The Care of Antiques and Historical Collections (American Association for State and Local History)

About this book

The Care of Antiques and Historical Collections is a wonderful handbook that gives you and your staff the crucial knowledge you need to start and maintain sound programs of storage display and environmental control for your historical artifacts. Providing instruction for both the expert and novice conservationist MacLeish offers sound advice on how you can take a few active measures to protect clean repair and care for objects most commonly found in museums or private collections. This is MacLeishs fully revised and greatly expanded edition of Per E. Gudbecks classic The Care of Historical Collections.