Best Practices in the Preservation and Management of Fluid-Preserved Biological Collections

Download or read book Best Practices in the Preservation and Management of Fluid-Preserved Biological Collections written by Dirk Neumann and published by . This book was released on 2022-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a specific perspective on the management of smaller and medium sized collections and their need to operate with limited resources, offering practical suggestions for care and maintenance. It combines unpublished data, personal knowledge and an extensive literature review on practices and materials used in fluid collections. The original basis for this book came from the Cloth Workers Foundation's project on Fluid Preserved Collections at the Natural History Museum in London, 2014. Further input was derived from the first Symposium on Fluid Collections at the Musée national d'histoire naturellein Paris in 2018. At this symposium, results on conservation research on historic fluids and historic preservation methods were presented. Each chapter provides baselines for achieving optimal storage and maintenance of collections and offers three different categories based on collections size, usage and resources. Additional remarks provide further specific recommendations and information. Definitions, decision trees, tables, glossary and full-colour images make this book a useful resource for collections care staff and administrators.