Course:	Independent study in museum environment and care of objects
Date Offered:	Fall 1985
Location:	Ann Arbor, MI
Instructor:	Amy Rosenberg
Institution:	Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan

Syllabus

2 credits. Attendance: 3 hours/week (1 lecture, 2 practical)

DATE	LECTURE TOPIC	READINGS
What is the museum environment?
17 Sept.	Air: climate, microenvironments	Plenderleith & Werner pp.1- 18; Coremans in UNESCO pp 27-39; Handout "Control of the Museum Environment; Drew in London Conference pp. 183-190; Feilden in Vienna Conference p. 1-8; Padfield in London Conference pp. 119-126
1 Oct.	Air: Pollutants, dust, molds	Waller in London Conference pp. 65-68
8 Oct.	Heat & Light	Brill Chapters I&II; Macleod
15 Oct.	Physical surroundings and handling	Pugh
22 Oct.	Biological environment	Szent-Ivany in UNESCO pp. 53-69; Heim, Flieder, Nicot in UNESCO pp. 41-52
29 Oct.	Environmental tour of the Kelsey Museum
5 Nov.	Mid-term Examination
12 Nov.	Monitoring and controlling the museum environment	Handouts on silica gel and testing materials; Crafts Council Book 1 pp. 13-27;
Characteristics and Requirements of Materials of Museum Objects
19 Nov.	Inorganic materials -- ceramics and stone	Plenderleith & Werner pp. 299 -342; Sneyers & de Henau in UNESCO pp. 209-220
26 Nov.	Inorganic materials -- glass and metals	Hodges pp. 42-97 Plenderleith & Werner pp. 343-351
3 Dec.	Organic materials	Bellinger in Recent Advances pp. 192-194; Mailand; Hodges pp. 112-132
10 Dec.	Combination materials

THE GRADE IN THIS COURSE IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:

Notebook containing reading notes, laboratory notes, treatment reports
Mid-term examination
paper describing a collection in the Kelsey Museum as to its materials, condition, and need for treatment. The paper will describe recommended storage and/or handling and alternatives.

Readings:

UNESCO. The Conservation of Cultural Property (Paris, 1968)

Hodges, Henry. Artifacts (London, 1964) also (Humanities Press, 1981)

International Institute for Conservation. Vienna Congress, 1980 "Conservation within Historic Buildings:

------. 1967. London Conference on Museum Climatology

Crafts Council Conservation Science Teaching Series, Book 1: "An Introduction to Materials"

Mailand, Harold. Considerations for the care of Textiles. (Indianapolis, 1980)

Thompson, Gary. Recent Advances in Conservation. (London, 1963)

Brill, Thomas. Light, Its Interaction with Art and Antiquities. (New York, 1980)

Macleod, K.J. Canadian Conservation Institute Technical Bulletin, "Museum Lighting." (Ottawa, 1975)

Prerequisites: N/A