Konstföremål och hantverksprodukter. Kulturegendom och kulturarv

This document defines the procedures as well as the means to implement adequate lighting, with regard to the exhibition lighting and the conservation policy. This also includes security and cleaning lighting. It takes visual, exhibition and conservation aspects into account and it also discusses the implications of the lighting design on the safeguarding of cultural heritage. This document gives recommendations on luminous exposure values. It aims to provide a tool for setting up a common European policy and a guide to help curators, conservators and project managers to assess the correct lighting that can ensure the safeguarding of the objects. This document covers indoor lighting for heritage objects on exhibition in both public and private sites and does not consider lighting in other cultural heritage contexts such as open-air collections, etc.
This document does not cover back of house activities such as conservation-restoration, storage, emergency lighting and research.

This document specifies general requirements for showcases for safe and secure display of cultural heritage objects complying with the requirements for preventive conservation. This document is only focused on so called passive showcases with unpowered climate conditioning systems, displaying the objects in ambient air. The role of the showcase in the preventive conservation is established by a risk assessment taking into account several risk factors mentioned in this document. As the design of the showcase has an influence on its properties, some general consideration about the showcase design are given. The procurement of showcase(s) and the development of the design of the showcase(s) involve all stakeholders of the project; a structured project plan is proposed.

This document defines and classifies properties of passive showcases for the safe and secure display of cultural heritage objects for better preservation. It applies to most uses of the showcase: showcases for so called permanent or temporary exhibitions, historical or modular showcases, showcases in uncontrolled ambient environment, etc. Aspects of active showcases (those using electricity to directly condition their microclimates) and anoxic showcases (those containing inert atmospheres instead of air) are mentioned in this document, but their properties are not defined, nor classified.