Preserving Information relating to Instruments in Museums

Arnold Myers

doi:10.26045/kp64-6179-010

Preserving Information relating to Instruments in Museums

Arnold Myers

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Museums not only preserve objects, but also information about these objects. Information can be acquired with the object, generated by the museum, or provided by visitors and other external sources. The kinds of information museums preserve and how they do it vary widely, despite professional codes of good practice and the availability of content management systems tailored to museums. In the case of musical instruments, there are specific kinds of information that do not always fit into commercial packages. This article analyses the various kinds of information relating to musical instruments in terms of importance and vulnerability to loss and degradation, suggests priorities for data storage and long-term preservation, examines some of the systems museums have employed for information storage and retrieval, and discusses what museums can learn from digital preservation techniques adopted by research institutions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	To Play or Not to Play. Corrosion of Historic Brass Instruments. Romantic Brass Symposium 4
Editors	Adrian von Steiger, Daniel Allenbach, Martin Skamletz
Publisher	Edition Argus
Pages	120-127
Number of pages	8
Volume	15
ISBN (Print)	978-3-931264-95-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26045/kp64-6179-010
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2023
Event	Fourth International Romantic Brass Symposium: To Play or Not to Play. Corrosion of Historic Brass Instruments - Basel, Basel, Switzerland Duration: 22 Feb 2017 → 25 Feb 2017 https://cimcim.mini.icom.museum/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/01/2017_Meeting_Program_Abstracts.pdf

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Name	Musikforschung der Hochschule der Künste Bern
ISSN (Print)	2700-8681

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Conference	Fourth International Romantic Brass Symposium
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Basel
Period	22/02/17 → 25/02/17
Internet address	https://cimcim.mini.icom.museum/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/01/2017_Meeting_Program_Abstracts.pdf

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Myers, A 2023, Preserving Information relating to Instruments in Museums. in A von Steiger, D Allenbach & M Skamletz (eds), To Play or Not to Play. Corrosion of Historic Brass Instruments. Romantic Brass Symposium 4. vol. 15, Musikforschung der Hochschule der Künste Bern, Edition Argus, pp. 120-127, Fourth International Romantic Brass Symposium, Basel, Switzerland, 22/02/17. https://doi.org/10.26045/kp64-6179-010

Preserving Information relating to Instruments in Museums. / Myers, Arnold.
To Play or Not to Play. Corrosion of Historic Brass Instruments. Romantic Brass Symposium 4. ed. / Adrian von Steiger; Daniel Allenbach; Martin Skamletz. Vol. 15 Edition Argus, 2023. p. 120-127 (Musikforschung der Hochschule der Künste Bern).

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