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published a new version of their first Manual<br />
of Housekeeping, with the subtitle “The care<br />
of collections in historic houses open to the<br />
public.”[5].<br />
Let us take a closer look at this Manual of Housekeeping.<br />
Their current definition of conservation<br />
is:”... the careful management of change. It is about<br />
revealing and sharing the significance of places and<br />
ensuring that their special qualities are protected,<br />
enhanced, understood and enjoyed by present and<br />
future generations”. [6]<br />
…the careful management of change, this<br />
expression is very interesting, because there is<br />
an acceptance embedded here regarding the fact<br />
that there inevitably will be some sort of change<br />
as time goes by and that our role is to manage<br />
this change carefully.<br />
...revealing and sharing the significance of<br />
places, at Klevfos this has been the main focus<br />
since the day the museum opened in 1986, as<br />
explained earlier.<br />
... ensuring that their, (Klevfos), special qualities<br />
are protected, enhanced, understood and<br />
enjoyed by present and future generations.<br />
What meets the visitor today does indeed not relate<br />
to any ”true” historical event, the time machine does<br />
not run smoothly.<br />
To protect the qualities. The<br />
need of a new strategy for<br />
conservation<br />
The special qualities of Klevfos - how can we protect<br />
them for future generations? [7] The museum has a<br />
high quality in their communication to visitors, to<br />
children as well as adults: theatre performances,<br />
workshops for papermaking in addition to ordinary<br />
guided tours. The memory of Klevfos is well taken<br />
care of.<br />
But we have to admit that the protection of the qualities<br />
of the interior will not last for future generations. The<br />
machines and equipment throughout the museum<br />
are at high risk of self-destruction, so although the<br />
Museum has good intensions, the result so far is not<br />
adequate.<br />
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A constructive dialogue between conservator and<br />
museum staff about this has just recently started. For<br />
us to find better ways of defining means and needs,<br />
we now try to address the problems of conservation<br />
in a more strictly analytical form.<br />
One way of doing this is by means of analyzing<br />
the nine agents of deterioration as mentioned in the<br />
manual of housekeeping [8], based on the work of<br />
Michalski 1994 [9] and Waller 1994 [10]: fire, loss,<br />
water, physical, chemical, biological activity, light,<br />
wrong relative humidity and wrong temperature.<br />
When this plant was functional a natural procedure of<br />
ongoing maintenance was undertaken. Parts needed<br />
to be mended or shifted regularly; all moving parts<br />
needed constant lubrication; in times of production<br />
standstill more time-consuming maintenance was<br />
undertaken; removal of rust and concurrent painting;<br />
cleaning and improving. All this ended in 1976 when<br />
the plant was closed down for good.<br />
To protect the inherent qualities of this site we have to<br />
understand the production process, to a certain point<br />
at least. Are the conservation problems we encounter<br />
today related to the former production process? Are<br />
they related to the museum period with none or very<br />
different activities, or is it a combination?<br />
For almost all the agents of deterioration these<br />
questions are utterly important; and could theoretically<br />
be of some variation along the production line.<br />
The production line<br />
The production line of the pulp and paper production<br />
is still complete, but there has never been any<br />
intension to start even a small museum production,<br />
or make the machines run during special events.<br />
Here follows a short description of the various stages<br />
of production at the plant:<br />
Cellulose factory<br />
To make Kraft Pulp also called Sulphate Pulp the<br />
chopped wood was boiled into pulp mixed with liquid<br />
caustic soda (cooking lye).<br />
The liquid chemical - called black lye - were filtered out<br />
and was sent for recycling to Sodahuset (soda house).<br />
As the chemicals were expensive a quite complicated