Hi, Thanks for the great packing advice. My next question is about oiling objects. In my training, experience, education, and what makes sense to me is that no oil should be used on any objects in the museum's permenant collections, period. My boss, the director of collections, suggested it the other day and I suspect may still want to put something on, she also suggested vasilene, which I would also not use on anything. My question is are there any oils (or is vasilene) that would be acceptable to use on any museum objects ever? If so, what are they and does anyone know where to get them and how much they might cost? If not, can anyone suggest any resources, including online, where it says that you shouldn't use oil? If it gives reasons for not, that would be good too. Beau ========================================================= 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).