Thursday, November 7, 2024

10:35 - 11:00

Sala Sinopoli

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Thor Nørmark-Larsen, SMK, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark The European Registrars Group presents a Declaration and Environmental Guidelines focusing on museum climate control parameters. The aim is to create a document that is particularly relevant to Registrars and suggests implementation guidance for the Bizot Green Protocol of 2023. The guidelines has – beyond mentioning the recommended climate ranges – attention to exceptions and areas of caution as well as recommendations that serve as inspiration for next steps. These include acceptance of the Bizot GreenProtocol of 2023 for loan as well as implementation at your own institution. As registrars, we are aware that we need to operate with a common range in order to be able to present loans from many different lenders in the same exhibition environment and as such we strive towards as wide a range as possible maintaining the security of the object as our key point of focus. When necessary, microclimate solutions can be implemented for exceptions, such as particularly sensitive works. This new recommendation represents an updated default range as a starting point, replacing the tradition range of 20 +/-2˚C, 50% RH +/- 5%. This shift toward broader climate parameters within the museum community is one of the highest impact changes we can make within our profession. Now is the time to act.

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