In the past I've trimmed the flammable tops off of the matches, though that's a choice of changing the artifact. Storing them in sealable acid free plastic bags, separate from each other, and also depriving the matches of oxygen. My only other thought - which I've done no research on - is if you could apply acrylic to the flammable portion but I have no clue if that would work in this situation. Hope that helps, Regina Collections Manager Kalamazoo Valley Museum On Sun, May 13, 2018, 2:26 AM Ron Hillel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We were donated a historical matchbox with matches. I am not thrilled > having live matches in the storeroom, but I also don’t want to dispose of > them. > > Does anyone have experience with this? Is there anything I could dip the > match heads in to make them nonflammable? > > I’d love to hear with any other ideas any of you may have. > > Thanks, > > Ron Hillel > > Registrar > > The Haifa Museums > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).