I recently started a collections initiative to determine the
environmental status of our collections storage and exhibit areas.
The Museum's two hygrometers are in varying states of disrepair.
I'm looking for a comprehensive resource to accomplish the repair
and daily operation of these simple to take apart but not so easy
to put together instruments. I have heard that Barbara
Applbaum's GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF COLLECTIONS and
Gary Thomson's THE MUSEUM ENVIRONMENT are both excellent choices.
Does anyone have any opinions about these publications or others
I might be able to get a hold of?

W. Parker Hayes Jr., Curator
Airmen Memorial Museum
1-800-638-0594 ext. 328
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