The primary mission of archives as cultural and administrative institutions is to preserve and make available society’s collective memories captured in archival materials for future generations. The development and long-term operation of archives in a sustainable manner are critical to accomplish this mission. Applying green or sustainable construction to archival facilities is one way to incre...

Adaptive re-use is essential for the sustainability of heritage buildings. It ensures cultural and socio-economic benefits through morphing conservation to regeneration urban environs. The rehabilitation historic covered markets erected in cast/wrought iron European capitals reinforces this philosophy. Through critical assessment case studies on restoration adaptive Malta, Spain, Bulgaria, pape...

In this article, the Mingei Online Platform is presented as an authoring platform for representation of social and historic context encompassing a focal topic interest. The proposed employed in contextualised presentation given topic, through documented narratives that support its to diverse audiences. Using obtained representation, documentation digital preservation historical dimensions Cultu...

The multi-analytical protocol currently in use at Historic England for the investigation of copper alloy artefacts recovered during underwater excavations aims to determine their manufacturing processes, identify repairs, and assess state preservation. Each step scientific analysis is described, results obtained from study a selection objects Dutch East India Company (VOC) Rooswijk shipwreck (1...

A s co-author, with Patricia L. Parker, of National Register Bulletin 38 (Parker and King 1990), I am much cheered by the preceding papers. As did the symposia that produced them, they show that traditional cultural properties have become the focus of intellectual ferment in and around historic preservation. Moreover, they illustrate a kind of cross-cultural ferment that should be healthy for p...