Assessing environmental acidity in storerooms of Natural History collections 

    Pérez-Azcárate, Marta; Caballero-López, Berta; Uribe, Francesc; Ibáñez Cortina, Neus; Masó, Glòria; Garcia-Franquesa, Eulàlia; Carrillo-Ortiz, José; Agua, Fernando; García-Heras, Manuel; Villegas, María-Angeles (2021-03-08)

    Outdoor and indoor pollutants can affect the conservation of natural history collections. As a first approach to this question, environmental acidity around specimens in the collections of the Natural Science Museum of ...

    Chromatic restoration of a beech marten taxidermy specimen to resemble its original population: analysing painting products and colour parameters 

    Vila i Casòliva, Maria; Artola-Pino, Marta; Quesada, Javier (2024-06-15)

    Natural history collections preserve invaluable taxidermy specimens, which are prone to lightinduced degradation, compromising their historical and educational significance. Restoration of these specimens to their original ...

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    Two examples of preventive conservation actions in the Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB): inspection of specimens and substitution of packaging 

    Vila i Casòliva, Maria; Pérez-Azcárate, Marta; Muñoz Blasco, Olga; Garcia-Franquesa, Eulàlia (2014)

    Preventive conservation practices at in the Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB) includes various routine tasks. The periodical examination on the collections condition and the replacement of inadequate permanent ...