Jerrie,

I agree with your idea that it's time to again bring up the idea of taking
it out, or taking everything apart, freeze everything (if you can get to
the right kind of freezer facility), then reassemble the thing.

I wish you good luck.

Peace,

Joel Ayala, Jr./Curatorial Assistant
AZ Dept. of Library, Archives & Public Records/Museum Division
1700 West Washington Street
Phoenix AZ 85007
Phone:  602.542.4405
Fax:  602.542.4690
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At 10:07 PM 03/08/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>I have kind of an odd bug problem.  We have a miner's cabin display that was
>installed over 10 years ago using cut logs for 3 walls and the roof.  It's
>very apparent bugs are living in the logs.  There are holes in the wood and
>fine wood dust appears on the floor around it.  I've never seen an adult
>bug, but have seen a single larva twice in 2 years.
>
>I wanted to take it out almost two years ago when I was hired but that idea
>was vetoed.  It's very popular with the tourist and I was told the bugs live
>only in the cabin.  So I monitor the artifacts in and around the cases, and
>have never found any evidence that the bugs are anywhere but in the logs of
>the cabin.  A biologist at the local Community College said he could
>probably identify at least the family if I could find an adult.  About a
>month ago I put bug traps all around and have caught nothing.  I feel like I
>should do something, but we are a small local history museum in a small
>rural Alaska town, with very few resources within 300 miles.  It would be
>impossible to freeze it and fumigation may upset the balance.  I'm thinking
>it's time to again bring up the idea of taking it out.
>
>Any ideas?
>Jerrie
>
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