Resources

Perhaps you are just starting out, or, like me, you moved to a new country. Either way, you need to start networking and contributing. Giving back is important if you mean to receive. But where do you go? Who do you join? Will you have to pay? If so... how much? I am building a comprehensive global table of preservation organisations. Here's what I've got so far.

Miranda left her job 9 years ago to found The Climate Museum and exhibits started 5 years ago. How do climate and culture intersect and where are we today?

What happens when a non-profit civil organisation decides to save a floundering museum? Read AKCIJA Sarajevo's story.

Art and sustainability - What does it take to organise the art world at a global level to reduce our sector’s environmental impacts? An interview with Heath Lowndes, the Managing Director for The Gallery Climate Coalition.

You are organising a thing again. There are so many moving parts and you have so many participants. They might want certificates. Will you be making those manually one by one with your limited time? You don't need to!

A compilation of the various charters, documents and international agreements related to the conservation of cultural heritage.

From preventing damage to finding a skilled conservator, this comprehensive FAQ guide has everything you need to keep your art collection just like museums do.

You’ve probably heard about Ki Culture, but do you know how it’s changed since it began in 2019? In this exclusive article with Caitlin Southwick, we go behind the scenes and find out more about financial sustainability and other challenges for climate change in cultural heritage.

Is your job in heritage wearing you down? Are you starting to wonder whether you should be switching fields? Read this interesting take on mental health and happiness for coping mechanisms and exercises for museum professionals.

One of the questions I see most often from students interested in conservation is how do I become a conservator? There are several paths to art conservation, but one of the most common and generally accepted for jobs is the higher education degree. Here is a comprehensive list of the master level programs in conservation around the world.

If you are not yet familiar with Excel pivot tables, you are seriously missing out on some amazing capabilities to make your life easier.

Dust and dirt can be a real bother on bookshelves. They can lead to spotting and foxing. Here are some instructions with photos and a video so that you can protect your favourite books with a stable plastic sleeve.

You want to check your insect traps, but you don't have a nice microscope. Guess what you can do with a phone these days!

You'd like to know how your spaces behave, but you have no dataloggers or special software or budget. Read this article and find out how to make your own Excel model of the humidity in your spaces.

You send off your environmental monitoring sensors to be calibrated, then you get them back and store away the certificates. Did you know might be doing this completely wrong? Find out what you're supposed to do with those reports!

You want to run your own Integrated Pest Management Programme, but you're short on cash for sticky traps. Make your own!

It is an excellent skill to have to be able to make your own bespoke boxes. Here are some instructions with photos so that you can always have your objects stored in the best possible manner.