Hi all:
One of my biggest pet peeves working in a museum has been to deal with
pest management. I've done a fair amount of research over the years and
there just isn't a lot of detailed information out there. I've been
racking my brain recently about non-chemical options and thought about
those electronic/ultrasonic plug-in pest repeller units (the ones you
plug into an electrical outlet). Has anyone used these? Should they NOT
be used in a museum and if not, why not? It seems to me that if they
have no negative repercussions in a museum environment, why haven't we
heard more about them? Any conservators out there who can tell us if
these can be used or not? Thanks.

Cathy Westfeldt, CRM
Collection Curator
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University
(503)370-6867
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