Preventive conservation on a budget

A museum sources, collects and preserves. This preservation is done mostly in secret but is crucial if objects are to be passed on to future generations and studied and displayed in the future. ‘Preventive conservation’ means designing the exhibition space in such a way as to prevent damage from happening in the first place. After all, prevention is better than cure. Tackling the causes and not only the symptoms of object damage protects the objects and the collection and is therefore sustainable in all respects. Guarding against damage also means expending fewer resources and producing less waste in the long term.