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["Sue Rees" <sue.rees@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Subscribers may be interested in the following publication which has just come
out -

The Scottish Society For Conservation and Restoration recently held a
seminar on the recovery and treatment of works of art and objects
damaged in the 1993 flood in Perth, Scotland.
Papers arising from the seminar are now available for purchase, as the
24-page publication: 'Perth Flood Seminar: Every Cloud Has A Silver
Lining'.

Contributions include:

Noah's Ark: Perth Museum and the Great Flood
by Susan Payne (Perth Museum & Art Gallery)

Recollections on the Flood at Perth Museum & Art Gallery
by Dr Jim Tate (National Museums of Scotland) & Sarah Slade (Australian
National Maritime Museum)

Size (and Other Matters): The Conservation of Water-damaged Paintings
by Clare Meredith (Conservation Studio, Hopetoun House)

Freeze-drying Flood-damaged Books and Documents From Perth Museum & Art
Gallery
by Theo Skinner (National Museums of Scotland)

See How They Run: Conserving Perth Museum's Flood-damaged Archives
by Vanessa Charles (Dundee University Library Conservation Unit)

The Conservation of Flood-damaged Photographic Material from Perth
Museum & Art Gallery
by Christopher Harvey (Christopher Harvey Photographic Conservation)

Treatment of Flood-damaged Mixe-media Items From the Social History
Collection
by Amanda Clydesdale (AOC Archaeology Group)

Conservation of Japanese Edged Weapons
by Brian Melville (National Museums of Scotland)


The cost of the publication is:
SSCR members - 10 UKP; non-members - 12 UKP
plus
postage:
UK - 1.00 UKP; Europe-1.50 UKP; outwith Europe - 2.00 UKP

To order the publication, please contact:
SSCR, The Glasite Meeting House, 33 Barony Street, Edinburgh EH3 6NX,
Scotland, UK
Tel: +44(0)1506 811777  fax: +44(0)1506 811888
e-mail: admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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