Remember too...  there are   2  types of  termites ..the ones that come up  
from underground are the best... as the  egg layer  Queen  stays  
underground  where it is moist and  protected... generally  do not  transfer with  
artifacts.
 
 The other type are dry wood termites....   but   what I  fear more  in  
incoming  wood things  are the   types of beetles...
 
Recommended reading...... 
 
     
Destructive  and useful insects: their habits  and control

 
Clell Lee Metcalf, Wesley Pillsbury  Flint
 
 
Ed  Sharpe archivist for SMECC
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
In a message dated 4/7/2017 8:45:41 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
[log in to unmask] writes:

I am not sure where "your area" is.  But if a  borrowing institution told 
me they needed a piece treated for termites before  loaning it, that is a big 
red flag.  Either they have an infestation  potential, and I would not loan 
to them, or they believe you have an  infestation potential, which I hope 
is inaccurate.  As a conservator, I  have never heard of this type of 
request, but it sounds like a bad idea to  loan.  The potential risks are too high, 
unless the piece is of little  value to you.
 
Marc

American Conservation Consortium, Ltd.
4  Rockville Road
Broad Brook, CT  06016
_www.conservator.com_ (http://www.conservator.com/)   
860-386-6058 
 
Marc A. Williams, President
MS in Art  Conservation, Winterthur Museum Program
Former  Chief Wooden Objects Conservator, Smithsonian  Institution
Fellow, American Institute for  Conservation (AIC)
 



 



From: MPierce 
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 11:06 AM
To: [log in to unmask]  
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Termite care for loans - who's  responsible?




Another museum in the area of my museum would like to have on  loan a piece 
from our collection. It happens to be a wooden desk. The  borrowing museum 
stated that they would like it treated for termites before  taking it into 
their facility.

Is it the responsibility of the lending  institution or the borrowing 
institution to do/pay for  that?

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