[BCMA] should we polish brass and copper?

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Hi Wendy-
There are some great,practical resources on the Canadian Conservation
Institute website regarding the care and cleaning of metals.

Have a look here:

https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/care-objects/metals.html


Thanks!
Anissa

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On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 4:21 PM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
bcma at lists.vifa.ca> wrote:

> The Greek Heritage Project Museum in Victoria has a number of "old", as up
> to 100 years old, brass and copper artifacts, mostly cooking and coffee
> pots. They are becoming darker as time goes on. We are back and forth about
> whether to clean and polish them or to  allow their age to show.
> Part of the issue is that the polished items tend to then be very bright
> and lose some of their age.
> The pictures may help.
>
> Thanks
> Wendy
>
> Wendy Smylitopoulos
> Curator
> Greek Heritage Project Museum
> 4648 Elk Lake Drive, Victoria BC V8Z 5M1
> <greekhpm at gmail.com>
> 250 419-3151
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