Please post your responses on this topic to the list, I'm interested in this as well.  I have four accessioned historic structures on my site and two of them along with their artifacts, which includes school desks are used on a daily basis for much of the year as a part of our education programs.  I continually struggle over the issue of use vs. preservation and conservation. 

Thanks,
Julie Blood
Collections & Exhibits Manager
San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum
Lodi, CA

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