S06E05: Thinking Big

We don some hard hats and crane our necks as we talk large objects with special guest host Simon Stephens: from machinery and figureheads to tanks and planes. What are some of the unique challenges associated with really big stuff? Also tune in for a special tour of the Science Museum store at Wroughton, a Dear Jane about what to see in Florence, and a review of ’The Conservation of Sculpture Parks.' 00:00:48 What counts as ’big stuff’ exactly? 00:06:01 Taking stuff apart, hazards, and other considerations 00:16:30 Swapping the B72 for epoxy 00:18:42 Displaying and moving oversize museum collections 00:33:09 Behind the scenes tour with Simon and Kloe 00:57:33 Guidance and resources 00:59:09 Monuments, sites, and buildings 01:01:04 Review: ’The Conservation of Sculpture Parks' 01:06:07 Dear Jane 01:12:14 Comments, questions and corrections Show Notes: - Science Museum Group: https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/ - Imperial War Museums: https://www.iwm.org.uk - National Museum of Flight: https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight/ - Make It Float event: http://www.sharemuseumseast.org.uk/events/event/east-anglian-conservators-forum-event-make-it-float/ - Figureheads mentioned in Icon News originally: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/14/restored-19th-century-ships-figureheads-to-go-on-display-in-plymouth - Martinspeed: https://www.martinspeed.com/ - Whale skeleton at Tullie House Museum: http://www.natural-history-conservation.com/CarlisleFinWhaleSkeleton.htm - Dippy on Tour: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/dippy-on-tour.html - Cars Europe: https://www.carseurope.net/ - Science Museum at Wroughton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Museum_at_Wroughton - Crofton Beam Engines: https://www.croftonbeamengines.org/ - Big Stuff conference: https://bigstuff.omeka.net/ - Museums & Galleries Commission 'Standards in the Museum Care of Larger & Working Objects' from 1994: https://www.swfed.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Stds_for_larger_objects000075_1.pdf - ABTEM’s Guidelines for the Care of Larger & Working Historic Objects: https://abtemguidelinesorg.wordpress.com/ - ’Corsair KD431: Preserving the Time Capsule Fighter Revisited’ by David Morris: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-KD431-Preserving-Capsule-Revisited/dp/0750990414 - The Hill House: https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-hill-house - The Conservation of Sculpture Parks: https://archetype.co.uk/our-titles/the-conservation-of-sculpture-parks/?id=262 - Icon Book & Paper Group’s Frederick Bearman Research Grant: https://icon.org.uk/groups/book-paper/fred-bearman-research-grant - Help get the CAC Reconciliation Working Group off the ground: https://www.gofundme.com/f/art-conservators-for-truth-and-reconciliation Jane’s Florentine Links (with special thanks to Fiona Macalister and Barbara Cattaneo) - Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze: https://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/ - The Cimabue Crucifix: https://florenceinwarandflood.wordpress.com/works-in-exhibition-the-flood/crucifix-cimabue/ - Florence Flood Video: http://www.florence-flood.com/audio-video/ - Italy and the History of Preventive Conservation’ by Simon Lambert: https://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/1707 - The Florence Flood and the Emergence of Library Conservation: http://blog.nyhistory.org/lab-notes-the-florence-flood-and-the-emergence-of-library-conservation/ - The Genesis of Modern Conservation: https://icon.org.uk/news/the-genesis-of-modern-conservation-the-florence-flood-revisited - 1968 documentary ’The Restoration of Books’ from Florence: https://youtu.be/Ip6698z_QmY - Gabinetto Vieusseux: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabinetto_Vieusseux Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Simon Stephens. 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.