Thanks for all of the input. There were some really great suggestions and I'm sure they're going to help a lot. The thread on building off-gassing after reconstruction will come in very handy as well. The county wants the museum to be open and everything back the "way it was" as soon as possible. Hopefully, those emails will help show the need to for a delayed opening. At least they'll provide more resources.
Thanks again!
Meredith
Virginia Beach Historic Houses
3131 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Phone: 757-431-4000
Fax: 757-431-3733
Email: [log in to unmask]
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From: Museum discussion list on behalf of Mosher, Scott
Sent: Wed 12/6/2006 9:53 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Flooded Museum
Contact:
Northeast Document Conservation Center
100 Brickstone Square
Andover MA 01810-1494
978-470-1010
www.nedcc.org
I just attended an excellent two day workshop presented by them in Bar
Harbor, Maine.
They should be able to help, they will at the very least be able to
refer you to the proper conservators in your area.
Scott
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Meredith L. Dunham
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:27 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Flooded Museum
Hi All,
I am currently doing some work at a county museum that had about four
feet of water in their basement/collections storage/exhibit gallery when
Tropical Storm Ernesto rolled through. They are still in the process of
triage and the city has taken them out of crisis status too early which
means they have to go through a bidding process for conservators. In
the mean time they are doing the best they can. I have a couple of
questions to ask on the behalf of their curator.
1. Should you try to save/preserve waterlogged chewing tobacco wrapped
in plastic and how would you go about doing that if you should? I think
its Coon brand tobacco. Can you still purchase this tobacco?
2. Is it alright to use a product called "Leather Therapy" on antique,
brittle, and molding leather? At the suggestion of a conservator, the
leather objects (shoes, equestrian equipment, spice case) have been
treated with a diluted mixture of water and Listerine. Will the
Listerine interact with the Leather Therapy? Is the Leather Therapy
reversible? Come to think of it, with the amount of Listerine a
volunteer was using, is Listerine reversible? (those objects sure smell
good, though!)
3. They have six or seven antique scrapbooks from the 50s and 60s that
were somewhat worn out before the flood and were completely waterlogged
during the flood. How do we take care of them between now and
contracting with a qualified conservator? Is there any way we can dry
them out? Should we take them apart or try to conserve them all
together? I believe their importance lies in the fact that they were
compiled by local citizens and are more valuable as whole objects
instead of in pieces. Does that make a difference when they've suffered
such damage?
Thank you,
Meredith
Virginia Beach Historic Houses
3131 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Phone: 757-431-4000
Fax: 757-431-3733
Email: [log in to unmask]
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