Rachel- Having had experience with funky chemicals in Colorado the basic steps involve... Contacting your county emergency management person or the local fire department and having them contact the state chemist if the items are deemed hazardous enough to warrant his involvement- we got lucky, the state chemist, CSP hazmat unit, local and county agencies, and bomb squad from Greeley all called it a training exercise- and ours was just a 50 year old kids chemistry set where we had no more than an ounce of any chemical- Good Luck Nikkie Nikkie Cooper, Curator Fort Morgan Museum P.O. Box 184 Fort Morgan, CO 80701 970-867-6331 [log in to unmask] www.ftmorganmus.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Rachel Hawthorn To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 1:35 PM Subject: Old Photography Chemicals Hello, While going through the 'vault' of the collection I'm working on, I found some old photography chemicals. The museum used to have a wet darkroom, but now everything is digital, and there is no practical use for the chemistry. The chemicals are old packages, packets and tubes of acid hypo, platino developer, metol quinol developer and so on. I don't know if there is an "ideal" storage method for these, because we actually have a large collection of photography, and photography was a pretty important tool in the development of the west. So, my question is...should these older chemicals be tossed, removed by a hazardous materials professional, or kept for artifact/interest purposes....we could feasably set up an exhibit of photographic materials/tools and relevant photographs to the area from our collection...so, opinions? Thanks! Rachel Hawthorn Collection Intern Historical Society of Idaho Springs If I want to hear the pitter-patter of little feet, I'll put shoes on my cat. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger ========================================================= 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).