Guide to Online Resources

Wood

Biological Deterioration & Damage to Furniture & Wooden Objects
Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute

Caring for Furniture
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

Conserve O Gram 7/1 Cleaning Wood Furniture (PDF, 223KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service

Conserve O Gram 7/2 Waxing Furniture and Wood Objects (PDF, 230KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service

Conserve O Gram 7/3 Protecting Wood with Preservatives and Water Repellants
(PDF, 415KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service

Conserve O Gram 7/4 Upholstered Furniture: Agents of Deterioration (PDF, 317KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service

Conserve O Gram 7/5 Dusting Wooden Objects (PDF, 245KB, link to parent page)
National Park Service

Fundamental Construction Techniques for Furniture & Wooden Objects
Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute

Moving, Packing, and Shipping Furniture
Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute

Saving Your Treasures: Furniture
Nebraska State Historical Society, Gerald Ford Conservation Center

Saving Your Treasures: Wood
Nebraska State Historical Society, Gerald Ford Conservation Center

The Care and Preservation of Furniture and Wooden Objects
The Henry Ford

Some linked files will require the Adobe Reader. Questions? Comments? Contact the IMLS Webmaster.

Links to Web sites outside the IMLS Web space are offered for your convenience. IMLS does not control the Web sites listed above and takes no responsibility for the views, content or accuracy of the information you may find there. Providing a link to this site does not in any way constitute an endorsement of the site or its content on the part of IMLS. Once you leave the IMLS Web site, the IMLS privacy policy no longer applies.