Conservation treatment
A documented intervention intended to stabilise an object or improve its legibility while respecting its material history.
Example
Treatment decisions follow examination and documentation rather than an automatic effort to make an object look new.
Sources: louvre.fr
Related terms
Conservation and research
Condition report
A dated record of an object's physical state used to monitor change and guide handling, display or treatment.
Conservation and research
Preventive conservation
Measures that reduce risks to collections by controlling handling, display, environment and storage before damage...
Collections and curating
Provenance research
Research into an artwork's ownership and transfer history from its creation to the present.
Conservation and research
Light-sensitive art
Works whose materials can fade or degrade through cumulative exposure to light.
