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HIGHEST STANDARDS IN FINE ART SHIPPING
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EUROPEAN
STANDARDS FOR HANDLING, STORAGE & PRESERVATION OF MUSEUM OBJECTS
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In
December 2002 the European Committee for Standardisation CEN (Comité
Européeen
de Normalisation) decided to form a new technical committee, CEN /
TC 346 regarding
Conservation of European Cultural Property, which will develop European
standards for the conservation of our heritage.
The initiative comes from Italy and concerns aspects of analysis and
test methods, terminology,
the impact of indoor and outdoor environment, guidelines for transportation
and packaging.
Five international working groups (WG) have been set-up with their
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WG1: Guidelines and standards for terminology and documentation
of Conservation.
(Italy)
- WG2:
Guidelines and standards for testing and analysis for characterisation
of materials
and evaluation of object condition. (Greece)
- WG3:
WG3: Guidelines and standards for evaluation of conservation materials
and methods.
(Italy)
- jWG4:
Guidelines and standards for indoor climate, climate / environment.
(Denmark)
- jWG5:
Guidelines and standards for the transport of cultural goods outside
the institutions.
(France)
x Please note that
WG5 also includes packing methods and package.
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Each
WG is working in broad areas, which also has great significance for
collection
responsibility in museums, for example risk analysis, lighting, climate
control in warehouse,
exhibitions and booths, air quality and pest control.
The Swedish ICEFAT agent, MTAB, is elected by the Swedish museums
to participate as an expert in the group WG5. The next meeting of
the group WG5 will be held in Brussels on the 26th
& 27th November. At that meeting packing methods and packing material
will be treated as a main
topic.
ICEFAT News will keep our readers updated of the outcome of the work
that European
Committee for Standardisation leads.
Stefan Fors
MTAB, Sweden |
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