Collection risk management for museums and heritage institutions

A good example of collection risk management is the Steamship de SS Rotterdam. For example, Marjan de Visser has set up a management and preservation plan together with the volunteers from ‘ Friends of Steamship Rotterdam. Art has been looked at and thought about preserving on a ship that is used so intensively!t!

collectie risico management — Risk management with the friends of the steamship the SS Rotterdam

value assessment

Risk management starts with a valuation of the entire or partial collections. of course in relation to the institution’s mission. Subsequently, the threats present were determined. This is the start of a step-by-step plan to limit and reduce the risks for the collection. At these small institutions or collections, management starts by drawing up condition reports. Then follows an inventory of the threats (risks) present. This is based on the 10 museum risk factors drawn up by Stephen W Michalski of the Canadian Conservation Institute, the aim is to permanently monitor the conditions.

Interview for Blijtijds

10 September 2024

For the magazine Blijtijds, I was interviewed by freelance journalist Marjolein de Jong for the 2024 autumn edition with the theme ‘art in search of a restorer’. The article is called ‘Blijmaker’ and with the title ‘the painting is a door to

Arthur Brand saves Spring Garden

9 April 2024

Arthur Brand saves Spring Garden from the underworld! It is thanks to the investigation of the Central Netherlands Regional Unit and Arthur Brand that The Spring Garden, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1884, is back in the Groninger Museum. Behind the

Vincent van Gogh Spring Garden

14 February 2024

Since January 2024, I have been researching the painting Spring Garden by Vincent van Gogh. In Dutch ‘Lentetuin’ and Vincent painted it in 1884. It lies in front of me on a table in the depot of the Boijmans van Beuningen museum. Because I have a microscope available there with which I can zoom in to look in detail and take pictures. Continue reading →

CROMA atelier for painting conservation

7 January 2024

In this post I give a platform to Zoë Sallin, an intern in 2022 in the restoration studio. She started her own studio in France in 2023 under the name CROMA CROMA, acronym of Conservation Restoration of Old and Modern

Jacob Por in the Sint Agathakerk

28 November 2023

Jacob Por painted this ceiling mural on the barrel vault of Sint Agathakerk (Agathatsjerke) in Oudega in 1922. It was a time when the Ploeg painters traveled through the Groninger countryside and painted their colourful expressionist paintings around Blauwborgje. It

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