EXHIBITIONS AT THE ROYAL Ml'SEl'M OF SCOTLAND CHAMBERS S'I‘RI‘II‘I'I'. EDINBI'RGII
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A Conservation Survey of Museum Collections in Scotland
Brian Ramer
The first study of its kind on this scale to be published in the UK, undertaken by the Scottish Museums Council, and aided by a grant from the Getty Grant Program of the J. Paul Getty Trust.
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A Conservation Survey of Museum Collections in Scotland In the elegant New Town is No7 Charlotte square, is published at a time when there is substantial debate on Edinburgh, where you can absorb the splendid the quality of care and management of collections in atmosphere of the Georgian era,
Britain’s national museums and galleries and demonstrates that non-national museums in one part of the UK , have problems of a similar nature. S D - This 17th century merchant’s house is in the Lawnmarket near the castle.
Restored and furnished, it is typical of the Old Town of Edinburgh.
Both houses are open to visitors.
ISBN 0 11 4931460 6 126 pages Paperback £7 .95 net
Copies can be ordered from: HMSO Books, FREEPOST, Norwich NR3 1BR.
Please enclose a cheque for £7 .95 made payable to HMSO Books.
Open: Monday — Saturday 70-5 Sundays 2 — 5 (last admission half-hour before closing time)
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