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Heritage Collections Care Consultancy works to bring best practices to the heritage sector, helping to strengthen organisational effectiveness in care for movable collections. In our work we: 

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• Provide information and undertake surveys, feasibility studies and assessments

• Help to solve problems and provide practical solutions

• Diagnose collection condition

• Recommend actions

• Assist with implementation of recommended solutions

• Facilitate client learning through workshops and courses

 

Consultancy work we undertake includes:

Collections Care

• Advising on collections care and conservation policies and procedures 

• Assessing risks to heritage assets with clear priorities and strategies for mitigation 

• Advising on conservation and collections care programmes and plans and supporting their implementation 

• Advising on preventive care for museum, library and archive collections such as environmental monitoring and control, specification of display cases, storage, lighting and pest control.

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Emergency Preparedness​

• Advising on emergency planning and on the implementation of emergency policies and procedures

• Preparing a Disaster Risk Management Plan and an Emergency Response documents

• Providing practical training in salvaging museum, library and archival materials

• Assessing the emergency plans and preparedness of heritage organizations, with recommendations for further improvements

•  Provide support in planning, developing, conducting and evaluating emergency exercises 

• Leading and facilitating table-top exercises in emergency response

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Project Management​

• Implementing project management systems within heritage organisations

• Advising on  conservation and collections care projects such as gallery refurbishments, moving collections and storage

• Providing practical training in project management 

• Troubleshooting and recovering collections care and conservation projects in difficulty​

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