Ok all, I have a serious problem and need some
advice.
I have just recently started working at my
museum. The building has been open since '94. and I just discovered what I
believe to be carpet beetle casings on numerous objects in the permanent cases
and in our period sitting room. Obviously this is BAD but now what do I do. I
have only found casings no live bugs. To make matters more difficult I don't
think the cases have been opened or the sitting room cleaned and inspected since
close to the beginning of the permanent exhibit being set up. (Like many museums
we started with volunteer staff and are slowly moving to professionals. I am
only the second person with museum training to be hired.) So I don't know how
old of casings I am looking at, nor do I have a place to isolate or freeze these
items. The best I can do is put the smaller items in an anoxic microenvironment.
I am in the process of having the casings removed and the pieces vacuumed. Then
I plan to monitor to see if more casings appear. However I am open to any
suggestions as to how to proceed.
Thanks in advance
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