I just sent off a CP grant application for a conservator to look at our big outdoor wooden artifacts. Of course, we won't know until April if we are one of the lucky awardees of the grant. However, I would be very interested to see the responses to this post. Please reply ON-List. Thank you, Jerrie Jerrie Clarke Curator of Collections Valdez Museum http://www.alaska.net/~vldzmuse/index.html >From: Stacy Jensen <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Outdoor collections >Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 14:51:45 -0700 > >Our museum has a wooden boat tow, an early wooden chairlift, that is >currently being stored outside due to a shortage of collections storage. >The boat tow will be stored outside temporarily, July, or until we can make >room for it in our current storage facility. Is there a preservative >coating for wood. One that will help protect the boat tow from the >elements? > >Thanks, >Stacy Jensen >Collection Manager >Aspen Historical Society >[log in to unmask] >(970)925-3721 > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff >Museum-L" (without the quotes). _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).