Collections storage

Storage, documentation and access to the collection are key aspects of the Museum’s role.

The Collections Care department manage Museum-wide storage projects, including the collection moves linked to the building of the World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre (WCEC). 

The Museum collection is available to researchers of all different levels through its study rooms.  Each of the Museum’s curatorial and research departments has public facilities – a Study Room – managed by the collections department’s staff.

Objectives

• Introduction and explanation of the Museum ‘s approach to collection management and storage.
• How the Museum manages its stores, controls access to them and handles the constraints of the Museum building.
• Best practice in collections storage and how it can include innovative ways of delivering solutions at very low cost.
• The importance of regularly monitoring a collection, using sensors and insect traps to identify environmental problems and potential conservation threats.
• Challenges of storage management at the Museum.