Cristin,
Contact the collections management department for anthropology at the 
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.  A few years back I helped 
them remove a birch bark canoe from exhibit.  It was a well planned move and 
everything went smoothly.

Good luck,
Jennifer


>From: Patti Davis-Perkins <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] birch bark canoes
>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:05:46 -0500
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>Cristin,
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>
>
>I have forwarded your question onto our conservators here at the Canadian 
>Museum of Civilization.   The museum recently restoration a rare birch bark 
>canoe belonging to the National University of Ireland in Galway. Since May 
>2007, conservators at the Museum painstaking undertook the conservation of 
>a six-metre Maliseet watercraft, possibly the oldest canoe of its kind in 
>the world.
>
>
>
>The canoe has since returned to Ireland.
>
>
>
>I think we can safely say we are a centre of expertise in this area.
>
>
>
>Google Canadian Museum of Civilization + birch bark canoe + Ireland" for 
>further details.
>
>
>
>Patti
>
>
>
>Patricia Davis-Perkins
>
>Documentaliste de multimédia
>
>Bibliothèque, archives et services de documentation (BASD)
>
>Musée canadien des civilisations
>
>Multimedia Documentalist
>
>Library, Archives and Documentation Services (LADS)
>
>Canadian Museum of Civilization
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>100, rue Laurier Street, Gatineau, QC K1A 0M8
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>Tél.: 819 776 8456 Fax.: 819 776 8300
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>From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
>Behalf Of Waterbury, Cristin
>Sent: November 19, 2008 4:39 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [MUSEUM-L] birch bark canoes
>
>
>
>Does anyone have experience with the "care and feeding" of birch bark 
>canoes in their collections? We are looking for information about how you 
>maintain them as collections objects, what particular preservation or 
>conservation issues they may have, and also how you transport them.  We are 
>potentially facing a situation where we would be moving one by truck from 
>another town about 4 hours away, and we would also be moving the canoe on 
>and off exhibit once it's here. If anyone has any experience or expertise 
>with this type of object, I'd very much like to hear from you.
>
>
>
>Thank you!
>
>
>
>Cristin J. Waterbury
>
>Registrar/Collections Manager
>
>Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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>75 Maritime Drive
>
>Manitowoc, WI 54220
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>toll free 1-866-724-2356
>
>local 920-684-0218
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>fax 920-684-0219
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