Best Practices for Managing Federal Museum Collections

Section C. - Manage for the Long-Term

C-3 Know cyclical maintenance and conservation needs of objects or groups of objects in your Federal museum collections

For many Federal museum collections, providing stable, climate-controlled housing ensures that
the collections remain stable. For other collections, however, a stable environment is not
enough. Professional conservators may advise a more active approach requiring cyclical
maintenance, periodic examinations or other treatments to extend the life of especially fragile
objects.

Northeast Document Conservation Center
Assessing Preservation Needs
http://www.nedcc.org/selfsurvey/sec4c.htm

United States Department of the Interior (DOI)
Museum Property Handbook - (411 DM, Volume I)
"Housekeeping: Preventive Conservation"
http://www.doi.gov/museum/policy/pdf/mphi-7.pdf

Northern States Conservation Center
Collections Caretaker
http://www.collectioncare.org/pubs/v1n3p1.html

Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC)
WAAC Annual Meeting: Presentation Summaries
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/wn21/wn21-1/wn21-105.html