Kim,

Do you have plans for a use or education collection?  If so this is where I
would put them- the theory being they are basically a planned consumable and
as such you don't want them in the permanent collection as an artifact;
however, you do want information about them and a number on them to track
what happens to them, how long they last, that kind of thing.

Nikkie Cooper, Curator
Fort Morgan Museum

P.O. Box 184
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
970-867-6331
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim terb" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 4:09 PM
Subject: flame retardant on collection objects


> Dear listers-
>
> I have begun voluntering at a War memorial and will soon undertake
> accessioning the objects in the collection. The excutive director would
like
> to hang flags of different societies (POW/MIA, Survivors of Pearl Harbor,
> etc.) in the auditorium. The fire marshall has required the flags to be
> dipped in flame retardant. My question is whether or not I should
accession
> the flags (all are modern 5 years old or less). I was thinking they could
be
> considered similar to the American and State flags that museums fly
outside
> of their sites, and therefore not a collection object. Ideas? Imput?
>
> Kimberly Terbush
> 804-338-9010
>
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