Workshop on environment

Workshop on "The Museum Building and Environment"
Australian Museum,
Sydney, Australia
June 7-11, 1999.

The five day course is designed for Museums, Libraries, and Archives
personnel. The workshop will bring together recent information
relevant to personnel managing collections. Topics covered through
both lectures and practicals will include environmental standards,
risk analysis, disaster preparedness, passive and active climate
control, monitoring of micro-environment, building orientation and
design, appropriate design to avoid condensation, optimising
microclimate through design and materials selection, low impact and
sustainable materials selection, and dealing with indoor and outdoor
pollutants. The emphasis of the course will be on training the
participant to get an overview on the various issues affecting a
museum building, and thus be able to design/retrofit any building
for the long term preservation of their collections. Instructors
include Architects, Building Scientists and Museum Professionals
from Universities, CSIRO and Museums. Speakers include Steve Brown
(CSIRO), Ivan Cole (CSIRO), Vinod Daniel (Australian Museum),
Lorraine Gibson (Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage), Colin
Pearson (University of Canberra), Deo Prasad (University of New
South Wales), Frank Preusser (Consultant, USA), and Steve King
(University of New South Wales).

The registration fee for the workshop is AU$900 which includes
workshop notes, site visits, opening reception, morning and
afternoon tea and some lunches.

For further information please contact:

    Vinod Daniel
    Head, Research Centre for Materials Conservation and the Built
        Environment
    Australian Museum
    6 College Street
    Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
    +61 2 9320 6115
    Fax: +61 2 9320 6070
    Mobile: +61 411 021 600
    Vinodd [at] amsg__Austmus__gov__au

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