#collectionscare — Public Fediverse posts

I don't think I've shared this resource before so here you go:

Earlier this year I made a printable zine with some easy to digest tips for how to look after historic costume collections.

I also wrote up some of the stuff I covered in my adjacent talk, so you can read that too.

Download the zine and read the tips here: https://www.preservationequipment.com/blog/behind-the-seams-archival-costume-storage-guide

#CollectionsCare #costume #museums #collections #conservation #zine

It was such a joy and an honour to be featured in the first ever issue of Inherent Vice, a queer heritage zine aimed at conservators, archivists, and collections care folk. :heart_pride:

I've read every morsel of this publication now and I highly recommend it to any GLAM professional out there. 🌈

Go get yours here: https://thecommonpress.shop/products/inherent-vice-queer-history-is-everyones-history-issue-1

#conservators #QueerHistory #conservation #QueerHeritage #CollectionsCare #preservation #archivists #lgbtq #heritage #history #InherentVice #zine

Have you heard? Inherent Vice is a new queer heritage and arts #zine for #conservators, collection carers, and #heritage professionals 🌈📚⁣
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Curated to inspire new ideas, spark conversations,⁣ encourage allyship, inform practice, and foster the development of a queer space within museum and heritage professions
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Issue 1's theme is ‘Queer History is Everyone’s History’
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More info here: https://www.inherentvice.co.uk
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#conservation
#QueerHeritage⁣
#QueeringConservation⁣ #CollectionsCare

You've not missed our lovely Liz reviewing the nifty little loggers from BevArt, have you? 👀

(Full disclosure: BevArt are kindly sponsoring us this season and sent Liz the sensors for free to try out. Cheers, guys!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwnAiRIJ8ic

#reviews #sensors #loggers #museums #archives #environmentalmonitoring #CollectionsCare #GLAM #TheCWordPodcast

Please enjoy my small guide to looking after your metals, now available on PEL's blog: https://www.preservationequipment.com/Blog/Blog-Posts/Making-Friends-With-Your-Metals

#CollectionsCare #metals #collections #museums #advice #conservator

Another thing I brought along to the show was these little zines I made with information on #CollectionsCare and #metals - they're hand-written and crudely illustrated, so not the most accessible, but I wanted people to be able to take away something useful.

Not available digitally, but I'm glad people picked them up on the day!

#conservator #zine #advice #zines

Yesterday I had great fun giving a masterclass talk on caring for #metals at the #MuseumsAndHeritageShow in London: I tried giving people an idea of what the most common reasons for #corrosion are, and how we can best avoid those and keep our metallic friends happy.

I like bringing props, so here are two beautiful sets of keys: the bundle on the left has been given a protective coating, and the one on the right hasn't. 🔑

#collections #CollectionsCare #museums #heritage #events #conservators

Mercure, arsenic, formol :
la question brûlante du conditionnement des collections toxiques, par le Master 2 Conservation-restauration des biens culturels de Panthéon Sorbonne.
https://c2rmf.fr/actualite/gestion-de-collections-dangereuses
#histnat #collections #CollectionsCare #museum #histsci #histmed

What a week!

It's been a teaching/speaking heavy one for me as I delivered some training on the identification and care of wood in collections yesterday (which I'd like to think turned out well enough), and spoke to conservation students at Lincoln University about podcasting today. 🪵🎙️

Speaking of which, we're recording some new podcast material soon as well!

#collections #museums #wood #identification #events #training #workshops #talks #wooden #conservation #CollectionsCare

Today I got to deliver something that's been living in my head for a while: a course on the #identification and #care of #metals in #collections! 🪙

If you came along (it was open to Welsh professionals): thank you, I hope you learned something useful to your day-to-day!

If you'd like to do something similar: get in touch, I'd love to do this again. ⚙️

Now I can briefly stop thinking obsessively about metal and corrosion products...

#training #CollectionsCare #conservation #events #conservator

Happy Halloween! 🎃

I've made another #conservation themed (or more accurately IPM themed) pumpkin this year: the SILVERFISH!

Previous years have included woolly bears, clothes moth, and tape. Because of course.

Keep it spooky out there! 🎃

#HappyHalloween #pumpkins #Halloween #conservators #CollectionsCare #IPM #pests #silverfish #GLAM #archives #libraries #museums #insects

This came up on a different platform and I couldn't resist a poll of my own:

Scenario:
You're at a museum, looking at a display case. Inside the case are various museum objects with labels giving context. You also notice another item in the case: a boxy device collecting data on the humidity and temperature inside the case. (It may or may not have a display showing this information, but it's either storing or sending that data somewhere.)

How do you feel about it?

#museums #CollectionsCare

New episode! 🤖

Solange, Phedra, Jenny and guest host Luisa Casella explore the world of AI and what it might mean for conservation professionals. 🧠 (It's techy but not very, don't fret!)

Listen here: https://thecword.show/2024/05/15/s14e05-using-ai/

#TheCWordPodcast #podcasts #conservation #AI #conservators #CollectionsCare #ArtificialIntelligence #CollectionsManagement #museums #LLM #freelancers

Thanks to everyone who came to my masterclass talk on salvage and disaster kits at the M+H Show today! 🦺

I wore a Britney style mic and felt a little like Bill Bailey as a result.

#conservators #CollectionsCare #MuseumsAndHeritageShow

📢 20 Steps to Sustainable Collections Care ♻️

I'm so proud to have been asked to illustrate the new, simple guide to #sustainable collections care for #Welsh #museums! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (Anyone can follow the guide, it's okay. Welshness not required.)

Published by the Welsh Museums Federation and written by Jane Henderson and Megan DeSilva. Illustrated by moi!

Available in Welsh and English here: https://museumsfederation.cymru/resource-type/collections/

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#sustainability #guidance #Cymru #CollectionsCare

I'm preparing for a podcast episode about AI in collections care, museums, and GLAM in general.

🧠 Have you seen any [insert adjectives here] uses in museums, heritage, and GLAM settings?
🧠 If you work in GLAM, how do you feel about AI tools more generally?
🧠 If there's anything you'd seem essential reading on the topic (pro or con), throw it my way!

:boost_ok:

#AI #museums #GLAM #artificialintelligence #CollectionsCare #arts #culture #conservation

Oh boy, it's been a busy few days! Last week I taught a beginners course in how to identify textiles in collections, and today I've delivered a similar training session on how to ID plastics. 🔎 🧶 🎞️

My brain feels like it might be full of ONLY knowledge about polymers and fibre types now.

If someone needs me I'll be a heap on the sofa with the doggo.

#conservator #CollectionsCare #collections #textiles #plastics #identification #webinars #training #museums

Appeal: does anyone have any juicy photos of museum/collection textiles that I may use in a training session? (With credit, obviously.)

I'm after:
👔 packed/stored textiles (stored well or poorly, your choice!)
👚 examples of different types of historic and modern textiles
👗 examples of damage to textiles (stains, tears, pest nibbles, anything!)
🧶 identified fibres under a microscope

Grateful for boosts! :boost_ok:

#museums #collections #textiles #fashion #fabric #costume #CollectionsCare

Today I was out and about teaching #GLAM people across #Wales about how to best deal with #mould in #collections. Had a lovely time with a great group of people!

#CollectionsCare #conservation #training #Swansea

Every conservator's dream: a #clock that shows not only the time but also the #temperature and relative #humidity!

I wonder how accurate it is. 🤔

Thanks #lidl! Watch museum professionals sneak these into storage rooms across the world now...

(Available from 11 May in UK stores. This isn't a paid advert. I'm just a nerd.)

#MiddleOfLidl #WallClock #conservators #CollectionsCare

In our latest episode our #conservation agony aunt gives us some advice around pitching for more time for collections care to higher-ups and how to speak their lingo when you need to:
https://thecword.show/2023/04/05/s13e02-accreditation-part-1/

#DearJane #TheCWordPodcast #AgonyAunt #podcasts #CollectionsCare #conservators #museums

Okay, I am trying the wolf thing to find my pack. #museum #museums #CollectionsManagement #CollectionsCare #IntegratedPestManagement #Conservation #MuseumDocumentation #Cataloguing #Documentation #Registrar #Registrars #RegistrarLife #MuseumLife #DataBases #StorageManagement #MuseumStorage #Arthandling #ExhibitionManagement
You are one of my people? Give me a wail!
Boosts appreciated.

📢 Amgueddfa Cymru calls for 💰 💰 💰 to safeguard #collections for #Wales

This doesn't surprise me: museums are chronically underfunded and constantly asked to put off basic maintenance and #conservation 😩 Good to see it being talked about!

Lots of different figures being thrown around in this article, but basically: #CollectionsCare and #BuildingConservation costs money. Lots of money!

Full read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65208715

#museums #Wales #heritage #AmgueddfaCymru

We've just launched season 13 (woah! you'd think for people who deal with the passage of time in our daily work we'd be less astounded by how long we've been making this #podcast) and our first episode is all about #CommunityBuilding online and what that looks like for #conservators and people in #CollectionsCare 💜 Where do we congregate, and what makes a #community?

You can listen here: https://thecword.show/2023/03/22/s13e01-building-communities/

#podcasts #conservation #preservation #communities #ConservationRestoration

Recently I entertained myself with a little photo shoot of doll sized wedding dresses. I packed them in tiny #acidfree boxes and even made a little costume bag.

Why?

Allegedly because I was writing "Happily Ever After: The Complete Guide on How to Store and Look After Your Wedding Dress" for Preservation Equipment.

(But also because it's fun.)

Read the guide here: https://www.preservationequipment.com/Blog/Blog-Posts/How-to-store-a-wedding-dress

#conservation #WeddingDresses #clothing #textiles #preservation #weddings #CollectionsCare #WeddingDress

I've written a handy guide to #light, that pesky #AgentOfDeterioration we need to see! 🔆 What is it, what does it do, and what can we do about it?

Check it out here:
https://conserv.io/blog/light/

#preservation #guides #conservation #CollectionsCare #AgentsOfDeterioration

Yesterday I had tremendous fun invading our local leisure centre and setting up another #salvage #training #workshop for #GLAM people in #Wales.

We covered:
🪣 Triage + salvage basics
🌊 Handling + drying stuff

Thanks to Connect-Conserve Cymru for letting me run these for the Emergency Planning Networks and cheers to Welsh gov for funding it so everyone could benefit! 🙏

#events #conservator #CollectionsCare #collections #conservation #EmergencyPlanning #disasterResponse #preservation

Well how else do you dry an industrial quantity of blotting paper after a salvage exercise? 😂

#AConservatorsLife #drying #CollectionsCare #conservation

Guys, a #Welsh #CollectionsCare job!

Collections Assistant / Cynorthwyydd Casgliadau

📍 Plas Newydd, #Anglesey
💷 £9.90 per hour
📆 30 hours per week until 29/2/24
⏰ Closes 29/1/23
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Must have an understanding of Welsh language

#PlasNewydd #NationalTrust #Wales #jobs #NationalTrustCymru #conservation #HeritageJobs

Full details here: https://careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_ga=2.9017525.1617313061.1674121444-2144246156.1669049076#/vacancy-detail/132142