Workshop on environmental monitoring

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), with
funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, is
sponsoring two one-day environmental workshops, "Instituting a
Conservation Environment Monitoring Program," in Philadelphia, PA,
on Thursday, September 14, and in Farmington, CT, on Monday,
November 13, 1995.

The workshops are intended for library, archive, house museum, and
museum professionals, as well as for architects, engineers, and
staff involved in facilities management and design.  The workshops
will supply the technical background to develop support and
documentation for improving environmental conditions for long-term
preservation of cultural collections.

Both workshops will present the rationale, techniques, and equipment
used to monitor the critical environmental conditions for cultural
collections.  Ways to develop realistic methods to monitor humidity,
temperature, lighting, particulates, and gaseous contamination will
be discussed, including analysis and interpretation of
hygrothermograph data.  Various types of monitoring equipment will
be demonstrated and a useful packet of supportive information will
be provided.

*   Philadelphia, PA:

    William P. Lull, Principal and Senior Conservation Environment
    Consultant at Garrison/Lull, Inc., Princeton, NJ, and Adjunct
    Associate Professor of Building Technology at New York
    University, will conduct the workshop on Thursday, September 14
    from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Historical Society of
    Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street.

* Farmington, CT:

    Thomas E. Newbold, Vice President of Landmark Facilities Group,
    Inc., a consulting and engineering firm in East Norwalk, CT,
    will conduct the workshop on Monday, November 13, from 10:00
    a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road.

Registration Information

The registration fee of $50.00 includes a box lunch and materials.
For further information and a registration form, please contact:

    Ann Craddock
    Preservation Services Representative
    CCAHA
    215-545-0613
    Fax: 215-735-9313
    ccaha [at] shrsys__hslc__org

Virgilia Rawnsley
Director of Preservation Services
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
215-545-0613
Fax: 215-545-0613

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                   Conservation DistList Instance 9:5
                 Distributed: Wednesday, June 28, 1995
                        Message Id: cdl-9-5-005
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