Conserve-O-Gram 3/6 An Insect Pest Control Procedure: The Freezing Process Source: National Park Service (NPS) Temperature reduction is currently used as an effective pest control method for protecting National Park Service collections. It provides curatorial staff with a good alternative to the chemical fumigation method traditionally used by museums.
Archive | June, 2017
Conserve-O-Gram 3/7 Monitoring Insect Pests with Sticky Traps
Conserve-O-Gram 3/7 Monitoring Insect Pests with Sticky Traps Source: National Park Service (NPS) Detection and monitoring with insect traps is an essential long-term adjunct to inspection, in the perennial battle against insect infestation of museum buildings and their contents.
Conserve-O-Gram 3/9 Anoxic Microenvironments: A Treatment for Pest Control
Conserve-O-Gram 3/9 Anoxic Microenvironments: A Treatment for Pest Control Source: National Park Service (NPS) Anoxic (without oxygen) conditions may be used to treat insect-infested objects in museums.
Conserve-O-Gram 3/11 Identifying Museum Insect Pest Damage
Conserve-O-Gram 3/11 Identifying Museum Insect Pest Damage Source: National Park Service (NPS) Museum collections are very susceptible to pest damage. The cumulative affects of this damage can ultimately destroy a museum object. Therefore, it is important to constantly monitor collections for evidence of pest activity.
Solar Bagging: putting sunlight to work to eliminate insect infestations in mere hours, Bonnie Baskin
Solar Bagging: putting sunlight to work to eliminate insect infestations in mere hours Source: Western Association of Art Conservators (WAAC) WAAC Newsletter (May 2001) Volume 23 Number 2 Asolar bagging, developed by Tom Strang at the Canadian Conservation Institute, uses sunlight to produce the 130°-140° F temperatures lethal to insects. Artifacts are wrapped in cotton […]
Inert Gases in the Control of Museum Insect Pests
Inert Gases in the Control of Museum Insect Pests Source: The Getty Conservation Institute Inert Gases in the Control of Museum Insect Pests is a compendium of information on the biological mechanisms by which nontoxic gases kill insects; the methods and materials needed to create and maintain an anoxic atmosphere; treatments; the construction and use […]
Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management Source: Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) Preservation professionals increasingly recommend a strategy called integrated pest management (IPM). This approach relies primarily on non-chemical means (such as controlling climate, food sources, and building entry points) to prevent and manage pest infestation.
Museum Collection Integrated Pest Management Plan: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Seattle Unit
Museum Collection Inetgrated Pest Management Plan: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Seattle Unit Source: National Park Service (NPS) This Museum Collection Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Plan for Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park -Seattle Unit (KLSE) provides basic pest management guidelines to help preserve the Park’s museum collections, the historic building they are […]
MuseumPests.net
MuseumPests.net Source: Integrated Pest Management Working Group This website presents information on invertebrate, vertebrate, and mold pests in museum, library, and archival collections as well as historic structures. This site’s first four sections (prevention, monitoring, identification, solutions) cover issues in developing, implementing and managing an IPM plan for your institution – whatever your collection type. […]
What’s eating your collection?
What’s eating your collection? Source: UK Collections Trust What’s Eating Your Collection is a website to help you understand what integrated pest management is, how to carry it out and how it can help you in your museum. It will also help you to identify the insects that you find and show you if you […]
