OrnamentTracker
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Which ornament box for your collection?

Answer three questions; get one recommendation with its reasons, and a link back into your tracker.

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1. How many pieces?
2. Largest piece?
3. Fragile glass in the mix?

Recommendation

Answer the three questions and one recommendation appears here, with its reasons and its sources.

Add these pieces to my tracker

Sources

  1. Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, Selecting Materials for Storage and Display
  2. Canadian Conservation Institute, Caring for ceramic and glass objects: preventive conservation guidelines
  3. National Park Service, Museum Handbook, Appendix I (padding: unbuffered tissue)
  4. National Park Service, Museum Handbook, Appendix P: Curatorial Care of Ceramic, Glass, and Stone Objects
  5. National Park Service, Conserve O Gram 4/9: Buffered and Unbuffered Storage Materials
  6. National Park Service, Conserve O Gram 8/1: handling and dusting ceramic and glass objects

Related reading: Storage, in Care & Keeping.

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