Museum Microclimate

Program PROGRAM FOR MUSEUM MICROCLIMATES CONFERENCE 2007

Sunday 18th November
17.00 - 19.00 Registration and Posters
19.00 - 21.00 Reception: The National Museum of Denmark

Monday 19th November
09.00 - 09.20 Welcome address by Carsten U. Larsen, Director
09.10 - 09.20 Opening address by Jesper Stub Johnsen, Head of Conservation
                        Session 1: The effect of the environment on artefacts.
09.20 - 09.50 Applying science to the question of museum climate David Erhardt,
                        Charles S. Tumosa and Marion F. Mecklenburg
09.50 - 10.20 Microclimates and moisture induced damage to paintings Marion F. Mecklenburg
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 11.30 Canvas paintings on cold walls: relative humidity differences near
                         the stretcher Frank J. Ligterink and Giovanna Di Pietro
11.30 - 12.00 Extending the useful life of paper - evaluation of the effect of 
                         various preservation actions Aneta Balažic, Špela Habicht, Mateja Smodiš, 
                         Jana Kolar and Matija Strlic
12.00 - 12.30 Warm feet and cold art: Is this the solution? 
                         Polychrome wooden ecclesiastical art - climate and dimensional changes
                         Tone M. Olstad and Annika Haugen

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break

14.00 - 14.30 Determination of response rates
                         of wooden objects to fluctuating relative humidity in historic properties
                         Barry Knight and David Thickett
14.30 - 15.00 Museum lighting: its past and future development James Druzik and Bent Eshøj
15.00 - 15.30 Insect damage as a function of climate Robert E. Child
15.30 - 16.00 Break

Session 2: Measuring the environment.

16.00 - 16.30 Screening emission analysis of construction materials
                         and evaluation of airborne pollutants in newly constructed display cases
                         A.Schieweck, D. Markewitz, T. Salthammer
16.30 - 17.00 Dosimeters for indoor microclimate monitoring for cultural heritage
                         M.Odlyha, C.Theodorakopoulos, D.Thickett, M.Rhyl-Svendsen, J.M.Slater 
                         and R.Campana
19.00 -            Reception: City Hall of Copenhagen

Tuesday 20th November
Session 2: Measuring the environment, cont.

09.00 - 09.30 The SurveNIR project - a dedicated near-infrared instrument
                         for paper characterization Matija Strlič, Jana Kolar and Dirk Lichtblau
09.30 - 10.00 Impact of the environmental conditions on the conservation of
                          metal artifacts: an evaluation using electrochemical techniques Virginia Costa 
                          and M. Dubus
Session 3: Applying knowledge of the effects of climate: surveying actual collections.
10.00 - 10.30 Documenting and optimizing storage conditions at the 
                          National Museum of Denmark James M. Reilly, Jesper Stub Johnsen and 
                          Lars Aasbjerg Jensen
10.30 - 11.00 Break 11.00 - 11.30 Applying the outcome of climate research in 
                         collection risk management Agnes W. Brokerhof
11.30 - 12.00 A holistic appraisal of environmental conditions in The National Archives, 
                         UK Kostas Ntanos, Nancy Bell
12.00 - 12.30 What's causing the damage! The use of a combined solution-based 
                         risk assessment and condition audit Claire Fry, Amber Xavier-Rowe, Frances Halahan 
                         and Jennifer Dinsmore
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break

14.00 - 14.30 Investigation into the impacts of large numbers of visitors on the 
                         collection environment at Our Lord in the Attic Shin Maekawa, Bart Ankersmit, 
                         Edgar Neuhaus, Henk Schellen, Vincent Beltran and Foekje Boersma
14.30 - 15.00 Target microclimate for preservation derived from past indoor conditions 
                         Lukasz Bratasz, Dario Camuffo, Roman Kozlowski
15.00 - 15.30 Dust in historic libraries Helen Lloyd, Caroline Bendix, Peter Brimblecombe, 
                         David Thickett 15.30 - 16.30 Break and poster session
17.00 - 19.00 Reception: Statens Museum for Kunst, the Danish National Gallery

Wednesday 21st November
Excursions

Thursday 22nd November
09.00 - 09.30 Libraries and archives in historic buildings David Thickett, Seok-Joo Rhee 
                        and Sarah Lambarth
09.30 - 10.00 Why keep climate records - and how to keep them Tim Padfield
10.00 - 10.30 Discussion standards, guidelines, risk analysis
10.30 - 11.00 Break

Session 4: Use of enclosure to control climate - the larger environment.
11.00 - 11.30 The role of air exchange rates and surface reaction rates on the 
                        air quality in museum storage buildings Morten Ryhl-Svendsen
11.30 - 12.00 Climate control in Danish churches Poul Klenz Larsen
12.00 - 12.30 Managing external environments through preventive conservation: 
                         the investigation and control of environmentally-caused deterioration of decorative 
                         surfaces in the Marlborough Pavilion, Chartwell, Kent Katy Lithgow, Tobit Curteis, 
                         Linda Bullock

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch break

14.00 - 14.30 Mould growth prediction by computational simulation on historic buildings
                          M. Krus, R. Kilian, K. Sedlbauer
14.30 - 15.00 The potential and limits for passive air conditioning of museums, stores
                         and archives Tim Padfield, Poul Klenz Larsen, Lars Aasbjerg Jensen
                         and Morten Ryhl-Svendsen
15.00 - 15.30 Problem-zone "Window" Alfons Huber
15.30 - 16.00 Break 16.00 - 16.30 Evaluation of the climate in a new shared storage facility 
                         using passive climate control Michael Højlund Rasmussen
16.30 - 17.00 Sustainable passive climate control in developing countries: a case study
                         at the National Museum of Art in Maputo, Mozambique Lara Broecke
19.00 -            Conference Dinner: Tivoli Gardens Friday

23rd November
Session 5: The showcase and picture frame.

09.00 - 09.30 The evolution of a conservation framing policy at Tate Stephen Hackney
09.30 - 10.00 The benefits and disadvantages of adding silica gel to microclimate 
                         packages for panel paintings Mervin Richard
10.00 - 10.30 The effect of air tightness on RH buffering and control David Thickett,
                         Phillip Fletcher, Andrew Calver and Sarah Lambarth
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 11.30 Museum showcases: specification and reality, costs and benefits Siobhan Watts, 
                         David Crombie, Sonia Jones and Sally Ann Yates
11.30 - 12.00 The use of glass boxes to protect modern paintings in warm humid museums
                         Franciza Toledo, Magali Sehn, Mário Sousa Junior, Sérgio Brazolin, Stephen Hackney

 12.00 - 13.30 Lunch break

13.30 - 14.00 Trends in microclimate control of display cases Jerry Shiner
14.00 - 14.30 The good, the bad and the frustrating: designing and implementing a 
                         climate control system at the Royal Ontario Museum Helen Coxon
14.30 - 15.00 Closing session: Marion F. Mecklenburg

The conference took place at the
National Museum, Ny Vestergade 10, Copenhagen,
19 - 23 November 2007

Organisers

The National Museum of Denmark,
Department of Conservation 

Conservation Centre Vejle

Organising committee
Michael Højlund Rasmussen
Karen Brynjolf Pedersen
Morten Ryhl-Svendsen
Jesper Stub Johnsen
Mads Chr. Christensen

ICOM-CC Preventive Conservation-WG

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,
School of Conservation

Scientific committee
David Thickett Tim Padfield
Bent Eshøj
Morten Ryhl-Svendsen
Mads Chr. Christensen