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<h3 property="dc:title" datatype="">Preservation Environments
On-line Course</h3>
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<p><strong>Description:</strong></p>
<p>The museum's brick exterior wall is crumbling. The powder
coated metal storage shelves have active rust under the foam
padding. Objects in fur storage are covered in mold. It is
raining in the exhibit hall. This is the damage that occurs
to museum buildings or collection when staff do not
understand preservation environments. <strong>Preservation
Environments</strong> is essential knowledge for any
collecting institution. Everyone should understand how
humidity and temperature are controlled by a building and
its mechanical system. For museum staff considering a new
building - and any institution planning to expand or rebuild
an existing one - <strong>Preservation Environments</strong>
provide important information for calculating whether the
proposed improvements will actually improve the
environmental control of your protective enclosure.
Participants learn the advantages and disadvantages of
numerous methods of temperature and humidity control.
Preservation Environments does not try to turn museum
professionals into engineers. Rather, it arms them with the
knowledge they need to work with engineers and maintenance
professionals. And helps explain why damaged occurred and
how to keep it from happening again.</p>
<p><strong>Course Outline:</strong></p>
<p>1 Introduction</p>
<p>2 Climate Control Basics</p>
<p>3 Monitoring and Psychrometrics</p>
<p>4 Water - The Enemy</p>
<p>5 Preservation Today and Tomorrow</p>
<p>6 Conclusion<br>
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<p><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,
helvetica; font-size: medium;">Ernest A. Conrad's</strong><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica;
font-size: medium;"> greatest contribution to the
preservation field was the development of environmental
guidelines for engineers who work on museums, libraries
and archives. For over 20 years, Mr. Conrad has focused on
environmental issues. He is president of Conrad Engineers
and Past Founder of Landmark Facilities Group, Inc., an
engineering firm specializing in environmental systems for
museums, libraries, archives and historic facilities. A
licensed mechanical engineer in several states, Mr. Conrad
holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a
master's in environmental engineering from Drexel
University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For more
information visit his web site Landmark Facilities Group,
Inc.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,
helvetica; font-size: medium;">The American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers,
Inc. (ASHRAE) publishes standards in the areas of HVAC and
refrigeration. Mr. Conrad recently co-authored the ASHRAE
Applications Handbook "Chapter 20: Museums, Libraries and
Archives." For the first time, there are guidelines
specific to our needs in the engineering literature. Mr.
Conrad has studied environments and designed special
climate control systems throughout the United States for
clients as well-known as the National Gallery of Art,
Library of Congress, The Frick Collection, Getty
Conservation Institute, The Pierpont Morgan Library,
National Trust for Historic Preservation, and National
Park Service. He has a special interest in house museums
and how climate affects structures and collections housed
within those structures.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0,
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<font face="arial, helvetica"><strong><a
href="http://www.collectioncare.org/training/trol_classes_ms211.html">MS211</a>:
Preservation Environments (5 weeks)<br>
July 7- August 8, 2014<br>
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Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center
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