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1. Preventive Conservation in Museums

   Edited by Chris Caple

   Series: Leicester Readers in Museum Studies

   Preventive Conservation in Museums makes available and comprehensible the diverse literature and ideas of preventive conservation to an audience with a limited scientific background, principally those studying museum studies or engaged in the museum profession. It bridges the gap between the basic...

   Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
2. Objects

   Reluctant Witnesses to the Past

   By Chris Caple

   An invaluable field textbook, Objects examines detailed case studies to provide a brilliantly clear and comprehensible guide to the different methods and approaches (cultural, forensic, and technical) which can and have been used to study ancient artefacts. From the Bayeux Tapestry to small...

   Published June 27th 2006 by Routledge
3. Conservation Skills

   Judgement, Method and Decision Making

   By Chris Caple

   Conservation Skills provides an overview of the issues facing conservators of historic and artistic works. It not only describes the nature of conservation but also provides an ethical framework to which the conservation of objects can be related. Drawing on case studies of well-known objects such...

   Published September 20th 2000 by Routledge