put on heritage institutions. Both the public and professionals want greater access to objects [14, 15] and wider interpretation. People expect more from museums than to just be a repository for objects; they go because they want to be provided with learning through demonstration [16]. They also want to have a connection with the past and with objects through experiencing and interacting with them [17]. Currently the inductor coil is back in storage at the NSM but discussions have begun for an exhibit to be focused on conservation and decision-making. The inductor coil would be a centre piece in such an exhibit. The exhibit would be a chance to assess people’s reactions to various forms of conservation treatment and ask them for their opinions about how cultural heritage is treated. Perhaps even ask whether they think the right decision was made about the inductor coil or if they would prefer to have it restored? However, I believe the object in its current condition has the potential to stop people in their tracks and makes them ask ‘what is that?’ People suddenly become engaged and transfixed by the object which causes them to want to learn more about it. Through this change in value and function the Ducretet inductor coil has been given a second life. Author Sharon Penton, Preventive Conservator The British Museum Great Russell Street London, WC1B 3DG UK e-mail: spenton@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk Acknowledgments I would like to express my gratitude to all the staff at the National Science Museum who helped with the research on this object and especially Jannicke Langfeldt, Head Conservator, for getting me involved in the project. Finally, I would like to thank Dean Sully, Lecturer at UCL, for his encouragement and enthusiasm during work on this object. References [1] Butler, S. (1992), Science and Technology Museums, Leicester University Press, Leicester. [2] Keene, S. (1994), ‘Objects as Systems: A New Challenge For Conservation’, in Restoration: Is it Acceptable?, The British Museum Occasional Papers 99, A. Oddy (ed), The British Museum, London, p. 19-25. [3] Mann, P. R. (1994), ‘The Restoration of Vehicles for Use in Research, Exhibition, and Demonstration’ in Restoration: Is it Acceptable?, The British Museum Occasional Papers 99, A. Oddy (ed), The British Museum, London, p. 131-138. [4] Ashley-Smith, J. (1995), ’Definitions of Damage’. Available at http://palimpsest.stanford. edu/byauth/ashley-smith/damage.html accessed on 20 February 2008. [5] McEwen, N. , Ducretet and Roger, Paris France: An Unusual Spark Key ca.1915-1919. Available from http://www.telegraph-office.com/ pages/DuCretet_and_Roger_key.html accessed on 25 March 2007. [6] Hill, T. (2003), ’Impossible Things’, in The Phantom Museum: and Henry Wellcome’s Collcection of Medical Curiosities, Profile Books, Ltd, London. [7] Wellcome’s World. Available at http://library. wellcome.ac.uk/node620.html accessed on 18 September 2007. [8] Armagnat, H. (1908), The Theory, Design and Construction of Inductor Coils, McGraw Publishing Company, New York. [9]Hare, A. (1900), The Construction of Large Induction Coils, Methuen & Co., London. [10] Butler, S. Ibid. [11] Munoz Vinas, S. (2005), Contemporary Theory of Conservation, Elsevier Ltd., Amsterdam. [12] Williams, R. (1999), Wigmore Castle. Available at http://www.castlewales.com/wigmore.html accessed on 20 February 2009. [13] Lowenthal, D. (1985), The Past is a Foreign Country, Cambridge University Press. 143
[14]Henderson, J. And P. Manti (2008), ‘Improving Access to Collections for Sampling’ in Conservation and Access : Contributions to the London Congress 15-19 September 2008, eds. D. Saunders, J. H. Townsend and S. Woodcock, IIC, London, p. 115-119. [15] Keene, S. Ibid. [16] Butler, S. Ibid. [17] Schouten, F. F. J. (1993), ‘The Future of Museums’, in Museum Management and Curatorship, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, Amsterdam, p.381-386. 144
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