Mixed media should not be frozen, textiles should be double bagged. Anoxic treatment using argon would be easier with less stress on the collection. No chemical treatment, period. Bill ACI In a message dated 9/30/2009 1:49:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I would pack the whole thing and send it to a commercial freezer for a couple of weeks. AmeriCold is in Denver and is familiar with mass museum freezings. Whatever you do, don't "bomb" your museum. The chemicals will do nothing to the insects, but will damage your collection and your health. Christina M. Cain Anthropology Collections Manager CU Museum of Natural History UCB 218, Boulder, CO 80309 303-492-2198 ---- Original message ---- Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:51:09 -0600 From: "Linda Moore" <[email protected]> Subject: [pestlist] Moving Clean To: <[email protected]> >This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. >To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. >----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > >I am the Collections Curator at the Fort Collins Museum & Discovery >Science Center, where we are in the planning stage of a big move to a >newly built building. Our collections, which include a large clothing >and textile collection, appear pretty clean right now as far as pests >go, but a history of carpet beetle infestations makes me wary of moving >old problems to this new facility. I am trying to plan the most >effective yet feasible method for insuring that we don't move pests with >our collections. What's best? Spot checking and only addressing >problems as they appear? Freezing everything? Having our pest >management company bomb our current collections storage? > >If you have moved recently and dealt with this issue I'd love to get >your advice! > >“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; >the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind." Henry James > >Linda Moore >Collections Curator >Fort Collins Museum >(970) 416-2784 >[email protected] >------------------------------------------------------------- >To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > >To unsubscribe from this list send an email to >[email protected] and in the body put: >"unsubscribe pestlist" >Any problems email [email protected] > > > > > >
