Kate Wight

Design to Preserve: Part 2


Developing a preservation system at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to protect Product Design and Decorative Arts collection objects on new compact storage units began with identifying specific design requirements (see Design to Preserve: Part 1). Object Conservators at the Museum are currently selecting and testing archival materials to create adaptable and effective support components for long-term storage of the collection.
Preservation, storage, conservators, archival materials, aging experiment, Oddy test

Design To Preserve: Part 1


A critical element of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s Re:Design project is a new off-site conservation, study, and storage facility, designed to the highest preservation standards and built over the past several years.
Preservation, conservation, storage, facility, off-site, requirements, standards