Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Preventive Conservation

Code

7414

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Conservação e Restauro

Credits

6.0

Teacher in charge

Maria Filomena Meireles Abrantes de Macedo Dinis

Weekly hours

6

Total hours

21

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

The goal of these lectures is to give the students the practical and theoretical knowledge that allow them to act in order to retard the main deterioration process and damage of our cultural heritage.

Prerequisites

Do not exist

Subject matter

Summary of the theoretical classes:
  1.  Preventive Conservation (PC)
  2. Deterioration agents
  3. Inventory
  4.  Control of the deterioration agents
  5. Decision making process: a fundamental activity in  PC
  6. Risk assessment for cultural property 
  7. Fisical force
  8. 7.1Condition Report
  9. 7.2 Handling, packing and transport
  10. Fire
  11. Water
  12. Thieves, vandals, displacers
  13. Temperature and humidity
  14. Effects of light on Materials in collections
  15. Main airborne Pollutants
  16. Materials used in Museums
  17. Integrated Pest management
  18. Exposition process
  19. Collections storage
  20. Emergency plan
  21.   Inspection
  22. Monitoring Program
  23. Case studies
Summary of the practical classes: 
 
  • Risk assessment: determination of the risk magnitude
  • Temperature and measurements methods
  • Relative humidity and measurements methods
  • Light
  •  Anoxic treatments
  • Studied trips
  • Practical Projects
  • Discussion of the Practical Projects

Bibliography

[1] Thomson, Garry, 1986. The Museum Environment. 2nd Edition. Butterworth-Heinemann. London.

[2] Chris Caple (ed). 2011.Preventive Conservation in Museums. Leicester Readers in Museum Studies. Routledge.

[3] KNELL, S. (Ed.) 2003. Care of Collections. Routledge, London.

[4] National Trust 2011. The National Trust Manual of Housekeeping. Care and conservation in historic houses National Trust

[5] Plano de Conservação Preventiva. Bases orientadoras, normas e procedimentos. 2007. Temas de Museologia. INSTITUTO DOS MUSEUS E DA CONSERVAÇÃO.

Teaching method

Lectures, study visits and to draw up a small report.

Evaluation method

This discipline has frequency, that is, a set of conditions to be met by the student to have access to examination; The student will have access to the resource examination provided they do not miss more than 2/3 of the theoretical and practical classes.

This course has a 3 components of continuous evaluation: 2 tests of Theoretical evaluation (T) and a theoretical / practical evaluation (TP)

Theoretical continuous evaluation (T) includes two tests that will be done during the semester, and the final theoretical evaluation will be obtained by the average of 2 tests. Students you can also do the Theoretical evaluation during the “Exame de Recurso”. The Theoretical final grade is worth 60% of the final grade.

Theoretical / practice (TP), has no minimum score and is performed based on a final group report and the oral presentation of this report. Thus the final score is calculated as follows:

Final Grade = (0.6 * T) + (0.4 * TP)

T = theoretical evaluation (2 tests average or exame grade)

TP = theoretical / practical assessment (written report +oral presentation)

 Admission to examination depends on the frequency of 2/3 of the practical classes, except in legally defined cases.

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