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Designing the Circle of Care at the National Museum of the American Indian

NARA 20th Annual Preservation Conference “Beyond the Numbers: Specifying and Achieving an Efficient Preservation Environment” 16 March 2006 Gail Joice and Emily Kaplan. Designing the Circle of Care at the National Museum of the American Indian.

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Designing the Circle of Care at the National Museum of the American Indian

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  1. NARA 20th Annual Preservation Conference “Beyond the Numbers: Specifying and Achieving an Efficient Preservation Environment” 16 March 2006 Gail Joice and Emily Kaplan • Designing the Circle of Care at the National Museum of the American Indian

  2. Museum of the American Indian Founded by George Gustav Heye,1916

  3. Museum of the American Indian/ Heye FoundationBroadway at 155th St, NYC. 1922 - 1994 1992 1960

  4. Research Branch Bronx, NY1926-2005

  5. George Gustav Heye CenterU.S. Customs House, Lower Manhattan Opened 1994

  6. Upgrades at the Research Branch

  7. Deteriorating conditions at the Research Branch

  8. Cultural Resources CenterSuitland, MDopened 1999

  9. CRC collections storage

  10. Conservation labs and loading dock

  11. Collections move

  12. Roll-up doors in collections storage

  13. Loading docks Cultural Resources Center Research Branch

  14. NMAI Mall Museumopened September 21, 2004

  15. Potomac atrium

  16. Climate

  17. Light from prisms and oculus Sculpture in the Potomac

  18. Exhibit cases in non-gallery spaces

  19. Special Exhibition Gallery

  20. Filters

  21. Air quality in exhibit cases

  22. Radiotelemetry sensors in exhibit cases

  23. Managing data

  24. Datalogger with probe next to plasma screen

  25. “Listening to Our Ancestors”

  26. Acknowledgements • Scott Merritt - GGHC Assistant Director for Operations • Marian Kaminitz – CRC, Head of Conservation • Duane Blue Spruce – GGHC, Facility Planning Coordinator • Patricia Nietfeld – CRC, Supervisory Collections Manager • David Jones - Office of Facilities, Engineering and Operations • Charlie Beggs - Office of Facilities, Engineering and Operations • Jeff Ridgeway - Mall Building Manager • John Standish – CRC Facilities Manager • Bill Kline - Smithgroup • Steven Weintraub - Art Preservation Services

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