自然历史博物馆介绍【英文】

Bryozoans- Lace corals
Objects of cultural significance
Scientific Institution- 300 scientists:
70 million specimens
Historical Significance
• Sir Hans Sloane • Joseph Banks • Charles Darwin
Complex Structures
• Complex Structure • Heavily restored • Value
– Morphology – ADNA
Imaging
• Digitization and analysis • Macro level
– Digital photography – Surface Scanning – Computer Aided
Complex Conservation Projects
Natural History Museum, London
Natural Materials
• Natural History Museum holds around 70 million specimens
• Natural origin or artefacts derived from a natural origin
– Object – Frozen Collections – Digital Collections – Specialist Control
• Standards Review
Ethics
• Preventive Approach • Object as Data
– DNA – Ore generation – Meteorite – Proteins – Pigments – Specimen Status
• Reduced Oxygen Environments
– Analysis of plastics – Design of enclosures – Assessment of monitors – Effectiveness – Use
Imaging in Conservation
• Blaschka Glass Models • Lay over conservation
Head of Conservation
Fra Baidu bibliotek
Natural History Museum
•Opened to public 1881
•Architect Alfred Waterhouse
•Complex institution
Museum visitors
3.8 million visitors
Marine Invertebrate Gallery
– Hold samples of original materials
– Role as a research collection
• Museum holds its collections as a research archive
• Conservations role is to preserve data
Lace and Links
• Natural Materials
– Linen (flax plant, Linum usitatissimum), Silk (protein fibre) , Cotton (bolls Gossypium barbadense
– Metals, human hair, natural history materials
The Natural History Museum: Natural History collections, their conservation and interpretation
Julie Harvey
New Perspectives Project Co-ordinator
Chris Collins
documentation • Structural Information
– Conservation – Structural – Analysis
• Reduced invasive conservation
Tomography (CT) – Non-invasive analysis
• Raman • EDX
Analysis in Conservation
• Papyrus
– oxidation and efflorescence
– Preservation and access
Composition, Imaging and analysis Conservation
Challenges
• Collections support the research of the museum
• Any interventive process therefore will reduce or change the value of the object
• Collections are held in an environment that reduces rates of deterioration and maximize data
SEM- Diatom
SEM- Pollen grain- Tomato
Diversity Insects
Bird specimens- Echo parakeet
Natural structures- nests
Palaeontology- Mineralogy
Library, Art + Archives
Complexity
• Physical structures • Chemical Data
– DNA – Proteins – Glass, Wax – Collagen – Keratin – Chitin – Hydroxyapatite – Cellulose – Mineralogical – Composite minerals