Good Afternoon: The Studebaker National Museum is building a new museum facility and re- habilitating another one for an archives center. We have a decent integrated pest management plan in the 90-year old building we are in and no current evidence of infestation but I want to ensure that nothing rides along with us to the two new facilities. I know there are different methods of out there including fumigation, freezing and low-oxygen environments. Are there any suggestions for the best way and the proper timing for de-bugging approximately 4,000 objects varying in size from pins to washing machines to paintings and 70 tons of archival materials? Should we considering doing this as we move? We do not have an intermediate facility to hold any objects and papers that have been de-bugged. I realize that we should have a professional assessment of the different mediums, but I'm afraid that time is limited as we will be moving into the new facility in October 2005. Funds are also limited. I would appreciate any suggestions that I can get. Any workshops or anything that the small staff here could do ourselves would be great. If anyone would like to share similar experiences I would appreciate that as well. Thanks for your input. Cindy Olsen Curator of Collections and Exhibits Studebaker National Museum 525 S. Main Street South Bend, IN 46601 (574)235-9714 [log in to unmask] ========================================================= 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).