I am the registrar at a small/medium historical society.  We will be
breaking ground for an expansion to our facility this summer, with full
construction starting by August.  Does anyone have any advice, horror
stories, or suggested reading for me about how to protect our collections
during construction?  Moving everything off-site is not an option due to
financial constraints.  The collection is varied, including archives,
library materials, textiles, jewelry, framed art, sculpture, furniture,
and all types of three-dimensional artifacts of everyday life.

Responses are welcome on or off list, and I would be happy to summarize
off-list postings at some point.  I look forward to varied and helpful
comments, guaranteed on Museum-L!
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Miriam Albahari
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Jewish Historical Society of Maryland
"Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them."
                                                -Chaim Weizmann