Collection Management and Preventive Conservation
Spicer Art Conservation can assist your collection with customized surveys or with a Conservation Assessment Program (CAP). To review the list of surveys performed by Spicer Art conservation, LLC click here.
Conservation Assessment Program, CAP
Collection Surveys & Object Examinations
Collection Storage Assessment & Design
Housekeeping & Integrated Pest Management
Disaster Planning & Recovery
Collection Preservation Plan
Conservation Assessment Program, CAP
How do you develop a collection care strategy? A wonderful first step is with a CAP survey, supported by Heritage Preservation and IMLS.
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Collection Surveys & Object Examinations
On-site visits and surveys are often needed to assess a collection’s condition, storage and future storage needs. Collection surveys are both general, discussing the collection as a whole, or can include specific detailed information, as an item-by-item objects examination of a collection or type of artifact.
Collection Storage Assessment &
Design
Custom
design your collection storage area to best fit your needs
and space. Proper design is essential for long-term
preservation and ease of access to the collection. It is
best to have a collection survey done before designing your
collection storage. Energies spent with storage
improvements are the most economical use of funds for
preservation. Projects have been done for The World
Awareness Children's Museum and the
Chautauqua Banner
Collection.
Housekeeping & Integrated Pest
Management
Spicer
Art Conservation, LLC has aided museums in implementing
Housekeeping and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plans
that are customized to each institution. On-site visits are
used to better find a holistic and approachable plan. Plans
have been prepared for historical houses and museums in
historic buildings.
Disaster Planning & Recovery
Gwen
is has completed training by the Foundation of the American
Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
in the area of Disaster Response for Cultural Property.
Past projects have included surveying and restoration of
salvaged artifacts damaged by smoke and soot as well as
water. Spicer Art Conservation, LLC can also assist
institutions with Emergency Plans using the DPlan.
Collection Preservation Plan
Spicer Art Conservation, LLC has been a part of several
collection preservation teams of conservators that can be
assembled to asses the preservation needs and priorities
for museums. One such project was the home of Bill and Lois
Wilson at
Stepping Stones
Foundation,
in order to develop a comprehensive holistic collections
plan. Spicer Art Conservation focused on the textile
collections while conservators in other specialties
focused on their areas. This later lead to the
development of a Housekeeping Plan and training. Other
examples of Collection Preservation Plans have been an
early nineteenth century carriage and the
1826 Best Bed.
The
team surveys the library, and one of the many interesting
textiles in the museum.
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