A Long View of Change in Caring for Historic House Interiors: from Housekeeping to Preventive Conservation, Collections Care and Beyond

Lithgow, Katy; Lloyd, Helen

doi:10.1080/00393630.2022.2059643

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“…And last, but not least, the toolkit compares the costs of changing access with the potential for increased revenue, and estimates the budgetary requirements to make conservation sustainable. The flowchart decision tree enables property staff to determine which parts of the 'Conservation for Access' toolkit it will be most useful for them to complete [28,29] (Figure 2).…”

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“…It is relatively straightforward to count the number of visitors who can be accommodated in each space at one time, without risk of physical damage to furnishings or detriment to their experience; then an entry flow rate can be calculated, which ensures this capacity is not exceeded [29]. It is also possible to calculate the annual hours of light exposure, using blue wool dosimeters and data loggers [30].…”

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“…Ideally, the model would also help to estimate the non-wage costs of preventive conservation in historic properties; this calculation would set realistic targets for annual budgets at each place, and support a proportionate distribution of available resources between properties. It is relatively straightforward to count the number of visitors who can be accommodated in each space at one time, without risk of physical damage to furnishings or detriment to their experience; then an entry flow rate can be calculated, which ensures this capacity is not exceeded [29]. It is also possible to calculate the annual hours of light exposure, using blue wool dosimeters and data loggers [30].…”

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Quantifying Housekeeping Challenge and Conservation Need

Lloyd

2023

Heritage

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This simple model, developed by conservators, assists in the challenge of making preventive conservation, housekeeping, and care of historic interiors and collections, physically and economically sustainable, in historic houses welcoming increasing volumes of visitors (a primary source of dust). It introduces objectivity into conservation advice and management decisions: how many collections care staff should each historic house ideally employ, and how large an annual budget is required to fund the non-wage costs of routine preventive and interventive conservation? Are staffing structures rational and consistent, and tailored to the individual and developing circumstances of multiple properties? Eight qualitative and quantitative criteria are each given a score from 1–4 in relation to their data ranges. The total scores for each property are converted to percentages, correlated with staffing structures, and used to estimate the requirements for daily, weekly and annual housekeeping and conservation cleaning. Selected data are used to measure housekeeping performance against weekly targets, and to rationalize the distribution of financial resources for preventive conservation and maintenance. The model can be adapted for use in any museum or heritage building which needs to assess and quantify the routine care of interiors and collections on open display to visitors.

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