Good Afternoon:

The Studebaker National Museum is building a new museum facility and re-
habilitating another one for an archives center. We have a decent
integrated pest management plan in the 90-year old building we are in and
no current evidence of infestation but I want to ensure that nothing rides
along with us to the two new facilities.

I know there are different methods of out there including fumigation,
freezing and low-oxygen environments. Are there any suggestions for the
best way and the proper timing for de-bugging approximately 4,000 objects
varying in size from pins to washing machines to paintings and 70 tons of
archival materials? Should we considering doing this as we move? We do not
have an intermediate facility to hold any objects and papers that have
been de-bugged.

I realize that we should have a professional assessment of the different
mediums, but I'm afraid that time is limited as we will be moving into the
new facility in October 2005. Funds are also limited.

I would appreciate any suggestions that I can get. Any workshops or
anything that the small staff here could do ourselves would be great. If
anyone would like to share similar experiences I would appreciate that as
well.

Thanks for your input.

Cindy Olsen
Curator of Collections and Exhibits
Studebaker National Museum
525 S. Main Street
South Bend, IN 46601
(574)235-9714
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