S06E01: Conservation on a Budget

Together with guest host Lorraine Finch we turn out our pockets, peer into our piggy banks, and root around the back of the sofa for some spare change: how can we make our money go a little further? Conservators are often cash-strapped and we have a chat about everything from sourcing lab equipment to finding cheaper conservation supplies. Also tune in for a review of ’Magnetic Mounting Systems for Museums & Cultural Institutions’ by Gwen Spicer. 00:00:47 News in brief 00:08:30 Budgets and cash flow in conservation 00:11:51 Equipment: borrowing, hiring, and pooling together 00:17:59 Delivery costs and ways around them 00:25:08 Other ways of finding equipment 00:33:04 Getting supplies for less: quality vs price 00:43:27 Repurposing things we’ve already got 00:49:12 What about chemicals? 00:56:48 Could we share books and literature more? 00:59:15 A message from Christina 01:03:33 Review: ’Magnetic Mounting Systems for Museums & Cultural Institutions' 01:12:52 Patreon shout-out Show Notes: - 'A New Definition of “Museum” Sparks International Debate’ via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/513858/icom-museum-definition/ - 'Science Museum workers across England strike over low pay’ via The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/aug/30/science-museum-workers-england-strike-pay - Caring for Collections on a Shoestring: http://mdem.org.uk/event/caring-for-collections-on-a-shoestring/?instance_id=684 - Rapid Response Network: http://www.rapidresponsenetwork.org.uk/ - Museum Freecycle: https://groups.freecycle.org/group/MuseumUK/posts/all - Conservation Supplies on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ConservationSupplies - Magnetic Mounting Systems for Museums & Cultural Institutions: https://spicerart.com/magnetbook/ Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Lorraine Finch. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2019.