UHVM1046 Seminar of Preventive Conservation

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Antonín Šimčík (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Antonín Šimčík
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Student must submit current medical certificate of his medical fitness for work in the laboratory of conservation center, where he works and manipulates with chemicals (acids, bases, volatile substances etc.)and uses chemical-physical instruments.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the seminar is to acquaint students with comprehensive issues of preventive conservation of museum exhibits and check their knowledge in practice. Students will bring home the basic concepts in the field of conservation and restoration, ethical standards, system preservation and restoration of museum collections in the Czech Republic, specialized departments and legislation. Furthermore, attention will be paid to the specifics of remedial and preventive conservation, principles of occupational health with collections, monitoring microclimate conditions in the interiors and their regulation, general principles of inorganic and organic materials presented in museums, galleries and archives collections, rescue organization during natural disasters, the principles of care the presentation of the collections, depositing and transport, protection of collections using substitutes, particularly digitization and finally evaluating the effectiveness of the activities carried out. It will be accentuated for all themes by the principles of preventive conservation during daily handling of the collections. Students will check their knowledge in practice in the Centre of restoration and conservation UHV.
Syllabus
  • 1. Effects of temperature and humidity/moisture on the collections.
    2. The effects of optical radiation on materials collection.
    3. Effects of solid, liquid and gaseous contaminants at the materials collection.
    4. Causes and consequences of biological attack collections. The impact of humans.
    5. Protection of collections during the presentation, storing and transport.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ICOM-CC 16th triennialkonferenceLisbon 19-23 September 2011: preprints. (ed. Janet Bridgland). info
  • KOPECKÁ, I. a kol.:. Preventivní ochrana sbírkových předmětů. info
  • ŠIMČÍK, A. - ŠIMČÍKOVÁ, M.:. Výběrová bibliografie konzervátorské literatury (1990-2003). URL: axpsu.fpf.slu.cz/~sim20uh/literatura/bibliografie. info
  • Kol. autorů. Konzervování a restaurování kovů. Ochrana předmětů kulturního dědictví z kovů a jejich slitin. Brno, 2011. info
  • PETZET, M. International principles of preservation. 2010. info
  • MERRITT, J. - REILLY, J. A. Preventive conservation for historic house museums. Lanham, 2010. info
  • WALLER, R., SMYK, L. Assessing and Managing to your Collections. Birmingham, 2007. info
  • APPLEBAUM, B. Conservation treatment metodology. 2007. info
  • Museum microclimates: abstractsofpostersattheCopenhagenkonference, 19-23 November 2007 (ed. TimothyPadfield et col.). Copenhagen, 2007. info
  • Preventive Conservation (ed. Alexandra Jeberien, Mathias Knaut). Berlín, 2007. info
  • TICHÝ, M. Ovládání rizika. Analýza a management. Praha, 2006. info
  • KEENE, S. Managing Conservation in Museums. Oxford, 2002. info
  • HATCHFIELD, P. Pollutants in the museum environment. Practical strategies for problem solving in design, exhibition and storage. London, 2002. info
  • ĎUROVIČ, M. a kol. Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih. Praha, 2002. info
  • HILBERT, G. S. Sammlungsgut in Sicherheit. Beleuchtung und Lichtschutz, Klimatisierung, Schadstoffprävention, Schädlingsbekämpfung, Sicherungstechnik, Brandschutz, Gefahrenmanagement. Berlin, 2002. info
  • ASHLEY-SMITH, J. Risk Assessment for Object Conservation. Oxford, 1999. info
  • Framework for the Preservation of Museum Collections. Ottawa, 1998. info
  • THOMPSON, G. The Museum Environment. Oxford, 1994. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Successful completion of the final test and the preparation and presentation of the essay.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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