AICCM: Environmental Guidelines

The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) is the professional organisation for conservators in Australia.

Conservators work to preserve our cultural heritage. AICCM works in museums, art galleries, libraries, archives and in private practice.

Their members specialise in the conservation of paintings and artworks, books and photographs, Antarctic heritage, furniture, photographs, gilded objects, digital media, costume and glass.

The AICCM Environmental Guidelines for cultural heritage collections provide temperature and relative humidity ranges for humid and temperate climate types and encourage the setting of temperature and relative humidity parameters that respond to a range of factors including local climate conditions.

In the era of rapid climate change it is imperative that the conservation profession takes a leading role in reviewing collection care and collection access practices to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and move towards sustainable collection practices.

Author: Amanda Pagliarino