Good morning, all! Just a quick response here. Check out the free referral to conservators offered by the American Institute of Conservation thru their website (http://aic.stanford.edu/faic/refer.html). You need to use a vapor barrier for the brown cardboard hollow tubes - Mylar isn't enough of one. So I would recommend using heavy duty freezer type aluminium foil instead (no adhesive tape used) and then the muslin. Regards, Meg Geiss-Mooney Textile/Costume Conservator Professional Associate, AIC in cool and cloudy Northern California -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Laura Hortz Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:46 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: conservation questions Hello everyone, I have a couple conservation questions for the list, I hope you may be able to help me out. Does anyone know of a good conservator in the midwest that can do both textiles and ethnographic materials. I have a few Native American artifacts in the collection that need some help. Also, I am currently working on re-housing portions of our museums textile collection. I would like to do rolled storage for certain items. I have a large supply of brown cardboard hollow tubes. I know they are very acidic but if I cover them in a mylar and then a layer of muslin would that help? Just curious. Thanks in advance for your help, Laura L. Hortz Curator of Collections Siouxland Heritage Museums Sioux Falls, SD _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.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). ========================================================= 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).