| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 4 x 1.5 hrs |
| Lecture | x 8 |
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Essay | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Project | 50% |
1. to make informed choices when choosing a conservator
2. beware aware of the considerations for packing, handling, and transportation of works of art
3. identify possible hazards and the risks to the collections inside and outside the museum environment
4. articulate ideas about the role of the conservator
5. undertake a condition report
6. plan a secure and environmentally controlled exhibition space
7. prepare works of art for transportation
Relation to assessment:
Project (2,4,5,6), Essay (3,4)
The project provides the opportunity for students to apply all the practical skills learned on the module and the essay is a means to assess the students? sure handling of the technical terminology, issues surrounding preventative conservation, and environmental control.
An introduction to the conservation of collections and examination of conservation issues associated with restoration, display, exhibition, packaging and transport. The course will involve visits to conservation studios such as Liverpool Conservation Centre, the National Museum of Wales, and various private/commercial studios. Good practice for the storage of collecitons is identified, and the role that the curator may play in preventative conservation is discussed. Special reference will be made to oil paintings, works of art on paper, wood, textiles and ceramics. Methods of environemntal control and monitoring of the museum are also demonstrated; hazards and the risks to works of art inside and outside the museum are explained. By the end of the module students will be able to make informed choices when coosing a conservator
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Communication | .6 Careers need awareness * The module is specifically for students considering a career in museums, art gallery administration, public art organisations, freelance curators and exhibition organisers, and in private galleries .7 Self-management * Course Work * Seminar Preparation |
| Problem solving | The module will assist the development of the following academic and transferable skills * Conservation and Environmental Monitoring Assignments. * Course work and essay. IT and information handling * Word processing * Environmental monitoring equipment |
| Research skills | Use and analysis of numerical information Environmental monitoring statistics: relative humidity, temperature .4 Writing in an academic context * Essay .5 Oral discussion and presentation * Seminar Preparation * Group Activities |
This module is at CQFW Level 5