At the Australian War Memorial we are currently
          designing a maintenancce and monitoring program
          for the functional objects (Tanks, vehicles,
          Aircraft) in our collections. As part of this
          process we would like to know what the practices
          are in the wider museum community.
          Hence we are intrested in comments on the
          following, either direct or through the lists.
 
          What processes do you use for long and short term
          storage of Functional objects?
          How do you monitor these processes performance?
          Do you use exersise in the presevation maintenance
          process?
                    Why?
                    Why not?
          What materials do museums use?
          What testing was done to choose these materials?
                    Why?
                    Why not?
          Any comments on the problems of functioal objects
          collections display, storage and "use".
 
          David Hallam
          Sennior Conservator of Objects
          John Treloar Centre for Conservation Science
 
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