Collections care

Imagine you have a lot of toys and you love to play with them. Some toys might break or get dirty if you don't take care of them properly. Similarly, museums and collections have lots of things called artifacts that are very old and valuable. These artifacts might be paintings, sculptures, books, clothes, and many more.

The job of collections care is to take care of all these artifacts so they can last for a very long time and people can enjoy them for years to come. This means making sure that the artifacts are protected from things like dust, light, temperature changes, and moisture.

Collections care involves a lot of different things, such as cleaning the artifacts with special tools, monitoring the temperature and humidity levels in the museum, and creating special boxes and storage spaces to keep the artifacts safe.

Collections care also involves handling the artifacts carefully. Just like you need to be gentle with your toys, museum workers need to be very careful when they handle artifacts so they don't accidentally break or damage them.

Overall, collections care is like taking care of a big collection of special toys or treasures so that they can last for a very long time and people can enjoy them.