Greetings, That reminds me of how my current museum smelled when I first joined the staff. It is a historic building with steam pipes for the winter, and leaky windows for the summer. But the building had a distinct pungent odor, due to the exhibit cases. They were all antique store cases, with brown staining and glass fronts and tops, as old as the museum itself. A few had signs of water damage and fungal staining. Other wooden cases were just decomposing from age. I do not know the age of the water damage, but the museum went to great efforts to upgrade the exhibits and remove the damaged cases. Thank you, Michael R . On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Valarie J. Kinkade < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Chistian: > > I had a client museum that smelled terribly of Naphthalene. The > collection consisted of hundreds of stuffed birds and some other > taxidermy. The museum was near the coast and had no air conditioning, so > they often had the windows open. This led to an infestation of > dermestids. The Curator, on the misguided advise of a pest control person, > placed paper cups of Naphthalene (aka moth balls) in all of the exhibit > cases. The place smelled like Grandma's attic on steroids! > > ========================================================= 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).