By Cherie Cook, Senior Program Manager, AASLH
When I think about best practices for museums, my curatorial work from years ago kicks in and I picture white gloves, padded hangers, and other techniques used to avoid damage to artifacts and (hopefully) slow down their natural deterioration.
Best practice: a reliable method or technique for achieving a desired result
If we crowdsourced a list of collections care best practices, I’m sure we could compile hundreds of entries. Indeed, that is why we stopped short of listing best practices in the workbook created for the StEPs program , a self-study assessment program created especially for small- to ...