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Dear all,
I am interested to hear from any museum of industrial heritage/archaeology, or group or society, who has undergone a programme of documentation, conservation and storage of its collections to museum standards.
I am particularly interested to hear from people who have taken collections from 'rescue' stage through to finding (and funding) appropriate storage, access and if appropriate display. This could be for collections including anything from steam boilers to wooden foundry patterns, rare working and non-working machinery, parts of historical working objects, motors and any related object that could be constituted in an industrial collection.
Do you follow the standards outlined in the old MGC's Larger and Working Objects handbook?
If you are part of a group or society that collects artefacts related to the industrial heritage of your town or region and are now thinking of how to preserve it for the future? Do you rescue industrial objects and then try and find a permanent, public home for them or are you seeking to create your own museum, study or reference centre?
Are you finding it difficult to find the expertise and resources to conserve your industrial collections?
I would be very grateful if anyone would like to share their experiences with me and in turn I would be happy to give you more information about the project I am currently involved in.
Best wishes,
Tehmina
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Dr Tehmina Goskar, MA AMA
Heritage Consultant & Historian -- Industrial Heritage -- Digital Heritage -- Collections Management -- Interpretation -- Research
