The Interface Between Science and Conservation

by Susan Bradley

Twenty-nine papers which aim to pool the insights provided by research carried out by conservation scientists in order to improve conservation techniques in museums. Papers The impact of conservation science in the British Museum ( Susan Bradley ); The development of conservation science at the Tate Gallery ( Stephen Hackney ); The significance of physics in conservation research and education ( Raik Jarjis ); Botanical and ethnobotanical knowledge and the conservation of artefacts ( Mark Sandy ); Lasers in art conservation ( Costas Fotakis et al. ); The cleaning of coin the benefits of a collaborative approach ( David Thickett and Celestine Enderly ); Can scientists and conservators work together? ( Ellen Ruth McCrady ).

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997