The Preparator's Handbook - A Practical Guide for Preparing and Installing Collection Objects (Paperback)

The Preparator's Handbook: A Practical Guide for Preparing and Installing Collection Objects is an invaluable resource for emerging museum professionals or anyone working in galleries and collections with little-to-no previous preparatory experience or training. This handbook explores, explains, and illustrates the basics for the preparation and installation professionals. - practical, step-by-step guides that outline museum-standard procedures for most types of collection objects, including works on paper, archival volumes, and historic artifacts. - templates and guides for presentation, preservation, and collection storage - illustrated inventories of standard and specialized tools, materials and hardware - the basics of lighting, audio, and video in installations. - unique case-studies from working professionals for a wide-range of objects and installations including examples from the Field Museum, the Corning Museum of Glass, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. - Over 50 illustrations and photographs that accompany the written text. This practical book is the first of its kind: a guide for novice or amateur collection and gallery professionals as well as an academic textbook for museum studies and fine art students.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2022
Authors:	Andrew Saluti
Dimensions:	246 x 178 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-5381-3922-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General
LSN:	1-5381-3922-7
Barcode:	9781538139226

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