Conservation and Preservation Policies, Codes of Ethics, and Guidelines
Organ Historical Society Guidelines for Conservation (rev. 2008). These recent guidelines were informed by a study of the following important preservation documents from North America and abroad.
Topical
Index of Selected Documents - rev. 8-5-2007 JRW (PDF)
This ninety-page study document was prepared for the
Conservation Guidelines Revision Committee of the Organ Historical Socitey
during preparation of their 2008 conservation guidelines revision. It collates
language from selected perservation documents on 45 subtopics.
American Association of Museums Code of Ethics
American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice
Organ Historical Trust of Australia (OHTA) Guidelines NSW Heritage Pipe Organ Conservation and Maintenance Guide
Burra Charter The Australia ICOMOS charter for the conservation of places of cultural significance
Canadian Association for Conservation 2000 (CAC) (PDF) Code of Ethics and Guidance for Practice
CIMCIM Recommendations - Bibliography (1993) (Web Link) Recommendations for the Conservation of Musical Instruments: An Annotated Bibliography
European Confederation Professional Guidelines Promoted by the European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers' Organisations and adopted by its General Assembly Brussels 1 March 2002
Göteborg Resolution (MSWord) European Organ Symposium, Göteborg, 2001 (EOS-2001) A follow-up conference of the Varazdin Congress (September 2000) approved this text.
ICOM Conservation COE The Conservator-Restorer: a Definition of the Profession
The Institution of Conservation - ICON (UK) Professional Guidelines and Code of Ethics
Italian Organ Guidelines (1998) (in Italian)
Nara Document on Authenticity An important reconsideration of "authenticity" in world heritage from a Japaneese perspective.
New Orleans Charter New Orleans Charter for Joint Preservation of Historic Structures and Artifacts
Principles of Preservation - Petzet (pdf) A summary of the major themes in cultural heritage preservation.
Resolution Varazdin 2000 (MSWord) Representatives of the organ world, the church and political life from all sections of Europe met in Varazdin in 2000 to consider the safeguarding and the permanent protection of the European organ heritage. Their congress was under the topic: "The organ as European cultural artefact" The participants of the congress have adopted the following resolution.
Weilheimer
Regulativ (MSWord - in German) Regulations for the
Protection of Historic Organs with a report regarding the Organ
Conservation Conference at Weilheim/Teck from April 23rd –27th, 1957
The Care
of Historic Musical Instruments by Robert L. Barclay. Complete
book text
Chapter on
Ethics and the Use of Instruments
Ethical Issues in Conservation (Web-based links) A collection of web resources on this broad subject.
A Selected Bibliography on Conservation, Restoration and Documentation Relating to the Pipe Organ by Michael Friesen, published in the American Organist, August, 2009
ICOMOS Charters and other Standards (Collection of Internet links)
Getty Resources Cultural Heritage Policy Documents (links) A list of charters, conventions, and recommendations represent the chronological development of cultural policy over the last 95 years. Documents in the list are international, regional and/or national in their scope. Though not a comprehensive list of all national cultural policies and legislation, these documents identify key issues and represent key policies in the development of contemporary thinking about the conservation of cultural property. Each document is abstracted, and on the abstract page there is a link to the full text document when available.