The Preparator's Handbook

Name: The Preparator's Handbook
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd
SKU: 9781538139226
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A Practical Guide for Preparing and Installing Collection Objects

By Andrew Saluti

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The Preparator's Handbook by Andrew Saluti is an essential guide for emerging museum professionals and gallery workers with little to no preparatory experience. It offers practical, step-by-step instructions on museum-standard procedures for preparing and installing various collection objects, including works on paper, archival volumes, and historic artefacts. The book includes templates for presentation, preservation, and storage, illustrated inventories of tools and materials, basics of lighting and multimedia installations, and unique case studies from prestigious institutions like the Field Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass. With over 50 illustrations and photographs, it serves as both a hands-on resource and an academic textbook for museum studies and fine art students.
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This book is ideal for novice and amateur collection and gallery professionals, museum studies students, fine art students, and anyone involved in museum or gallery object preparation and installation seeking practical guidance and professional-standard techniques.

The Preparator’s Handbook is an invaluable resource for emerging museum professionals or anyone working in galleries and collections with little-to-no previous preparatory experience or training. It explores, explains, and demonstrates object preparation and installation techniques.

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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 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 artefacts.

- 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.

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Saluti's handbook is praised for being clear, concise, and comprehensive, quickly becoming a best practice reference in the museum field. It effectively balances big-picture context with detailed instructions that are useful for preparators in any museum setting. The book offers deep insight into museum preparator work, making it valuable for both entry-level and seasoned professionals, as well as suitable for college and graduate-level Museum Studies courses. The inclusion of actual case studies enhances its practical knowledge and real-world application.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781538139226

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield

Illustration: 52 b/w photos; 1 table

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 417g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Andrew Saluti is assistant professor and program coordinator for museum studies at Syracuse University. Before stepping into this academic role, Saluti was the chief curator of exhibitions, programs and education for the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Libraries and the assistant director of the Syracuse University Art Galleries and Collections.