Also check with the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain New York they house the largest collection of canoes in the county. They have a top notch facility. On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Pickering, Felicia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I would suggest contacting the Canadian Canoe Museum with your question > http://www.canoemuseum.net/ . > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On > Behalf Of *Waterbury, Cristin > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:39 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [MUSEUM-L] birch bark canoes > > Does anyone have experience with the "care and feeding" of birch bark > canoes in their collections? We are looking for information about how you > maintain them as collections objects, what particular preservation or > conservation issues they may have, and also how you transport them. We are > potentially facing a situation where we would be moving one by truck from > another town about 4 hours away, and we would also be moving the canoe on > and off exhibit once it's here. If anyone has any experience or expertise > with this type of object, I'd very much like to hear from you. > > > > Thank you! > > > > Cristin J. Waterbury > > Registrar/Collections Manager > > Wisconsin Maritime Museum > > 75 Maritime Drive > > Manitowoc, WI 54220 > > toll free 1-866-724-2356 > > local 920-684-0218 > > fax 920-684-0219 > > [log in to unmask] > > www.wisconsinmaritime.org > > > ========================================================= 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). > > ========================================================= 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).