Welcome to this online supplement and companion to the book...
Artifacts in Use
The Paradox of Restoration
and the Conservation of Organs
Using pipe organs as a case study, Artifacts in Use
explores broad issues in caring for historic objects that continue in use.
The book describes the vulnerability of historical evidence during
conventional restoration, and how evidence can be preserved during
restorative conservation and subsequent use. It examines an object’s value
as a historical "document," and the diverse values we each hold as users,
conservators, restorers, and caretakers of the material past. The
restorative conservation approach depends on collaborations between
restorers trained within a craft tradition and professional conservators,
and can be applied to many types of complex, preservation-worthy objects.