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📰 York Castle Museum partially closed after #RAAC discovery
Surprised we haven't seen more headlines like these: #museums all over the country must be built out of the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) they've discovered propping up the gallery ceilings in #York.
The concrete has a life-span of 30 years and we've been cheerily putting it in just about everything between the 1950s until the mid-90s. :yikes:
Full read here: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/09/york-castle-museum-announces-partial-closure-after-raac-discovery/
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Today I'm attending the #MuseumsAssociation one day conference on the #FutureOfDisposal, which is a hot topic for #museums everywhere.
I'm very pro-rationalisation, which often horrifies fellow #conservators, but we just can't keep everything.
I'd be curious to hear what my fellow GLAM folks on here think of pruning #collections - yay or nay?
Personally I think it's as much a part of good #CollectionsManagement as acquiring new objects and looking after them while they're in your care.