When I was a conservator at Colonial Williamsburg, some years ago, I
remember that we stored our historic axes laid down on shelves with
volara foam padding. If you store them vertically with the heads
blocked underneath, which are often loose to begin with, they can
loosen even more and fall, not to mention the acids that could cause
local corrosion from contact between the iron and the wood. The other
advatage of flat storage on shelves is that you often have unhandled
axe heads and you can get those in the same location as the handled
objects, so all of your axes are in the same place.
Cheers!
Dave
David Harvey
Conservator
Los Angeles, California, USA
-----Original Message-----
From: adam howard <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:09:07 -0700
Subject: Re: Ax Storage
What axes do you have? I am the assistant curator at the Davistown
Museum in Liberty, Maine; the Davistown Museum possesses a number 18th
and 19th C. American broad axes from New England. I find that since
axes are durable, they can be displayed in a variety of ways. However,
I believe exhibitng them on the walls works best.
Best,
Adam Howard
Assistant Curator
Davistown Museum
Liberty, ME 04949
"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I'd like to improve upon our method of storing axes. Can anyone share
any tips, tricks, or even photos of how your organization stores these?
Regards,
Joshua K. Blay
Curator
Historical Society of Berks County
========================================================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).
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
========================================================= 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).
|
