Museum Lighting - A Guide for Conservators and Curators

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By David Saunders

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Museum Lighting - A Guide for Conservators and Curators by David Saunders, former keeper of conservation and scientific research at the British Museum, explores balancing the conflicting requirements of visibility and preservation in museum lighting. The book begins with the science of light, colour, and vision before providing detailed analyses of how light impacts various objects such as paintings, manuscripts, textiles, bone, leather, and plastics. Practical guidance is offered to assist curators, conservators, and museum professionals in making informed decisions about display and preservation under diverse conditions.
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Essential reading for conservators, curators, and museum professionals seeking expert guidance on balancing object preservation with visibility through museum lighting.

This indispensable guide to museum lighting, written by distinguished conservation scientist David Saunders, is the first new volume of its kind in over thirty years.

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Author David Saunders, former keeper of conservation and scientific research at the British Museum, explores how to balance the conflicting goals of visibility and preservation under a variety of conditions. Beginning with the science of how light, colour, and vision function and interact, he proceeds to offer detailed studies of the impact of light on a wide range of objects, including paintings, manuscripts, textiles, bone, leather, and plastics.

With analyses of the effects of light on visibility and deterioration, Museum Lighting provides practical information to assist curators, conservators, and other museum professionals in making critical decisions about the display and preservation of objects in their collections.

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"Museum Lighting: A Guide for Conservators and Curators provides a straightforward approach to the subject and makes it accessible to a wide audience. It neatly summarises relevant research and offers a great source of references." — Naomi Luxford, The Picture Restorer

"A great achievement. I unreservedly recommend Museum Lighting which seems set to become a landmark resource for museum professionals worldwide." — Celia Bockmuehl, Journal of the Institute of Conservation

"Well researched and clearly written with updated information on technology, sustainability, and guidelines. This publication will quickly become an invaluable resource for conservators, curators, and other museum professionals." — Diane E. Knauf, News in Conservation

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781606066379

Publisher: Getty Trust Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 February 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Getty Publications

Illustration: 130 colour + 9 b/w illustrations; 121 graphs

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 666g

Pages: 328

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About the Author

David Saunders is an honorary research fellow at the British Museum, having been keeper of conservation and scientific research there for ten years, until 2015. He was previously in the Scientific Department at the National Gallery in London. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and vice president of the International Institute of Conservation. In 2015-16, he was a guest scholar at the Getty Conservation Institute, conducting the research that underpins much of this book.