Museum Exhibitions: Conservation of Books and Objects for Display (original) (raw)

2022, 1st International Conference of Dubrovnik Research Library: Exhibition of the Heritage Items, 28-30 September 2022, Dubrovnik Research Library, Conference under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Conservation of museum collections for exhibitions is a complex collaborative process between curators, conservators, and exhibition designers, whose principle objective, in realization of the curator’s narrative, is attaining the finest display of museums’ and on loan artworks. In my presentation I will look at books and objects at exhibitions from conservator’s viewpoint, and will discuss a selection of significant for the history of the Art Institute of Chicago examples of books from the museum special collections conserved for display at: Van Dyck, Rembrandt, and the Portrait Print, Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, Ghosts and Demons in Japanese Prints, What May Come: The Taller de Gráfica Popular and the Mexican Political Print, Beauty and the Book: 19th and Early 20th Century Folios on the Decorative Arts. I will also reflect on aspects of conservation treatment before, during and after exhibition display, case design, construction of custom cradles and supports, environmental requirements for exhibiting books and papers, lighting, security, and exhibit monitoring practices. *Belcheva, Malina. Museum Exhibitions: Conservation of Books and Objects for Display (Conference presentation.) 1st International Conference of Dubrovnik Research Library: Exhibition of the Heritage Items, 28-30 September 2022, Dubrovnik Research Library, Conference under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2022. https://drlconference.dkd.hr/