Care & Conservation of Natural History Collections
David Carter and Annette K Walker
This book covers the physical care of botanical and zoological collections for scientific teaching and display purposes with an emphasis on preservation for scientific value. It is a manual for curators and collection managers containing practical guidance, recommendations and advice across the whole field of natural history curation (excluding palaeontology and mineralogy).
A wide range of international experts with hands-on experience of collections have been chosen to contribute chapters on the care and conservation of both dried and fluid-preserved collections of plant material, vertebrates and invertebrates. The emphasis is on remedial conservation, ie the employment of best practice to prevent or arrest the long-term deterioration of specimens to preserve their scientific and cultural worth. Special chapters cover the fields of genetic material, pest control, the museum environment - policies and procedures, with appendices on such topics as documentation and disaster planning.
Published by Butterworth-Heinemann in association with the Natural History Museum, London.
Key features
- Practical manual containing guidance, recommendations and advice for natural history curation and conservation
- Clearly presented, well illustrated, including colour photographs and extensive references
- Multi-contributor work by the best in their respective fields
Editors
David Carter, Collections Manager, Entomology Department, the Natural History Museum
Annette Walker, Scientific Associate, Entomology Department, the Natural History Museum
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Specifications
ISBN: 0 7506 0961 3
Price: £59.99
Format: Hardback
Size: 246 x 189 mm
Extent: 256 pp, 32 colour photographs, 150 half-tones, 5 line drawings
Published: December 1998
Subject classification: Collections management; curation; conservation
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