Hello All. This has been a fraught question at the Wadsworth Atheneum and focused on a curatorial [request] to install live plants to compliment an exhibit. I agreed with stipulations --the plants very carefully sourced and quarantined for a month before installing, and insect-specific traps installed with the plants and some removed during public hours. Nits and drain flies appeared immediately then Covid closed the museum and I was no longer able to examine the plants though was told they were removed.
A long standing flower committee is asked to comply with basic constraints: no containers that could house insects, only florist specific cut plants and foliage, daily monitoring, regular turn-over, and no flowers in gallery spaces. Potted plants are not allowed. I have not observed any insects to date. In addition to the information in this very helpful thread I'd like lo know how museums with installations of plants manage this. The Wadsworth does not have a horticulturalist or gardener on staff so conservation oversees. I'm grateful to have missed the 1960's one-day installation of ducks in the interior pool (now empty of water). Casey Mallinckrodt Casey Mallinckrodt, Object Conservator Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 600 Main St. Hartford CT 06103 (c) 917 796 2857 [email protected] [email protected] ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Stephan Biebl <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 9:14:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PestList] AW: Risk of flower displays Hi Mike, in addition to Tony and Richard, i would say the same. This depends of the building and the objects of the exhibition and should be considered with a risk management according to IPM. For example: Domestic cut flowers during the wintertime, should have not Anthrenus beetles on the flowers. So the risk is higher during spring or summertime to get a problem. I think you may find some written information for your statement in one of different IPM-handbooks, MuseumPests.com or proceedings of IPM-conferences like London, Vienna, Paris or Stockholm. Best Stephan Consultant Benediktbeuern, Germany Von: [email protected] <[email protected]> Im Auftrag von Mike van der Steenhoven Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2020 13:18 An: [email protected] Betreff: [PestList] Risk of flower displays Hi All, Currently we have a discussion within our team about cut flowers on display in, and near our exhibition halls. There have been flowers there for a while and we never had any problems, until a week ago. A bug crawled away from one of the bouquets, but we could not catch it. The question is; what is the risk level of pests on flower display. One side thinks the risk is negligible low, the other side would like to replace the flowers with something non organic. I cannot find any examples or studies to make a substantiated statement about either side. Can somebody help? With thanks for any advice you can offer, Mike van der Steenhoven Coordinator Collections Management +31(0) 6 21 82 38 79 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Mauritshuis Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Royal Picture Gallery [We zijn open. Welkom terug!]<https://www.mauritshuis.nl/nl-nl/bezoek/plan-uw-bezoek/veilig-bezoek-aan-het-mauritshuis/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/AM0PR08MB395448A6D8A8FD3A1BE6895DEE660%40AM0PR08MB3954.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/AM0PR08MB395448A6D8A8FD3A1BE6895DEE660%40AM0PR08MB3954.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/AM7P189MB0915F64082F326383161F34ECA660%40AM7P189MB0915.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/AM7P189MB0915F64082F326383161F34ECA660%40AM7P189MB0915.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/17bd0d2c546a45a690014b8a0b5688e9%40thewadsworth.org.
