Preventive Conservation
Artificial aging of paint samples chosen for exhibition
Prevention is always better than the cure and Plowden and Smith actively encourages preventive conservation by offering:
- Condition assessment and surveys of objects and collections to determine the overall suitability of storage/display facilities. Reports can be generated to inclue recommendations for storage/display furniture, conservation treatments, housekeeping, environmental control, integrated pest management
- Inventorying collections using databases or spreadsheets with photographic records
- Accelerated aging tests for construction and display materials, in order to assess their long-term stability and suitability for conservation and exhibition use
- Environmental data collection and interpretation for objects in transit, temporary exhibitions, collections or storage facilities (including, temperature, relative humidity, pollution and particulates)
- Design and production of microclimate controlled display cases, transit cases and storage facilities
- Air exchange monitoring for showcase testing and commissioning
