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Oxygen-free museum cases

This volume describes the design and construction of an oxygen-free, hermetically sealed, display and storage case developed by the Getty Conservation Institute for the long-term protection of sensitive objects. Seven chapters cover the protection of cultural objects from environmental deterioration by reducing exposure to oxygen and by using inert gases for biodeterioration control. Also included are details on how the design and construction of the oxygen-free case has been adapted for other applications?specifically, for the original documents of the Constitution of India in New Dehli and for the mummy collections at the Egyptian Museum and at the Museu Victor Balaguer in Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain
Print Book, English, 1998
Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 1998
xxi, 71 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
9780892365296, 0892365293
38732242
Conservation of the royal mummy collection at the Egyptian museum / Shin Maekawa
Protection of objects from environmental deterioration by reducing their exposure to oxygen / Eric F. Hansen
Preservation of historic materials by using inert gases for biodeteriotation control / Nieves Valentin
Design and construction of the GCI's hermetically sealed display and storage case / Shin Maekawa
Controlled-environment cases for the royal mummy collection / Nasry Yousef Iskander
Preservation of the original documents of the constitution of India / Hari Kishan and Shin Maekawa
Preservation of the mummy of an Egyptian child in a hermetically sealed museum case in Spain / Shin Maekawa