Housing and maintenance of collections

Abstract

Includes discussion of standards, protection against environmental threats (relative humidity, temperature, radiation, atmospheric pollutants, vibration, measuring and controlling environmental variables), protection against pests (infestation, eradication by chemical and nonchemical methods, prevention and control of fungal infestation, integrated pest management), security (the risks--theft, loss, damage, prevention, security of information, disaster planning), storage equipment and techniques (general principles, furniture, special storage techniques for insects, dry-stored invertebrates, microscope slides, wet preparations, mounted vertebrate specimens, study skins, eggs, bones, flowering plants, nonflowering plants, models), handling specimens (techniques for handling insects, dry-stored invertebrates, microscope slides, wet-preserved specimens, mounted vertebrates, study skins, bones, dried plants), packing and transportation, maintenance of collections (monitoring systems, inspection, conservation--cleaning, consolidation, refurbishment, and repair), and care of archival materials related to collections. (G.St.) LB - B1 LB - Planning - Developing a Plan LB - F4 LB - Heritage Type - Museum Collections