Preventive conservation and ‘a madness to gaze at trifles’: a sustainable future for historic houses

A cross-disciplinary approach to the use of archives as evidence of past indoor environments in historic buildings

“…7 Object treatments have also often remained faithful to historical methods. Records like the Kew Palace housekeeper's book, 1824-63, describe methods that are still used today in caring for objects.…”

Conceptualizing Self-learning to Deliver Successful Events in Built Heritage Settings

“…In spite of this, the underlying challenges will be the same (Orbasli, 2008). As visits to historic houses have grown in popularity many are now opened regularly to the public and used for commercial events (Lloyd & Staniforth, 2000;Timothy, 2018), thus exposing historic interiors to more light, dust, humidity, trampling, and handling (Leask et al, 2002: Lloyd & Staniforth, 2000. The impact when historic spaces are used to capacity considerably increases the vulnerability of the interiors and the collections of a property (English Heritage, 2004) in spaces that were never intended to accommodate regular large gatherings (Leask et al, 2002).…”

Sistema De Monitorización Del Microclima De Los Frescos Renacentistas De La Catedral Metropolitana De Valencia

“…Las iglesias u otros edificios históricos no son una excepción en cuanto a microclimas desfavorables [51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63]. Las iglesias han sido utilizadas durante siglos en ambientes fríos, y cuando han sido calentadas, las obras de arte han sufrido o han sido dañadas dramáticamente.…”