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PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION|HISTORIC BUILDING CONSERVATION|ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING|MUSEUMS|HERITAGE

&quot;Understanding a historic building is the first step towards decisions about management, repair and alteration.&quot; (Association of Local Government...

Heritage Materials and Assemblies (UK) (BENV0127)

"Understanding a historic building is the first step towards decisions about management, repair and alteration." (Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers 1997, piii.) Although this statement refers specifically to historic buildings, it relates to all heritage materials and assemblies. In this module, we will be developing your understanding of materials, mechanisms and evidence of deterioration and the interaction and effects of use and context on heritage materials and assemblies. You will learn about pathologies and diagnostics including monitoring, analysis and data interpretation, and use this knowledge to balance a complex range of social, economic and environmental factors that may affect the integrity of materials.

You will be learning about the range of techniques and tools that are available to be used, including condition assessment, risk assessment, environmental data monitoring and heritage documentation. We will be discussing their advantages and limitations and using a range of strategies to enable the understanding of deterioration issues and how to achieve this using resources available.

For part of this module, we will be based at a UK heritage site as part of a field trip for which the accommodation and travel costs are covered. We will be focused on a real case study provided by our heritage partner. You will have the opportunity to speak to local stakeholders and to present your findings to site staff.

FUTURE RESOURCE USE SCENARIOS|STRATEGIES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES|SUSTAINABILITY