At 05:20 PM 18-01-2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Conservators have a mixed opinion on this one.   I am very pro-poly bagging;
>in my personal experience they have saved objects from  everything from
>water damage to asbestos contamination. For a non-anecdotal approach, I'd
>suggest you contact Christine DelRe, the Head Conservator at the Milwaukee
>Public Museum ([log in to unmask]; 414 278-2780)) or Lynn Grant, Associate
>Conservator at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia (215
>898-4000).

Thanks, Janice.  I will try to contact both of these people.  I am finding
the opinions to be mixed on this subject as well, so my report will have to
be a survey without conclusions I'm afraid.  C'est la vie.
Anne, confused but game
Anne T. Lane, Collections Assistant
Museum of York County
4621 Mount Gallant Road,
Rock Hill, SC 29732-9905
803-329-2121, ext. 104
FAX 803-329-5249

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