Green paper on multi-material preventive conservation guidelines

Abstract

The main risk agents for Cultural Heritage (CH) conservation are the environment, the expected climate change, the increase in tourism, socio-economic pressures, inadequate restoration measures and management practices. The purpose of the Green Paper in the CollectionCare project is: - to encourage a broad reflection on new Preventive Conservation (PC) approaches for cultural objects considering their materiality and conservation condition in relation to the current EU standards; - to stimulate the discussion on environmental monitoring and conservation strategies at the EU level. In this document, 12 key issues were proposed based on what was achieved within the several tasks of the CollectionCare project, together with the related 26 questions for public consultation. The consultation will follow the normal rules of the European Commission for public consultation