In article <[log in to unmask]>, "Susan G. Denney"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> We have a large natural history collection that consists of various
> stuffed and mounted specimens that is infested with dermestid (carpet)
> beetles.

This may sound bizarre, but when a sister institution had an infestation
in a really large collection of ranching material, they rented space at a
meat packing plant and had it froze there.  (Yes, this effort WAS ok'd by
many conservators.)  Afterward, objects were checked and vacuumed.

Sally Baulch
Texas Memorial Museum