Proceedings of the Objects Specialty Group Session
19th Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico; June 8, 1991

The Conservation of Sacred Objects

Compiled by Pamela Hatchfield

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Program Chair’s Foreword
Pamela Hatchfield

Postprints abstracts

• The effects of gas phase formaldehyde on selected inorganic materials found in museums
  Mary F. Striegel

• Fixtures at an exhibition: Results of practical tests for a new museum, Parts I and II
  Donna K. Strahan and Ann Boulton

• Analysis of volatile organic compounds from display and storage case materials
  James M. Landry, Michael R. Schilling, and Dusan C. Stulik

• Use of an environment test kit in Minnesota
  Robert Herskovitz

• Passive monitors for the detection of pollutants in museum environments
  Cecily M. Grzywacz and Dusan C. Stulik

• An integrated approach to reducing concentrations of indoor-generated pollutants
  James R. Druzik

• The Masterworks exhibition: A case study in climate control and the role of the conservator in an international exhibition
  Shelley Reisman Paine

• Airtight, humidity stabilized display cases: The practical design and fabrication of sealed exhibit cases
  Toby J. Raphael

• Simplified procedures for reconditioning silica gel
  Steven Weintraub

• Maintaining high relative humidity with active and passive systems in large exhibition cases
  Arthur Beale

• Gaseous and particulate filtration for the Pinkney House at the Kern County Museum
  William P. Lull

• Small group discussions & abstracts