Hello - 
"Storage of Natural History Collections" comes in 2 volumes: "A Preventive Conservation Approach" and "Ideas and Practical Solutions." These books are good reads for ALL collections - not just natural history. The first volume covers general topics: agents of deterioration, facilities management, pest management, risk assessment, storage furniture. The second covers mountmaking and storage ideas for a variety of objects. 

It is published by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections and I think you can get it via their website. These books are among the most important things in my collections care library.

Best,
Becky Fifield
Collections Manager
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hi Nicole,
I am a Fleming Grad and they had a book in the bookstore there on Natural
History Collections care that I picked up. Its called "Storage of Natural
History Collections: A Preventive Conservation Approach" editors were
Carolyn L. Rose, Catherine A. Hawks and Hugh H. Genoways. If you can find a
copy it would probably come in handy for storage and conservation questions.
Susan Gonzalez
Archivist
Holstein Canada
Brantford, Ontario

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Hello,
My name is Nicole and I am doing a work term at The Rooms Provincial Museum 
of Newfoundland and Labrador - we are currently researching the most 
effective way to move the natural history collection to its new home about 
5km away. There are over 5000 specimens that need to be rehoused - mostly 
consisting of various sized bottles. If anyone has experience moving any 
type of museum collection and has some advice I will gladly accept anything 
that comes my way. We are also looking into the necessary components to 
barcode the museum collection if anyone has experience with that.
Thanks a lot
Nicole
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