Talk:Conservation and restoration of wooden furniture

Sarah,

I think you did a great job outlining the basics of a collections manager. I really like how you listed some tasks and responsibilities to give the reader a better idea of what a collections manager actually does. Although I think it might have been helpful to mention the difference between a collections manager, conservator, and registrar in the description. For example, do they have different responsibilities? It was a great idea to link to an article about preventative care so that the reader can explore that topic further if they're interested. It also does a great job of elaborating on what preventative care is. I also like the link to Connecting to Collections, such a great resource! You touched on the resources/education a collections manager may need, but I think that section could have used a bit more detail on what kind of education a person may need to get into the job.

MarlenaF13 (talk) 02:56, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi Sarah,

I really liked your article and I think combined with my article on Collections Managers that together we would have fully covered the career! I like how you listed individually the tasks that are on their plates. I would have loved a little description of each after them though. I also liked how you talk about ongoing education for the career in the resources section. It isn't really something you think about when you are trying to get a job in a collections management position. So time for a few criticisms It would have nice to mention how they work with other collections careers within the museum. It didn’t have to be its own section but rather a little blurb. I also think you could have used a few more references. If I were an outside reader and didn’t know that you were in a museum studies course, I wouldn’t think your article was credible since it seems to be most from memory. Not that is a bad thing though because you obviously know this profession very well.

Liz murphyEM (talk) 17:03, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Sarah- What a great topic. I literally know nothing about the care of furniture so I am really looking forward to reading this one when you are done! I think your outline looks great. I was a little confused when you say Wooden Furniture and then Upholstered Furniture underneath. Do you plan on only talking about wooden and upholstered furniture? I know some furniture is plastic or metal, will you talk about those at all? I think wooden and upholstered is a HUGE undertaking already so I understand not including them, but I was just curious. I really like the preventable damage section, because as just a member of the public that is the information that I would find most useful. Will you go into any case studies on some famous furniture? For instance Abraham Lincoln died 150 years ago last week and I saw that a museum has a bed on display, the bed that he died in. I wonder if there is something information on how they care for that bed? That is just an example and you could do anything, maybe something less morbid, but it might help people to put into context the information that you are giving. Great job Sarah, I can't wait to read this one! Rgoodru1 (talk) 19:23, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Sarah, This is a really interesting topic. I think it will fill a niche in the conservation world. It is a topic you can make quite broad, but also get good details in about, since there are so many different types. I had the same question as Becca, and wonder how many types of furniture you will discuss. I would like to see at least a small variety discussed briefly, but I would be careful not to get too bogged down in each type, otherwise the flow may be disrupted. I think the outline you have so far works well for the flow and I like that you are going to discuss the different types of preventable damage in a good amount of detail, I think that aspect is one of the most important in conservation. I really like that you include the tools for maintenance, I think that would be of interest to most readers of this page, since like I said, I imagine them to be a niche "market" and that they are looking for more specific information than the average casual reader. It looks to me like you have followed the Wikipedia guidelines well (although I am still learning them all myself) and nothing sticks out to me as needing corrected. Although I can't see your citations (but I can click on the link to get to them), but it sounds like you already know about this. Your references list looks pretty strong. I came across this book if you can get your hands on it: Conservation of Furniture (by Shayne Rivers and Nick Umney). Great job and I think this is a really strong start, I look forward to reading the final article! Hstevensmartin (talk) 15:38, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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