Rebecca,

I have had good luck with Nature Watch with all of their materials.  Also,
it may take some looking, but I have encountered taxidermists that
regularly do exhibits for museums and have procedures in place to make sure
that a) there are no critters,and b) that the chemicals they use are safe
for the rest of your collection.  I believe there is one in Upstate New
York, but for the life of me I can't remember the name off the top of my
head,but they do the exhibits for the National Natural History Museum I
believe.

I hope that helps.

Sarah Coles

Program Coordinator

Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

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On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Rebecca Justinger <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Good Morning Museum-L,
>
> Our museum is updating our Native American gallery. Our exhibit designer
> wants to include some fake deer skins inside an interactive longhouse, but
> he is having trouble finding anyone who makes and/or sells accurate looking
> replicas. Does anyone use fake animal hides in their exhibits and, if so,
> do you know where you purchased your props? He was also looking into using
> real animal hide, but we in the collections department were trying to
> dissuade him of that. Several years ago, I believe in the early 90's and
> well before my time, they included real animal skin in this exhibit and
> there was a massive infestation. He claims that he discovered, during his
> research, that the way they prepare real animal skins now is different from
> 20+ years ago and it absolutely won't attract bugs, but I'm slightly
> skeptical. Has anyone used real animal hides in their exhibits more
> recently? Were their any issues with infestations? Thank you so much for
> any insight anyone might be able to provide. I really appreciate the help!
> Rebecca
>
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