M. Cassar, R.L. Barclay
Conservation Assessment :: Strategies for Environmental Control
This chapter concentrates on conservation assessments, which outline methods for identifying problems, and strategies for environmental control, which deal with control options and their advantages and drawbacks. Assessing problems and managing the environment of even the smallest collection is an intricate task. The following notes provide an outline of some of the factors to be considered, and possible approaches to solving problems. For general guidance for non-musical collections the reader is referred to Museums Environment Energy and Environmental Management: Guidelines for Museum and Galleries by Cassar, and to "Relative Humidity in Museums, Galleries, and Archives: Specification and Control" by Michalski. The specific environmental requirements of musical instruments, and economical and straightforward methods of monitoring, are discussed thoroughly by Karp in "Storage Climates for Musical Instruments."