Providing a safe environment for collections is one of the key tenets of preservation. This is because temperature and moisture have a direct impact on the condition of collections. Cultural institutions are often advised to collect temperature and relative humidity data to monitor the environment. The collection phase of this process is easy. Managing the data and understanding what it is telling you about your spaces is more difficult. This webinar focuses on de-mystifying the process of environmental data collection and analysis. Topics covered include good, better, and best practices for setpoints, analysis software, and communicating findings with stakeholders.
Presenter
Maddie Cooper, Preventive Conservator, Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts and MC Conservation, LLC
Maddie Cooper is a Preventive Conservator at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts and MC Conservation, LLC. She is also an affiliated instructor of preventive conservation at the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and a certified CAP assessor. Maddie has worked with a wide range of institutional and community collections on projects ranging from preservation and risk assessment to environmental monitoring and storage. She held roles in conservation and collections at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens and the Wolfsonian-FIU prior to specializing in preventive conservation in graduate school. Through her graduate career, she worked with the Disaster Research Center, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Midwest Art Conservation Center. Maddie holds an MS in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, a BA in Chemistry from the University of Delaware, and a BA in Art Conservation with a minor in Art History from the University of Delaware.
Resources
- C2C Care De-mystifying Environmental Data Resources
- C2C Care De-mystifying Environmental Data Presentation
