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Directing Museums with Diverse Bio-Cultural Collections
Museums with diverse natural and cultural collections face special challenges – from how to organize seemingly disconnected collections thematically to staff with vastly different scientific or cultural expertise. Speakers from museums with diverse collections report from their institutions on successful or failed conceptual strategies, with an eye to practical solutions....Tindal, Brenda ; Roldán-Alzate, Oscar ; Breward, Chris
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Extending the archive of life: Contemporary collecting in Natural Sciences at National Museums Scotland
What objects will tell the stories of 21st-century Scotland? What themes, events, and ideas represent Scotland today? How do we ‘future proof’ our contemporary collecting? National Museums Scotland is hosting a one-day symposium on contemporary collecting. It will explore how we build representative collections for the future, covering Scotland’s present...Kitchener, Andrew C
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Application of DESI–MS for dye analysis of historical textiles
One key issue in the dye analysis field is the need to sample culturally significant objects. This issue is amplified when working with more fragile objects, such as historical textiles, where sampling is often impossible without threatening the structural integrity of the object. To circumvent the impact of dye analysis,...Sandström, Edith ; Vettorazzo, Chiara ; Mackay, C Logan ; Troalen, Lore G ; Alison N, Hulme
museum collections, historical textiles, dye analysis, and mass spectrometry
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STICKing Together
This talk considers the role of the Subject Specialist Network (SSN) in the industrial heritage sector through an examination of STICK, the Scottish Transport and Industrial Collections Knowledge Network. STICK was formed in 2006 and has become one of Scotland’s most successful SSNs. Its newsletter, social media and events bring...Swinbank, Ellie
Agents and processes for safeguarding and conservation and Training of professionals in conservation of industrial and technological heritage
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Deep Impact: Analyzing a De Havilland Comet’s Historic Paint Layers
A De Havilland Comet is one of three aeroplanes exhibited outdoors at the National Museum of Flight (Scotland), which has created different conservation challenges over the years, as the aeroplane is subjected to a harsh and uncontrolled environment. Unfortunately, a plan to relocate the Comet indoors had to be postponed,...Marochini, Suncana ; Troalen, Lore
Decision making, Paint analysis, Micro-FTIR, Paint layers, Outdoor heritage, Exterior deterioration, Aeroplane, SEM- EDS, and Aviation collection
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Preparing to Borrow
Brownlee, Yvonne
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Artefacts and Advocacy
Technical artefacts have many meanings over the course of their use-life and museum after life. By engaging with audiences thoughtfully and openly, science museums can use their objects' dynamic biographies to address global challenges we face today. Not least of these is human-induced rapid climate change. Take the trusty tractor...Alberti, S J M M
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Radars in Scotland – History and Developments
History of Radar and Its Relevance in Today’s MarketBrown, Ian