We don some hard hats and crane our necks as we talk large objects with special guest host Simon Stephens: from machinery and figureheads to tanks and planes. What are some of the unique challenges associated with really big stuff? Also tune in for a special tour of the Science Museum store at Wroughton, a Dear Jane about what to see in Florence, and a review of ’The Conservation of Sculpture Parks.'
00:00:48 What counts as ’big stuff’ exactly?
00:06:01 Taking stuff apart, hazards, and other considerations
00:16:30 Swapping the B72 for epoxy
00:18:42 Displaying and moving oversize museum collections
00:33:09 Behind the scenes tour with Simon and Kloe
00:57:33 Guidance and resources
00:59:09 Monuments, sites, and buildings
01:01:04 Review: ’The Conservation of Sculpture Parks'
01:06:07 Dear Jane
01:12:14 Comments, questions and corrections
Show Notes:
- Science Museum Group: https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/
- Imperial War Museums: https://www.iwm.org.uk
- National Museum of Flight: https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight/
- Make It Float event: http://www.sharemuseumseast.org.uk/events/event/east-anglian-conservators-forum-event-make-it-float/
- Figureheads mentioned in Icon News originally: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/14/restored-19th-century-ships-figureheads-to-go-on-display-in-plymouth
- Martinspeed: https://www.martinspeed.com/
- Whale skeleton at Tullie House Museum: http://www.natural-history-conservation.com/CarlisleFinWhaleSkeleton.htm
- Dippy on Tour: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/dippy-on-tour.html
- Cars Europe: https://www.carseurope.net/
- Science Museum at Wroughton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Museum_at_Wroughton
- Crofton Beam Engines: https://www.croftonbeamengines.org/
- Big Stuff conference: https://bigstuff.omeka.net/
- Museums & Galleries Commission 'Standards in the Museum Care of Larger & Working Objects' from 1994: https://www.swfed.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Stds_for_larger_objects000075_1.pdf
- ABTEM’s Guidelines for the Care of Larger & Working Historic Objects: https://abtemguidelinesorg.wordpress.com/
- ’Corsair KD431: Preserving the Time Capsule Fighter Revisited’ by David Morris: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-KD431-Preserving-Capsule-Revisited/dp/0750990414
- The Hill House: https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-hill-house
- The Conservation of Sculpture Parks: https://archetype.co.uk/our-titles/the-conservation-of-sculpture-parks/?id=262
- Icon Book & Paper Group’s Frederick Bearman Research Grant: https://icon.org.uk/groups/book-paper/fred-bearman-research-grant
- Help get the CAC Reconciliation Working Group off the ground: https://www.gofundme.com/f/art-conservators-for-truth-and-reconciliation
Jane’s Florentine Links (with special thanks to Fiona Macalister and Barbara Cattaneo)
- Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze: https://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/
- The Cimabue Crucifix: https://florenceinwarandflood.wordpress.com/works-in-exhibition-the-flood/crucifix-cimabue/
- Florence Flood Video: http://www.florence-flood.com/audio-video/
- Italy and the History of Preventive Conservation’ by Simon Lambert: https://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/1707
- The Florence Flood and the Emergence of Library Conservation: http://blog.nyhistory.org/lab-notes-the-florence-flood-and-the-emergence-of-library-conservation/
- The Genesis of Modern Conservation: https://icon.org.uk/news/the-genesis-of-modern-conservation-the-florence-flood-revisited
- 1968 documentary ’The Restoration of Books’ from Florence: https://youtu.be/Ip6698z_QmY
- Gabinetto Vieusseux: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabinetto_Vieusseux
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Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Simon Stephens.
Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.
A Wooden Dice production, 2019.
