Museum board

Museum mounting board

Description

A stiff, multiply mat board made with lignin-free rags or chemical wood pulp. Museum board is usually made with an alkaline reserve.

See also rag board, and archival board.

Synonyms and Related Terms

muaseum quality board; rag board; archival board; conservation board; Artcare® archival board; chemical wood pulp board

Authority

• A Glossary of Paper Conservation Terms, Margaret Ellis (ed.), Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York City, 1998

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000