We're a small museum wiht 2 floors of gallery space.  We have a big humidifier in the basement that was installed and made part of our airflow system 25 to 30 years ago that doesn't work any more.  We rarely need additional humidity here in the rain-belt of Alaska.  However, during the cold part of the winter, it gets so dry in the lower gallery that the adhesive on the mounting tape holding the labels to the walls evaporates and the labels pop off the walls.  I think a small room humidifer that we can put in the gallery for 2 or 3 months a year will do.  Any suggestions?
 
Jerrie


Jerrie Clarke
Director
Sheldon Museum
PO Box 269
Haines, AK 99827
(907) 766-2366
fax: (907) 766-2368 
www.sheldonmuseum.org


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>From: T. Ashley McGrew <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 9:08 PM
>Subject: Re: All LED lighting in museums
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>Hi Stacy, 
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>This is an ongoing topic with Preparators and there is interesting material on the topic that can be found on the PACCIN - Preparation Art handling and Collections Care Information Network (A Professional Interest Committee of AAM) website. 
> 
>To cut to the chase though - yes current trends are towards the use of LED in museum lighting. On the site there is a link to what is probably the best resource available when starting to investigate its implementation. It is called "Guidelines for Selecting Solid-State Lighting for Museums" it is available from the Getty Conservation Institute and is available at this link.
> 
>http://getty.edu/conservation/our_projects/science/lighting/lighting_component8.html
> 
>There is an advantage though to not only understanding the theory but also the pragmatic side of things. The current state of the technology is addressed quite well on practical terms in a post in the lighting section of the PACCIN forum titled "LED food for thought from Clint Paugh". Clint is the lighting designer and interim manager of fabrication at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City Missouri and was generous enough to provide us with a valuable working perspective. The link to that thread is below.
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>http://www.paccin.org/showthread.php?536-LED-food-for-thought-from-Clint-Paugh
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>Best regards and good luck!
> 
>Ashley
> 
> T. Ashley McGrew
>PACCIN Publications Chair
>Art and Object -
>Integrated Preservation Systems
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