Overview
Can serve as a reference for heritage professionals, climate and building physics consultants as well as architects involved in the decision making process regarding the climate strategies
Contributes to continuing and acrimonious debate about appropriate climate for museum collections
Brings together relevant facts and a symstemized approach to climate control in museums for the first time
Part of the book series: Cultural Heritage Science (CUHESC)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Building Physics for Conservators
- Climate Control in Mueums
- Climate Physics for Conservators
- Conservation Movable and Immovable Heritage
- Environmental Museum Management
- Heritage Collection Risks
- Indoor Museum Climate
- Managing Climate Risks in Museums
- Museum Collection Preservation
- Museum Environment
About this book
This book elaborates on different aspects of the decision making process concerning the management of climate risk in museums and historic houses. The goal of this publication is to assist collection managers and caretakers by providing information that will allow responsible decisions about the museum indoor climate to be made. The focus is not only on the outcome, but also on the equally important process that leads to that outcome. The different steps contribute significantly to the understanding of the needs of movable and immovable heritage. The decision making process to determine the requirements for the museum indoor climate includes nine steps: Step 1. The process to make a balanced decision starts by clarifying the decision context and evaluating what is important to the decision maker by developing clear objectives. In Step 2 the value of all heritage assets that are affected by the decision are evaluated and the significance of the building and the movable collection is made explicit. Step 3. The climate risks to the moveable collection are assessed. Step 4: Those parts of the building that are considered valuable and susceptible to certain climate conditions are identified. Step 5. The human comfort needs for visitors and staff are expressed. Step 6: To understand the indoor climate, the building physics are explored. Step 7. The climate specifications derived from step 3 to 5 are weighed and for each climate zone the optimal climate conditions are specified. Step 8: Within the value framework established in Step 1, the options to optimize the indoor climate are considered and selected. Step 9: All options to reduce the climate collection risks are evaluated by the objectives established in Step 1.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Marc H. L. Stappers, specialist building physics, Cultural Heritage Agency, Netherlands
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Managing Indoor Climate Risks in Museums
Authors: Bart Ankersmit, Marc H.L. Stappers
Series Title: Cultural Heritage Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34241-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34239-9Published: 11 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81711-8Published: 23 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-34241-2Published: 28 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2366-6226
Series E-ISSN: 2366-6234
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 335
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 136 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Original Dutch edition published by Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2009
Topics: Building Physics, HVAC, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Cultural Heritage, Environmental Management, Fine Arts, Creativity and Arts Education