Christian Baars

Ever wondered about deterioration of mineral-based pigments on your painting, or that powder in your Geology collection?
10% of minerals are not stable at indoor conditions.
We now have some freshly updated advice on their storage and care.
#openaccess
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Museum folk aren't usually known to get irritated unless an object is on the wrong shelf.
A room full of several hundred of them (incl directors of major museums) calling for radical system change is a clear sign of how desperate things are getting.
#climatecrisisartaction

Excited to contribute to Gallery Climate Coalition and @_TheWhitechapel's #climatecrisisartaction event today as part of the panel discussing 'Environmental Impacts of HVAC Systems & Climate Control Regulations'.
whitechapelgallery.org/events/climate…
@Conservators_UK @NML_Muse

@LovelocksC Hi lovely people, is Lovelocks dog friendly (ie can I bring my large but well behaved dog into the cafe, or would you rather me not)? 🐶

Producing X-ray images (radiographs) of collection items to assist our curatorial colleagues with their research is one of the many services provided by our Conservation Section in the @NML_Muse Collections Care Department.