Charles Willson Peale was the owner of the nation's first successful natural history museum. The Peale-Sellers Family Collection, held at the Amer. Philosophical Soc. (APS) Library, is the world's largest archival collection related to the Peales.
Two recent APS Museum exhibitions included selected items from the collection. The APS conservation staff ensured that the items were stable enough to display for months, and conservators repaired or stabilized books and manuscripts that needed treatment. This book examines the materials Peale and his family have left us, considers their preservation challenges, and discusses the evolution of conservation care for archival collections.
It includes case studies of conservation treatment for six historic Peale-related artifacts. Illus.
| ISBN: | 9781606180815 |
| Publication date: | 5th January 2024 |
| Author: | American Philosophical Society |
| Publisher: | American Philosophical Society an imprint of American Philosophical Society Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 194 pages |
| Series: | Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge |
| Genres: |
Library, archive and information management |
Charles Willson Peale was the owner of the nation's first successful natural history museum. The Peale-Sellers Family Collection, held at the Amer.
Art, Science, Invention features in the following genres: Library, archive and information management
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Art, Science, Invention was written by American Philosophical Society and published by American Philosophical Society an imprint of American Philosophical Society Press
Art, Science, Invention has 194 pages