Conservation, restoration and other services for museums

Before she became a freelancer the graduate conservator Sif Dagmar Dornheim worked for the central restoration workshops for a great range of different museums in Erfurt and Freiburg. She knows therefor everything about the requirements of a conservator's work in a museum. Scope of work and services:

Care for the depots: * Consultation and development of concepts to preserve graphics and other objects of the collection; * Concepts and control of air conditioning; * Cleaning of the depots and stacks; * Packing and boxing in durable, long-lasting materials; * Manufacture of individual slipcases or boxes; * Packing and boxing of special objects or materials; * Packing for transport, consultation, courier services; * Planning of restoration/ conservation projects; * Elaboration of emergency plans
Acute events of damages: * Consultation; * Quick assistance
Conservation of graphics: * Deacidification of paper; * Lamination of paper; * Making of customized passepartouts; * Documentation; * Consolidation of colorants and pigments, paint layers; * Removal of stains and dirt; * Conservation of parchment; * Treatment of iron-gall-ink with phytates; * Conservation of large formats; and much more
Conservation of objects out of paper, papyrus or parchment: * Papiermachée; * Fans; * Globes; * Boxes; * Wallpapers; and much more; Any other? Just ask!; * If necessary collaboration with conservators of different specializations
Lending and exposition: * Buildup of expositions; * Arrangement and control of air conditioning and light; * Making of customized passepartouts and presentation devices; * Framing; * Elaboration of requirements and conditions for the loan and exposition; * Packing and supervision of the transport, courier services; * Control of condition before and after exposition
Training and instructing: * according to requirements (Handling of books, graphics and other objects, control of air conditioning and light, cleaning of storage facilities and cleaning of the collection's items); * Courses in historic techniques e.g. in the context of an exposition