29 Jul
2010
29 Jul
'10
11:03 a.m.
On 7/29/10 9:47 AM, Richard wrote:
In article<4C51A9D3.9030808 at bitsavers.org>,
Al Kossow<aek at bitsavers.org> writes:
Traditionally conservators, not curators, do this sort of work on artifacts.
Museum practice is to minimize any changes to the condition, since any alteration
will change it's usefulness to future researchers.
For the classic example, Google "Napoleon's Buttons"
Normal cleaning is limited to distilled water and non-corrosive soaps.
This is also the reason artifacts are handled with gloves. We have several pieces
in the collection that have fingerprints permanently etched into the metal from
handling.
On 7/29/10 6:47 AM, Richard wrote:
Absolutely not.
So what do curators do about this sort of thing?
Do they just let it yellow? From a
museum curator point of view, would they consider retr0brite
restorative or a
mdofication?