The gradual reopening of cultural sites and museums in a global pandemic has brought with it a host of challenges.  How many people can the site accommodate?  What operational changes are required to make to minimize the risk of infection to staff and visitors?  How much work can be done remotely?  What about volunteers?

Think of Real-Time Alerts as Conserv's way of reassuring you: "I'll keep an eye on your collections and let you know if there's anything to worry about. If you don't hear from me, it's all good." Alerts give you a little more peace of mind to focus on other collection issues.

Here at Conserv, we're always amazed by the ingenuity of the profession we serve.  Conservators are an innovative bunch, always looking for new solutions to problems.  In our day to day we focus on building great tools for preventive conservation, but it turns out we can use the same technologies we rely on to rapidly bring sensors and software to market to serve the conservation profession in…

We like to say that Conserv offers simple, wireless environmental monitoring for collections—in museums, archives, private facilities, or anywhere else. Here's a basic overview of what that means and how it works. (For technical details, check our Technical Specifications page)

Conserv has partnered with the Albany Museum of art to improve their collection environment with real-time temperature and relative humidity data.

What's an appropriate temperature for your collection? Seems like a simple question! We've been putting this question in front of collections professionals for the past few weeks. The main answer we've gotten is that, well, "it depends." No surprise. If you don't read any further know that we've launched "Levels" in Conserv Cloud so that you, as a first step, can set and evaluate environmental…

COVID-19 is a good time to talk about disaster preparedness As a team we just had a conversation about how we should talk about this challenge without minimizing the human suffering of what's going on right now, and here's our messaging, "When the situation is bad, we should do what we can to not make it worse." That's our perspective, and that's what our solution provides.

If you're not 100% sure what environment is appropriate for your collection, you're not alone. Making sense of the various recommendations is a difficult task. You can go look at the standards, 46-60 RH, 68-72 Temp, but is that really most appropriate for your unique circumstances. Perhaps another way to look at the problem is to start with real data and work backwards.

As a Front-End Developer with Conserv, knowing that the work I’m doing will go to further the reach of mankind’s creativity and extend it to generations to come checks all of my boxes.

Storage spaces are difficult to monitor. Some of your collection lives in storage, maybe most of your collection. Environmental monitoring for storage is important, and Conserv makes it easy.