When taking a stand like this, I have found that while you will get some negative pushback and muttering at first, in the long run people will respect your
role in protecting the collection and educating the staff and public about collections care, and those who understand museum standards will support you. Though it’s not so much fun in the moment.
Carol Ely
Executive Director
Historic Locust Grove
Louisville
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Christmas trees in galleries
Thank you! I have fighting with the rest of the staff about this issue. I believe if I have lots of evidence and museum proefessional recommendation against it,
i may be able to sway the jury. Being the only person in the exhibitions/collections department I have to battle the rest of the group!
Thank you all for the input, keep it coming!
Thanks!
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Wickell, Carly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I agree, if you need more information I would take a look at:
http://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html
There are a ton of conserve-o-grams on the topic of pest control, the dangers of various pesticides that could already be on the tree or that you would have to use, etc.
Is there a space outside the museum where you could set it up? That could make for a festive welcome to the museum.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Ilana <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
As someone who just concluded a curatorial internship, and said internship was mostly learning how to deal with documenting pest damage and trying to prevent it, I will echo...don't do it.
Ilana Short
Museum Educator
Young at Art Museum, Davie FL.
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On Nov 21, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Wade Lawrence <[log in to unmask]> wrote: