Fellow #watercolor and #pigment nerds, this guy Phil (a chemist and pigment lover) tried, a couple years ago, to manufacture his own batch of the late great PO49 - with some success! If there were a watercolor nerd dating app (and there should be), imagine Phil's DMs.

This was really fun to read, I wish I had a giant chemistry set at home (every living thing I inhabit this house with would like to register their emphatic disagreement with that sentiment, but whatever).

https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/topic/bringing-back-quinacridone-gold-po49/

In preparation for the discussion forum, please do join the IO Group to discuss all things environmental monitoring here: https://groups.io/g/CCGEnvironmentalMonitoringGroup

#CollectionCare
#EnviromentalMonitoring

Environmental monitoring user experiences & support change discussion

15/4/25, 9.30-12.30 BST
Zoom

Following a heritage survey to benchmark our UK enviro monitoring experiences CCG is hosting a webinar & discussion. Aiming to empower attendees w/ knowledge & understanding of available technology along w/ user experiences. CCG will lead a discussion on ways to adapt & integrate new enviro monitoring systems.

https://www.icon.org.uk/events/user-experiences-of-environmental-monitoring-systems.html

Icon Member £3
Non-member £5
Student member £3

A noticeboard at the entrance to a housing estate in Silesia, Poland.

Erected at some point in the 1980s, what at first glance looks like chipboard is in fact 40 years' worth of paper and rusty staples, a centimetre deep in places. Layer upon layer upon layer.

Adaptive reuse is a key concept in #historic #preservation, but among the most challenging cases are houses of worship: architecturally distinctive & entailing a particular sense of responsibility
The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance has a new resource:
https://www.nhpreservation.org/blog/new-tool-for-congregations-and-other-stakeholders

Medieval paintings as seen by master conservator Spike Bucklow, through paint samples the size of a dust speck, in his new book 'The Art Beneath': https://centrecentre.co.uk/products/the-art-beneath

#NewBook #medieval #painting #ArtHistory #HamiltonKerr @medievodons

A new exhibit at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library explores thousands of years of practices in #divination and prediction, from oracle bones to #horoscope apps – and even includes demonstrations of the spider divination carried out by the Mambila people of Cameroon and Nigeria.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/01/oracles-omens-and-answers-explores-history-of-divination-from-tarot-to-tiktok.html

#OraclesOmensAndAnswers #Witchtok #tarot #palmistry #bones #oracles #bodleianlibrary #witchcraft

3 options decided by vote:

Jernæs, N. K., & Fjellgaard Mikalsen, R. (2023). In the Heat of the Moment... Studies in Conservation, 69(8), 662–673.

Pesme, C, Presentation of Tools Helping to Set a Preservation Target for Displaying Light Sensitive Collection items, Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos, Colloques, 7 juillet 2016.

Bastholm, C & Andersen, B & Frisvad, J & Østergaard, S & Nielsen, J & Madsen, A & Richter, J (2024). A novel contaminant in museums? The Science of the total environment.

CCG Reading Group discusses OA articles about preservation, collection care & conservation. We're an accountability partner for reading new or established research.

Enroll in the second session (no account should be required to sign up):

https://doodle.com/sign-up-sheet/participate/7f5d0498-0843-4ef9-b3ee-6c23e744f6c2/select

We meet 1st Tuesday, every two months for 1 hour,  16.00 GMT.

4 Feb via Zoom.

The reading options being chosen during enrolment linked above.

#CollectionCare
#Preservation
#ProfessionalReadingGroup

After Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina, conservators from the Smithsonian stepped in to help survivors salvage cherished family heirlooms and #photographs damaged by #flooding. Here’s their expert advice: https://buff.ly/4iEDl8W #art

Ever wondered why walking around museums is weirdly tiring? At normal speed our legs act like pendulums, swinging forward from the hip & saving us a huge amount of energy. In "museum shuffle" our muscles must do ALL the work of constant readjustment. So cake in the cafe is scientifically justified 🥳

Construction of the new €3-billion metro in Thessaloniki #Greece unearthed 300,000 antiquities—which are now displayed in 13 "Archaeo-Stations" across the system.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/30/a-blend-of-ancient-and-modern-inside-thessalonikis-new-3bn-metro-system

A good discussion with great colleagues.

Thank you for joining us this afternoon.

Next session is 4 February 2025.

We will vote for the next text.

A good discussion with great colleagues.

Thank you for joining us this afternoon.

Next session is 4 February 2025.

We will vote for the next text.

Now on view at the Morgan in New York - a major exhibition on its first director Belle da Costa Greene (gift link to FT review): https://on.ft.com/4ejma9x

#libraries #librarians #bookstodon #bookhistory

Alice Hudson, Librarian Who Built a Trove of Historic Maps, Dies at 77

She transformed the New York Public Library’s collection of charts and atlases into one of the world’s largest and most accessible resources.

New York Times obituary (gift link):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/nyregion/alice-hudson-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.d04.9Tcj.XdNv_lIdWQfX&smid=url-share

#maps #HistoricalMaps #libraries #librarians

Big news! The Rijksmuseum's brand-new Collection Online is here! Dive into thousands of stunning artworks, captivating stories and rich history, based on what inspires you. Start exploring and let your curiosity lead the way!
http://rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection

💡 Discover art like never before with the AI-tool ‘Art Explorer’: find pieces that perfectly match your mood
🖼 Create your own Gallery of Honour
📥 Download high-res images to share, keep, or use your way

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) unveils 31 projects to grow the UK heritage economy and protect cultural heritage for future generations including:
- preserving Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych at the Tate
- University of Southampton will establish a facility to investigate vulnerable traces of our shared past found in rivers, lakes, coastlines and seas such as shipwrecks and submerged prehistoric sites

https://www.ukri.org/news/projects-to-boost-uk-heritage-science-and-conservation-capability/

#conservation #ConservationScience
#heritage
@histodons

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have had many giants to consider for yesterday's theme of huge #EYAHuge. Read more in this post here: https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/kew-gardens-flagpoles-archival-stories-of-a-huge-endeavour/

The evolving public services landscape in special collections: Insights from an OCLC RLP leadership roundtable
#SpecialCollections #Archives #academicLibraries https://hangingtogether.org/the-evolving-public-services-landscape-in-special-collections-insights-from-an-oclc-rlp-leadership-roundtable/