Publication on Perth flood

The Scottish Society For Conservation and Restoration (SSCR)
recently held a seminar on the recovery and treatment of works of
art and objects damaged in the 1993 flood in Perth, Scotland. Papers
arising from the seminar are now available for purchase, as the
24-page publication: 'Perth Flood Seminar: Every Cloud Has A Silver
Lining'.

Contributions include:

    Noah's Ark: Perth Museum and the Great Flood
    by Susan Payne (Perth Museum and Art Gallery)

    Recollections on the Flood at Perth Museum and Art Gallery
    by Dr Jim Tate (National Museums of Scotland) and
    Sarah Slade (Australian National Maritime Museum)

    Size (and Other Matters): The Conservation of Water-damaged
    Paintings
    by Clare Meredith (Conservation Studio, Hopetoun House)

    Freeze-drying Flood-damaged Books and Documents From Perth
    Museum and Art Gallery
    by Theo Skinner (National Museums of Scotland)

    See How They Run: Conserving Perth Museum's Flood-damaged
    Archives
    by Vanessa Charles (Dundee University Library Conservation Unit)

    The Conservation of Flood-damaged Photographic Material from
    Perth Museum and Art Gallery

    by Christopher Harvey (Christopher Harvey Photographic
    Conservation)

    Treatment of Flood-damaged Mixed-media Items From the Social
    History Collection
    by Amanda Clydesdale (AOC Archaeology Group)

    Conservation of Japanese Edged Weapons
    by Brian Melville (National Museums of Scotland)

The cost of the publication is: SSCR members: 10UKP; non-members:
12UKP plus postage: UK: 1.00UKP: Europe-1.50 UKP; outside Europe:
2.00UKP

To order the publication, please contact:

    SSCR
    The Glasite Meeting House
    33 Barony Street
    Edinburgh EH3 6NX
    Scotland, UK
    +44 1506 811777
    Fax: +44 1506 811888
    admin [at] sscr__demon__co__uk
    <URL:http://www.sscr.demon.co.uk/>


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