just do not let your town fire marshal see them..
they are  more picky than atf....

ed sharpe archivist for smecc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Felicia Pickering" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: matches in the collection


> In 1996 our department became concerned about the three examples of old
> Chinese fireworks we have in our collections.  At that time staff
consulted
> with the Explosives Technology Branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and
> Firearms.  We told the ATF that the fireworks were in acid free boxes, in
a
> locked steel storage cabinet.  Also, the building is completely smoke
free,
> and kept at approximately 50% humidity and 72 F.  Finally, access to the
> keys/locked cabinet is restricted to museum collections staff only.  They
> advised us they believed this was sufficiently safe storage for these
> objects.  We are storing several examples of old sulfur matches in a
similar
> fashion.
>
>
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 05/01/03 02:22PM >>>
> Hello,
>
> What precautions -- if any -- should we take with
> matchbooks, matchboxes, etc. in the collection?
>
> Thanks,
> Kim Kenney
>
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> McKinley Museum
> 800 McKinley Monument Dr. NW
> Canton OH 44708 * 330-455-7043
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