The Tomb of Nefertari (1996)

Title: House of Eternity: The Tomb of Nefertari

Author: John K. McDonald

Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute

Year: 1996

Format: PDF, downloadable in four separate sections

Link: http://www.getty.edu/...

Table of contents:

Section 1 (23pp., 5.5MB)

Foreword

Introduction

"Nefertari: Radiant Queen"

Section 2 (18pp., 5.1MB)

"The Valley of the Queens" 

"Conveyance to Eternal Life: The Royal Tombs of Egypt" 

"The Tomb Builders' Village"

Section 3 (18pp., 4.6MB)

"After Nefertari's Burial" 

"Resurrection and Recurrent Risks" 

"The King of the Dead and His Divine Family"

Section 4 (65pp., 17MB)

"Among the Immortals: A Walk through the 'House of Eternity'" 

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Video: Reading scrolls without unroll them

From the description: Dr. Brent Seales, professor of computer science at the University of Kentucky, reveals new research that may make it possible to read ancient scrolls and manuscripts that are unable to be physically unrolled. By scanning the objects, we may be able to virtually unroll these delicate objects without harming them. 

Runtime: 28 mn

MCI Project Summaries 2008

Title: Project Summaries 2008
Pages: 170
File: http://www.si.edu/... (PDF, 6.89 Mb)

Description: MCI staff collaborated with Smithsonian, and non-Smithsonian, museums and research centers on 156 projects listed in the book. In addition, we continued a wide range of research programs to understand and resolve collection care issues. Also, we were able to bring on two new scientists, expanding our ability to analyze organic materials, and we opened a stable isotope-mass spectrometry laboratory.

Museums & Society 2034 (2008)

Title: Museums & Society 2034: Trends and Potential Futures
Author: James Chung and Susie Wilkening
Year: 2008
Pages: 20
Website: http://www.futureofmuseums.org/
File: http://aam-us.org/ (PDF, 2.4 Mb)

Description (from the website):

What challenges will society and museums face in the next quarter-century? To find out, the Center for the Future of Museums (CFM) commissioned this discussion paper on social and cultural trends and their potential effect on museums. This paper is designed to be a catalyst – a fact-based platform for further exploration, and refinement rather than the final word on museum trends.

Modern Techniques in Conservation and Analysis (2005)

Title: Scientific Examination of Art: Modern Techniques in Conservation and Analysis
Year: 2005
Pages: 254
ISBN: 0-309-54961-2
Online view (full text): http://books.nap.edu/...
PDF: http://www.nap.edu/...(requires free registration)

Description (from the website):
In March 2003, the National Academy of Sciences Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia presented the Scientific Examination of Art: Modern Techniques in Conservation and Analysis at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, DC. Featuring senior investigators of specific methods and materials, the papers in this book examine the application of scientific methods to the study and conservation of art and cultural properties.

Table of contents:

The State of the Field - Overview, John Winter (PDF, 144 kb)
Material Innovation and Artistic Invention: New Materials and New Colors in Renaissance Venetian Paintings, Barbara H. Berrie (PDF, 9590 kb)
The Scientific Examination of Works of Art on Paper, Paul M. Whitmore (PDF, 191 kb)
Changing Approaches in Art Conservation: 1925 to the Present, Joyce Hill Stoner (PDF, 13457 kb)
An Overview of Current Scientific Research on Stone Sculpture, Richard Newman (PDF, 161 kb)
Biodeterioration of Stone, Thomas D. Perry IV, Christopher J. McNamara, and Ralph Mitchell (PDF, 3555 kb)
Techniques and Applications - Analytical Capabilities of Infrared Reflectography: An Art Historian s Perspective, Molly Faries (PDF, 14021 kb)
Color-Accurate Image Archives Using Spectral Imaging, Roy S. Berns (PDF, 1237 kb)
Multispectral Imaging of Paintings in the Infrared to Detect and Map Blue Pigments, John K. Delaney, Elizabeth Walmsley, Barbara H. Berrie, and Colin F. Fletcher (PDF, 3862 kb)
Modern Paints, Tom Learner (PDF, 1646 kb)
Material and Method in Modern Art: A Collaborative Challenge, Carol Mancusi-Ungaro (PDF, 3469 kb)
Raman Microscopy in the Identification of Pigments on Manuscripts and Other Artwork, Robin J. H. Clark (PDF, 5851 kb)
Paint Media Analysis, Michael R. Schilling (PDF, 289 kb)
A Review of Some Recent Research on Early Chinese Jades, Janet G. Douglas (PDF, 887 kb)
APPENDIX A - Contributors (PDF, 146 kb)
APPENDIX B - Program (PDF, 124 kb)
APPENDIX C - Participants (PDF, 147 kb)