Museums | Loopshore

TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE PICTURE

The conditions of a collection are not a matter of opinion. The Loopshore device continuously measures temperature, humidity, light, vibration and air quality, alerts you when a value leaves the limit you have set, and keeps the history. The history can be shown to a lender, an insurer or a funder.

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A history you can show

When a work goes out on loan or the insurer asks, a promise is not enough. Measurement data is stored on a server in the EU and is deleted only at your request. You have access to your data for as long as the service is in use. A report is one click away as PDF or CSV, also for long periods.

Two black smartphones with the Loopshore app and demo data: one shows a museum’s rooms and their readings, the other the relative humidity of a collection store over 24 hours.

Limits are set for each site: a target range and upper and lower alarm limits for every measuring point. When a value deviates, the alert comes by email or text message. You are also alerted when the device battery is running low or data transfer is interrupted.

The view shows the situation at a glance

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We measure what harms a collection

Temperature and humidity, light, vibration and motion, and the visible signs of visitor load, that is air quality: carbon dioxide, volatile compounds and fine particles. The device also measures air pressure and sound pressure level.

Getting started needs no installation project. The device is ready to use straight away, delivery takes 1–3 days and the battery is charged every 6–18 months. The device is mounted on the wall with screws, and it can also be mounted without drilling.

”At the collections centre of the Tampere museums, special attention has been paid to the preservation of materials and the monitoring of conditions. We monitor the air quality of the storage facility without interruption all year round with a Loop One sensor.

The collections centre holds about 400,000 objects from the collections of several museums. The sensor sends data on the space over the mobile network around the clock, and we also keep the data from past years for possible later use.”