology within the...
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Laser Trials at Art Innovation
Three painted objects were taken to the Laser Laboratory at Art Innovation for laser cleaning trials. These trials were carried out within the framework of a pilot project, entitled 'Lase...
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Laser cleaning of pressure sensitive tapes on paper
The variety of different types of foreign matter (dirt) on paper objects can present complex cleaning problems in paper conservation. Current cleaning methods using conventional means (so...
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The Collectie Nederland
in: Topics. Developments in Dutch Museum Policy [Amsterdam 2001] The debate on the collection and preservation of museum objects has been going on for some ten years in the Netherlands a...
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General Principles on the Administration of Loans and Exchange of Works of Ar...
The guidelines of the Bizot group (a group of museum directors of some of the largest museums in the world) to inform, simplify and make more cost-effective the organisation of major inte...
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Call for Culture
Paper for informal meeting of culture ministers, Rotterdam, 13-14 July 2004.
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Resolution of the Council of the European Union (24.11.03)
Council resolution on cooperation between cultural institutions in the field of museums.
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Resolution of the Council of the European Union (19.12.02)
Council resolution implementing the work plan on European cooperation in the field of culture: European added value and mobility of persons and circulation of works in the cultural sector.
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Explanatory Notes for 'Example: Long Term Loan Agreement'
Loan for use is a good way for museums to make the most of their collections. However, there are risks in loan for use, especially in case the objects are of great cultural or financial v...
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Example: Long Term Loan Agreement
Loan for use is a good way for museums to make the most of their collections. However, there are risks in loan for use, especially in case the objects are of great cultural or financial v...
From: Collectiewijzer
