August 14, 1995
Subject Line will read: Environmental Monitoring Workshop


                      ENVIRONMENT MONITORING WORKSHOP

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), with partial
funding from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, is sponsoring a one-day environmental
workshop,
"Instituting a Conservation Environment Monitoring Program," in Philadelphia,
PA, on Thursday,
September 14th, at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street,
from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.


WORKSHOP INFORMATION

This workshop is intended for library, archive, house museum, and museum
professionals, as well
as for architects, engineers, and staff involved in facilities management and
design.  The workshop
will supply the technical background to develop support and documentation for
improving
environmental conditions for long-term preservation of cultural collections.

The workshop will present the rationale, techniques, and equipment used to
monitor the critical
environmental conditions for cultural collections.  Ways to develop realistic
methods to monitor
humidity, temperature, lighting, particulates, and gaseous contamination will
be discussed, including
analysis and interpretation of hygrothermograph data.  Various types of
monitoring equipment will
be demonstrated and a useful packet of supportive information will be provided.


* Speaker:     William P. Lull, Principal and Senior Conservation Environment
Consultant at
               Garrison/Lull Inc., Princeton, NJ, and Adjunct Associate
Professor of Building
               Technology at New York University.


REGISTRATION INFORMATION

The registration fee of $50.00 includes a box lunch and materials. For further
information and a
registration form, please contact:  Ann Craddock, Preservation Services
Representative, CCAHA,
PHONE: (215) 545-0613, FAX: (215) 735-9313, e-mail: [log in to unmask]

The registration deadline is Thursday, September 7th.  Refunds due to
cancellation will be given
through Monday, September 11th.


Ann Craddock
Preservation Services Representative
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
264 South 23rd Street
215-545-0613
FAX: 215-735-9313
email: [log in to unmask]