Writing a Collections care and conservation plan

Once you are confident with your collections care and conservation procedures it is best practice to draw together all of you processes in a plan. This can then be shared with other members of your team to ensure that there is a consistency in approach to your collections care activity.

A Collections Care and Conservation Plan is also a useful document to share with other members of your organisation to demonstrate the level of need as well as the potential investment of time and resources required to maintain a heritage collection.

The South West Museums Federation have drawn up a Collections Care and Conservation Plan template which can be adpated for any heritage organisation.