MUSEUM

CONSERVATIONS

BY MAITHRAY BHAVANA
 What is conservation in museum?
• The conservation of museum collections is a vital endeavor in the recovery, protection, and
advocacy of the past.
• The protection of items that are removed from their primary context, and the information
associated with that context, is part of the museum's role as a guardian of the past.

In 1966, at the UNESCO regional seminar on the development of museums in India, with a major focus on
conservation of art in museums, the Indian Association for the Study of Conservation of Cultural Property (IASC)
was formed
Preventive conservation is an important element of museum policy and collection care.
Curative conservation refers to any act by a conservator that involves a direct interaction
between the conservator and the cultural material.
Interventive conservation refers to any direct interaction between the conservator and the
material fabric of the object.
Remedial conservation involves the treatment of objects from the collections and is extremely
time consuming.
Conservation Restoration
The conservation centre is continually improving its facilities and competencies to implement
preventive and remedial conservation of contemporary, artistic and historic works as,

• Oil paintings on canvas and panel

• Tempera paintings on paper and cloth
• Miniature paintings, manuscripts, other works on paper
• Objects including polychrome wood sculpture, decorative arts and works on metals, stone,
terracotta, ceramics, glass, ivory, bone, leather, and parchment
• Textiles
• Natural history specimens Preservation and its methods
• Climate
Conservation and preservation of cultural properties • Humidity and temperature
• Conservation of museum objects control
• Conservation of library materials • Monitoring humidity and
• Conservation of archival materials temperature
• Light
• Insect
• Fungus
• Fire
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Which is museum conservation councils in india?

The National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology (NMIHACM) is an
autonomous institute, a seat of higher education in the fields of History, Conservation and Museology
under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Which organization look into conservtion of museums in India?

Ministry of Culture

Museum Conservation Acts in India

 The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958
came into force with effect from 29th August 1958.
 According to the Act, ancient and historical monuments, sculpture carvings
and other like objects, archaeological sites and remains are protected and
preserved.
 Indian context as well as ASI's Conservation Manual (1923)
 Anicent Monument Preservation act (1904)

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Museums in India
Top 5 Famous Museums of India:
• National Museum, Delhi.
• The Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai.
• Indian Museum, Calcutta.
• Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
• The Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad.
Which is the largest national museum in India?
Imperial Museum at Calcutta
How many national museums are there?
DELHI , NATIONAL MUSEUM
35,000 museums
Of the more than 35,000 museums in the United States, some are termed
“national” museums. Some national museums are authorized by Congress and
operated by the federal government
How do museums preserve heritage?
Museums can use intangible heritage to develop a better understanding for their visitors. With the help
of tangible and intangible heritage, museums can fill the gap between museums and their non- visitors.
For this museums need to identify, document and represent the intangible aspects of their collections.

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