AIC's 42nd Annual Meeting

Chemical treatments are an inevitable part of conservation practices. However, stabilization of an object is also achieved through other methods. By making the conscientious choice to pursue these avenues, conservators have the ability to protect cultural heritage as well as the environment. Preventative conservation often involves creative and critical thinking about an assemblage or individual object. Climate control and in situ conservation are two of the best known examples. Custom housing used on a daily basis is not always considered a part of preventative conservation, rather as a means of storage. This paper will explore the use of custom housing at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum as an avenue of preventative conservation in concert with climate control.