Additional Technical Notes

The Exhibit Conservation Guidelines cd-rom is enormously valuable in the detailing and specification writing for exhibit cases.

Mike Lawrence, Exhibit Designer,
MFM Design

1:15 Light Exposure Guide for the Display of Museum Objects (PDF)

Attachments to Technical Note 1:15 above include the following documents: models of three Light Exposure Guides in current use at museums and a sample of a Light Exposure Record.

• Light Duration Guidelines for Exhibited Works of Art (PDF) – The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution.
• Conservation Working Guidelines for Light Exposure in Exhibitions and Loans (PDF) – The U.S. National Archives.
• Guidelines for Exhibition Light Levels for Photographic Materials (PDF) – Private-sector conservation consulting firm (updated December 2008).
• Light Exposure Record sample (PDF)

What new technotes or drawings do you think are needed? Please feel free to contact us (telephone: 304-535-6139; email: HFC_Conservation@nps.gov).

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Artifact Conservation »

PDF DOCUMENTS:

1:15 Light Exposure Guide for the Display of Museum Objects »

Light Duration Guidelines for Exhibited Works of Art »

Conservation Working Guidelines for Light Exposure in Exhibitions and Loans »

Guidelines for Exhibition Light Levels for Photographic Materials »

Light Exposure Record sample »

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