词条 | Museum Conservation Institute |
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|name = Museum Conservation Institute |image = |caption = |imagesize = |map_type = |latitude = |longitude = |established = 1963 |location = Suitland, Maryland |type = |visitors = |director = Robert J. Koestler |curator = |publictransit= Suitland |website = http://www.si.edu/mci/ }} The Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute[1] (MCI) aims to be the center for specialized conservation and technical collection research for all of the Smithsonian museums[2] and collections.[3] MCI's staff combine state-of-the-art instrumentation and scientific techniques with the knowledge of materials and the history of technology to provide technical research studies and interpretation of art, as well as historical and anthropological objects, to improve the conservation and collections storage capabilities at the Smithsonian. For the majority of the Smithsonian collections, MCI is the only Smithsonian resource for technical studies and analyses. HistoryThe Smithsonian's Board of Regents[4] established the Conservation Research Laboratory of the United States National Museum in 1963 in response to a growing need to support conservation of the entire Institution's collections. In 1965 the name of the laboratory was changed to the Conservation Analytical Laboratory (CAL). In 1983, the laboratory moved to the Museum Support Center[5] in Suitland, Maryland. Congress mandated a national conservation training program among other wider responsibilities including an expanded conservation science research program. The Board of Regents approved a name change to the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education (SCMRE) in 1998. SCMRE's mission was to serve all museum communities - national and international, and provide professional training and education programs. In 2006 the Board of Regents approved the name change to the Museum Conservation Institute (MCI). DirectorsRobert J. Koestler,[6] 2004- Lambertus van Zelst, 1984–2003 Robert M. Organ, 1967–1983 Charles H. Olin, 1966–1967 FacilitiesMCI's laboratories are equipped with advanced analytical instrumentation,[7] including:
The Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute and the Institut Photonique d’Analyse Non-destructive Européen des Matériaux Anciens platform at Soleil have formed a partnership to use the power of the third-generation synchrotron to study and preserve the priceless Smithsonian collections.[13] Further reading
References1. ^Museum Conservation Institute Fact Sheet 2. ^Smithsonian Institution Fact Sheet 3. ^Smithsonian Collections Fact Sheet 4. ^Smithsonian Board of Regents Fact Sheet 5. ^Museum Support Center Fact Sheet 6. ^Robert J. Koestler 7. ^MCI Instrumentation 8. ^Hudson River Plane Crash 9. ^MCI's IRMS Facilities 10. ^MCI's Imaging Studio {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013191017/http://www.si.edu/mci/ImagingStudio/index.html |date=2010-10-13 }} 11. ^MCI's Proteomics Research 12. ^MCI's Imaging Studio 13. ^Smithsonian and SOLEIL Synchrotron External links
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