Dave,
  Could you send me a copy of your filming policy?  I am the person on
our staff that works with film crews, mostly with the Nebraska Public
Television station and I usually don't have any problems but I would
like to see some policies about filming at museum's including Living
History Museums which is what the Stuhr Museum is.  Thanks for any help
you might be able to give.  If there is anyone else out there that has a
written filming policy beyond prices I would like to see them if
possible.

Leslie A. Vollnogle
Curator of Collections
Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer


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Alexandra,

One institution where I worked had a pretty thorough policy about
filming and not only had conservators review any potential hazzards to
the collections but a collection staff monitor at all times. Even with
that, one film crew blasted an interior with fog and left finely
dispersed mineral oil drooplets all over the interior as well as two
large 18th century paintings. They told the monitor that it had been
"approved". 

Avoid anything that uses oil, incense leaves soot and resins, and dry
ice will cause the ambient Rh in the air to condense on any warm
surfaces because to temperature differential. 

There just isn't much that is used to create "smoke" or fog that is safe
around art or historic collections.

Cheers,
Dave

David Harvey
Conservator
Los Angeles, CA

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From:         Alexandra Trumbull <[log in to unmask]>

Date:         Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:33:57 
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] smoke screens in museums


And another question... 
  
I am looking for thoughts by conservation and collections staff on the
use of fog machines or smoke screens in exhibits. The Indiana Historical
Society has launched a new exhibit that uses a sensor-activated smoke
screen, projecting an image on a wall. The director of conservation and
I are monitoring the changes in RH in the galleries and are interested
in how other museums and galleries have found compromises between
exhibits and conservation regarding this technology. 
  
Any insight would be much appreciated.  
  
Thank you again, 
  
Alexandra
 
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