Monitoring pollutant gases in museum microclimates: a relevant preventive conservation strategy

IF 0.4 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Karen Barbosa, Teresa Ferreira, P. Moreira, E. Vieira
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Abstract

Exposure to an atmosphere rich in volatile pollutants can endanger collections in museums, galleries, libraries or archives. Monitoring volatile pollutants in museum microclimates remains an unusual practice in most institutions. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can be released by many sources, including the artefacts’ materials themselves. The presence of pollutants in an enclosed space with poor ventilation, adding to high temperature and relative humidity levels or significant fluctuations, may increase the risk of damage for the more susceptible materials. The tendency observed in museums to enclose artefacts in vitrines or boxes may contribute to the formation of microclimates with high VOCs concentration. Based on the studies developed in the last decades, this work intends to draw attention to the risks associated with gaseous pollutants in museum environment and outline some recommendations that encourage cultural heritage institutions to implement a pollutant monitoring plan associated with risk prevention.
监测博物馆微气候中的污染气体:相关的预防性保护策略
暴露在富含挥发性污染物的大气中会危及博物馆、画廊、图书馆或档案馆的藏品。在大多数机构中,监测博物馆微气候中的挥发性污染物仍然是一种不寻常的做法。挥发性有机化合物(VOCs)可以通过许多来源释放,包括人工制品本身的材料。在通风不良的封闭空间中存在污染物,加上高温和相对湿度水平或大幅度波动,可能会增加易受影响材料的损坏风险。在博物馆中观察到的将人工制品封闭在玻璃橱窗或盒子中的趋势可能有助于形成高挥发性有机化合物浓度的小气候。基于过去几十年的研究成果,本研究旨在引起人们对博物馆环境中气体污染物相关风险的关注,并提出一些建议,鼓励文化遗产机构实施与风险预防相关的污染物监测计划。
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Conservar Patrimonio
Conservar Patrimonio HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
0.80
自引率
0.00%
发文量
5
审稿时长
12 weeks
期刊介绍: Conservar Património is a journal, published three times a year, that intends to create a space for the diffusion of conservator-restorers’ studies and activities. However, at a time when Conservation-Restoration pretends to develop further through collaboration with other areas of knowledge, such as History of Art, Archaeology, Museum Studies, Chemistry, Physics, Biology and other related disciplines from the fields of the natural and social sciences, the journal also receives contributions from any other provenance as long as directed towards the multiple dimensions of the works that integrate our Cultural Heritage. Theoretical issues on the conservation activity may also be submitted.
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