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Helene Tello

The Toxic Museum

Berlin and Beyond

Helene Tello

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English
Routledge
29 December 2023
Museums & museology; Cultural studies
The Toxic Museum examines the use of pesticides in German museum collections at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

It reconstructs the research of substances against harmful insects in museum collections within the historical context of the formation of nation-states, colonialism, a strengthening chemical industry, the First World War, and the resulting broad-based hygiene movement through the lens of the Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) in Berlin. Because of their persistence, the consequences of the use of pesticides in museum collections are now unmistakable and well documented in many places. Numerous objects are highly contaminated and are only accessible under difficult conditions regarding occupational health and safety. This creates obstacles for conservation and scientific processing, as well as for mediation in the context of exhibitions and external loans. The most precarious and difficult situations arise when contaminated museum objects are repatriated to their countries of origin. This monograph examines contemporary challenges in the 21st century museum landscape and contextualises the history of pesticide use at the turn of the 20th century.

The Toxic Museum will be of great interest to students and scholars working in conservation, museology, monument preservation, art and cultural studies, ethnology, history, and economics.
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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   689g
ISBN:   9781032526348
ISBN 10:   1032526343
Pages:   264
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Helene Tello has worked as a freelance senior conservator since 2020. After starting her career in 1980, she founded her own conservation studio in 1983. Later, she worked at the Vonderau Museum in Fulda, Germany, and was in charge of the Indian collections at the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Ethnological Museum of the National Museum in Berlin), Germany, from 1998 to mid-2020. There, she came across the topic of pesticides used previously on objects. She researches methods for decontaminating cultural assets that have undergone treatment, as well as safe handling practices for all who must handle them. Her expertise has been shared through numerous journal articles, teaching engagements, and lectures given at home and abroad.

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