ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF COSENZA: A CASE OF STUDY

Francesco Lamonaca, Gianluca Pizzuti, Natale Arcuri

Abstract

The environmental conditions of the museum exhibition facilities and storage areas are the most crucial factors, concerning the preservation of collections and artifacts.<br />This paper describes the distributed measurement system used to monitor the environmental conditions of the National Gallery of Cosenza.<br /> The pollution, the humidity, the temperature and the lighting can possibly deteriorate or even destroy the material cultural goods that are kept, protected and displayed in museum collections. Therefore, the aim of the present report is to evaluate whether the environmental parameters monitored are within some critical values. The study demonstrates few parameter values may comprise the preservation of painting materials.

Keywords

Environmental Parameters, monitoring, distributed measurement system

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TC19 - Environmental Measurements

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