ABSTRACT
Technology may be defined as the application of science and the useful arts to the apparatus/machines and processes used in the conversion of natural raw material into finished articles. A technology exhibit may be found within many museum disciplines such as archaeology, social history, transport or applied art. Although the materials from which they are made are generally familiar to Curators and Conservators, large or working technological exhibits are considered to pose difficult problems for non-specialist museums. This chapter looks at many of the problems associated with large static or working exhibits, (principally made of metal), which have been or are to be removed from their working environment and received into museums. The technical problems include dismantling, transport, conservation or restoration, and storage and display. Depending on the object, it should be obvious that these aspects are not necessarily carried out in the order presented in this chapter.
