Wetaskiwin District Heritage Museum Centre & City of Wetaskiwin Archives
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Category: Collections Management
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Balancing Light and Artifact Preservation in Museums
We need light in order to see the collection, but light can damage some objects. The most vulnerable to damage is textiles. Ultra-Violet light causes the most damage, to the point where it can cause colour to fade, and the object to become brittle and break apart. This is where it is difficult for museums,…
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Space Transformation: Moving Artifacts in Our Museum
If any of you have been following our Facebook page or Instagram, you may have seen that we have removed our wall in front of the washrooms and moved the big crank organ. A big thank you to KelKenny Contracting for removing the wall while keeping our donation tree intact and replanting it in our…
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Dissociation Explained: Impact on Museum Artifacts
What is Dissociation? It is loss of objects, or object-related data, or the ability to retrieve or associate objects and data. This can happen in three different ways: rare and catastrophic single events resulting in extensive loss of data, objects, or object values; Sporadic and severe events occurring every few years or decades resulting in…
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Understanding Relative Humidity and Its Effects
What is relative humidity (RH)? It is the quality of the air that ranges between damp and dry. We don’t perceive RH itself, we relate to RH through the dampness or dryness of our bodies in reaction to ambient RH, or we observe the effect on objects such as paper or cloth, which become damp…
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Understanding Crazing in Old Paintings: Causes and Solutions
This is an oil painting done by Ida Eggleston depicting a mountain scene. Sadly, there is no exact date to when this was painted and is estimated that the painting was done in 1950s, making it at least 70 years old. Due to its age and the fluctuating temperature and humidity of this province, the…
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The Blueprint Process: From Creation to Preservation Techniques
Blueprint or Cyanotype is largely recognized in architecture and construction industries, due to its aptly name and unique color scheme of blue, providing measurements and design drawings for specific buildings. The blueprint was invented by a British astronomer and photographer Sir John Herschel in 1842. The combination of two chemicals are applied to a cloth…