Caring for Your Collections
Table of Contents
Foreward—Arthur W. Schultz, General Editor
Introduction—The Honorable Robert McCormick Adams, The Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
The Mortality of Things—Joyce Hill Stoner, Director, Art Conservation Program, University of Delaware/Winterthur
Creating and Maintaining the Right Environment—Steven Weintraub, Conservation Consultant, Art Preservation Services
Paintings—William R. Leisher, Executive Director of Conservation, The Art Institute of Chicago
Works of Art on Paper—Margaret Holben Ellis, Chairman, Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Library and Archival Collections—Doris A. Hamburg, Head of Paper Conservation, Library of Congress Conservation Office
Photographs—Debbie Hess Norris, Photographic Conservator and Assistant Director, Art Conservation Program, University of Delaware/Winterthur
Furniture—Brian Considine, Conservator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, The J. Paul Getty Museum
Textiles—Sara J. Wolf, Conservator, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
Decorative Arts—Meg Craft, Object Conservator, Art Conservation and Technical Services
Metal Objects—Terry Drayman-Weisser, Director, Division of Conservation and Technical Research, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore
Stone Objects—George Segan Wheeler, Research Chemist, Department of Object Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Musical Instruments—J. Scott Odell, Head Conservator, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Ethnographic Materials—Carolyn L. Rose, Senior Research Conservator, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Security for Cultural Objects in the Home—Wilbur Faulk, Director of Security, The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Increasing Value of Art and Historical Artifacts—John L. Marion, Chairman, Sotheby’s North America
Authenticating Your Collections—Richard Newman, Research Scientist, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Appraising and Insuring Your Collections—Huntington T. Block, President, Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency, Inc., Subsidiary of Rollins Burdick Hunter Co.
Donating Your Collections—Leonard L. Silverstein, Senior Partner, Silverstein and Mullens, Washington, D.C.
Obtaining Professional Conservation Services—Shelley G. Sturman, Head of Object Conservation, National Gallery of Art